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'''Lesbian''' (also known as '''gay woman'''<ref>https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lesbian</ref>, '''homosexual woman'''<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100100998</ref>, or '''
The majority of lesbians are exclusively wlw/nblw, including all [[Trixic|NBLW]], [[Asterian|WLNB]], and [[Enbian|NBLNB]] attractions. However, despite this, for some lesbians, the attraction is not exclusive, as m-spec lesbianism (especially [[Bi-Lesbian|bi-lesbianism]]) is a historically seen identification.
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==Exclusive Lesbian Attraction==
:''{{hatnote|Main articles: [[Mono-Lesbian]]s, [[Lilaen]]s}}''
It is important to remember that lesbians with exclusive attraction and lesbians with non-exclusive attraction both face different issues, and thus should not speak for one another, but rather speak together on the many sides of lesbianism.
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===Bi-Lesbians===
'''[[Bi-Lesbian
===Pan-Lesbians===
'''[[Pan-Lesbian
===Omni-Lesbians===
'''[[Omni-Lesbian
===Ply-Lesbians===
'''[[Poly-Lesbian
===Straightbians===
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==Gender-Based Lesbianism==
Although
===Non-Binary Lesbians===
'''[[Non-Binary Lesbian
Some specific forms of non-binary lesbianism are '''[[Agender Lesbian|agender lesbian]]s''', '''[[Bigender Lesbian|bigender lesbian]]s''', '''[[Genderfluid Lesbian|genderfluid lesbian]]s''', '''[[Lesbian Demigirl|lesbian demigirl]]s''', '''[[Librafeminine Lesbian|librafemininelesbian]]s''', and '''[[Xenic Lesbian|xenic lesbian]]s'''.
Any non-binary can identify as lesbian if they want, but they don't have to if they're not comfortable doing so.
===Masc Lesbians===
'''Masc Lesbians''' are individuals who identify as male or masculine in a non-traditional sense (through
Men who are women-aligned are inherently non-binary, so [[Selenian|women-aligned]] men, as well as [[neutral]]-aligned men, [[Artemian|feminine-aligned]] men, [[Xenic|xeno-aligned]] men, and other [[enboy|non-binary men]] with varying alignments, are queer and their experiences should never be forced to fit binary manhood, as they are unique, and they are non-binary and therefore deserve to be respected in queer and lesbian spaces.
In general, binary men cannot be lesbians. However, while being trans makes them no less of men in any way, some binary trans men may choose to still identify with the label/community if they identified as such before realizing they were men and still feel some form of connection to the term and community despite realizing they were men. This is up to the individual trans man, as they may feel more safe continuing to identify as lesbian/be part of lesbian spaces, either due to personal history, discomfort with male spaces due to trauma from cis men, or other personal reasons.
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'''PNC Lesbians''' are individuals that use pronouns not expected for their identity. Typically, when individuals think of lesbians, they think of individuals who use she/her pronouns, however this is not the case for many non-binary and non-women lesbians, as well as for some [[Pronoun Non-Conforming|pronoun non-conforming]] lesbians who are women.
Terms PNC lesbians may use are [[He/Him Lesbian|he/him lesbian]], [[He/Her Lesbian|he/her lesbian]], [[They/Them Lesbian|they/them lesbian]], [[It/Its Lesbian|it/its lesbian]], [[Neopronoun Lesbian|neopronoun lesbian]], and similar.
==History==
The word lesbian comes from the name of the Greek island Lesbos, the birthplace of the poet Sappho (the origin of the word [[sapphic]]).<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/lesbian Etymonline: lesbian (adj)]</ref> The use of lesbian to mean gay woman or
Romantic and sexual relationships between women go back far in human history, including to ancient times. Most ancient civilizations were surprisingly LGBTQ+ friendly, thinking that it was just human nature to crave sexual or romantic contact from the same gender.
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As mentioned above, the Greek poet Sappho was a major part in developing the terms lesbian and sapphic. She was believed to love women or be a lesbian. Little of Sappho's poetry survives, but what has survived provides deep description of women's daily lives, relationships, and rituals. Many of her poems proclaim her love for girls, as she deeply studied the beauty of women.
Ancient Greece had thriving homosexual culture, as men were sequestered with other men, and women with other women. Sexual relationships between men were recorded, but almost nothing about relationships between women were recorded. Records of
===Ancient Rome===
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===Early Europe===
With the term "sodomy" growing to describe homosexual men, same-gender relationships were viewed in a negative light. This was usually only to describe men who would partake in sexual relationships with other men, though.
Relationships between Catholic nuns have surprisingly been recorded during this time as well. Forty days' penance was demanded of nuns who "rode" each other (engaged in sexual behavior) or were known to touch each other's breasts. An Italian nun named Sister Benedetta Carlini was documented to have seduced many of her fellow sisters when being possessed by a Divine spirit. To end her relationships with other women, she was placed in solitary confinement for the last forty years of her life. However, contrary to this,
===Victorian era (17th-19th century)===
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Homosexuality became an undesirable characteristic for women in the workforce, which further silenced the lesbian community. Some homosexual women still persisted, and reclaimed the pink triangle, a symbol given to gay men in Nazi concentration camps.
A solution to isolated lesbians became lesbian pulp fiction in the 1950's. It was also a replacement for the little knowledge of
The Stonewall Riots was the first gay rights movement recorded in history. This started when a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn in New York was attacked. This is when many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals started fighting for their rights.
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==Demographics==
===The Kinsey report===
In 1953, more than 8,000 American women were interviewed for an in-depth report on
Most of the women who reported homosexual behavior had not experienced it more than ten times. 51% of women reporting homosexual behavior had only one sexual partner.
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* In 1999, Sean Campbell introduced the labrys lesbian flag, the first flag design specifically for lesbians.<ref>[https://www.pride.com/pride/2018/6/13/complete-guide-queer-pride-flags-0 The Complete Guide to Queer Pride Flags]</ref> The design involves a labrys on a black triangle with a purple background, since all three have historical significance in the lesbian community.
* The labrys was associated as a weapon used by the Amazons of mythology and in the 1970s it was adopted as a symbol of empowerment by the lesbian feminist community.
* The black triangle was used by the by the Third Reich to identify "[[asocial]] women", which included lesbians. Some lesbians reclaimed this symbol as gay men reclaimed the pink triangle.
* The violet background is because violet associated with lesbians because of the poetry of Sappho.
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* Light pink represents serenity and peace. Pink represents love and sex.
* Dark pink represents femininity.
Though the second most popular flag is commonly attributed to her over shapeshifter-of constellation and Catastrfy, Sadlesbiandisaster did not create the design. She has gone on to say she excludes m-spec lesbians, does not support the usage of Queer as an identity, or recognize the historical use of butch and femme by those who are not Lesbians. She was previously exclusionary of cis ace-spec individuals, but changed her position on this in 2019<ref>https://sadlesbeandisaster.tumblr.com/post/185383640071/okay-everyone-this-will-be-the-last-post-on-this</ref> (though in the post where she stated this, she maintained her lack of support for m-spec lesbians). This, combined with her plagiarization of her design from shapeshifter-of constellation and Catastrfy, has made her claim to creating the flag controversial in the community.<ref>https://shapeshifter-of-constellation.tumblr.com/post/162570229392/butchspace-i-loooooove-your-orange-butch-flag</ref>
A five stripe orange and pink design was created by purrfectcath (previously taqwomen/shimmeringatoms<ref>https://twitter.com/lesflagisracist/status/1395889683951808513</ref>) on or before July 25th, 2018 for the purpose of more easily producing physical flags and merchandise.<ref>https://official-lesbian-flag-blog.tumblr.com/post/176284375674/taqwomen-taqwomen-has-someone-done-this-i</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/lesflagisracist/status/1107301689231581184</ref> According to polls conducted by lesbianflag on Twitter / official-lesbian-flag-blog on tumblr, a large amount of individuals prefer this design for the lesbian flag.<ref>https://twitter.com/lesbianflag/status/1034419322289094656</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Winning_Orange-Pink_Lesbian_Pride_Flag.png</ref> This is currently the most commonly used lesbian flag on the internet.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian</ref><ref>https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Lesbian</ref>
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*[[Agatic]]
*[[Axinitian]]
*[[Azalean (orientation)|Azalean
*[[Faunic]]
*[[Feminamoric]]
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*[[Iridian]]
*[[Larimarian]]
*[[Lesbiangender]]
*[[Lesbiagender]]
*[[Lesbienboric]]
*[[Lesromantic]]
*[[Neptunic]]
*[[Sapphic]]
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#[https://www.scribd.com/document/114298533/Love-Your-Enemy-The-Debate-Between-Heterosexual-Feminism-and-Political-Lesbianism Love Your Enemy - The Debate Between Heterosexual Feminism and Political Lesbianism (scribd.com)]
#[http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/bisex_movements_S.pdf Bisexual Movements (glbtqarchive.com)]
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#[https://books.google.com/books?id=eaS0AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=when+separate+bisexual+community+began&source=bl&ots=FWMx3OzYss&sig=s3R3Nof97qiTAzg5J1SvueJUODk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja7cbptI_YAhWH5yYKHZ5NAuwQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=when%20separate%20bisexual%20community%20began&f=false when the bisexual community began to form separately]
#[https://twitter.com/StarNosedMoles/status/1416247867463802882 👤 on Twitter: "Lesbian Psychologies; Explorations and Challenges, 1987. Edited by the Boston Lesbian Psychologies Collective https://t.co/klUSNYYOb7" / Twitter]
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