Romantic and sexual orientation: Difference between revisions
→Lesbian: it said "usually" implying that being a lesbian means Usually being attracted to women, when it's really Only women. This has less ambiguity and leaves no room for the homophobic notion that lesbians can like guys occasionally, or the biphobic notion that bi girls with a preference for women are basically lesbians.
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(→Lesbian: it said "usually" implying that being a lesbian means Usually being attracted to women, when it's really Only women. This has less ambiguity and leaves no room for the homophobic notion that lesbians can like guys occasionally, or the biphobic notion that bi girls with a preference for women are basically lesbians.) |
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===Lesbian=== | ===Lesbian=== | ||
[[File:Winning Orange-Pink Lesbian Pride Flag.png|thumb|A lesbian flag design popularized in 2018.]] | [[File:Winning Orange-Pink Lesbian Pride Flag.png|thumb|A lesbian flag design popularized in 2018.]] | ||
People who identify as lesbians are only attracted to women. This word is applicable regardless of whether one or both people involved are cisgender women or transgender women. Some nonbinary people also identify as women to some degree (nonbinary women), and also | People who identify as lesbians are only attracted to women. This word is applicable regardless of whether one or both people involved are cisgender women or transgender women. Some nonbinary people also identify as women to some degree (nonbinary women), and also experience attraction only to women, and so they consider themselves lesbians.<ref name="Carney">{{Cite web |title=In Defense of Non-Binary Lesbianism |last=Carney |first=Sasha |work=Broad Recognition |date=4 November 2019 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://www.broadsatyale.com/in-defense-of-non-binary-lesbianism/}}</ref> Some people see "lesbian" as a gender identity as well as a sexuality. | ||
[[File:Sapphic Flag.jpg|thumb|Another lesbian flag design, [https://archive.is/0rFRD based off a poem by Sappho].]] | [[File:Sapphic Flag.jpg|thumb|Another lesbian flag design, [https://archive.is/0rFRD based off a poem by Sappho].]] | ||