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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 usually experience attraction 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 their gender identity as well as their sexuality.<ref name="Gender Census 2018">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2018 Identity words (public) |author=Cassian |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit#gid=1402706910}}</ref><ref name="Gender Census 2019">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2019 - the public spreadsheet |author=Cassian |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePCyWMdorSHAaxNcd1Iv64oLvkdgeoZldTdGZZTHlvY/edit#gid=498446722}}</ref><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pantomorph/art/lesbian-gender-pride-flag-806822407</ref> | 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 usually experience attraction 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 their gender identity as well as their sexuality.<ref name="Gender Census 2018">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2018 Identity words (public) |author=Cassian |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit#gid=1402706910}}</ref><ref name="Gender Census 2019">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2019 - the public spreadsheet |author=Cassian |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePCyWMdorSHAaxNcd1Iv64oLvkdgeoZldTdGZZTHlvY/edit#gid=498446722}}</ref><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pantomorph/art/lesbian-gender-pride-flag-806822407</ref> | ||
Some notable | Some notable nonbinary lesbians include: | ||
*American<ref name="OralHistory">{{Cite web |title=OralHistoryArchive • From a Whisper to a Roar lesbian decriminalisation |author= |work=From a Whisper to a Roar |date=17 June 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= http://www.whisper2roar.org.uk/oral-history-archive/}}</ref> LGBT+ activist [[Jamie Wildman]] (1950-2020).<ref name="Video">{{Cite web |title=Coming out as non-binary at age 69 {{!}} This Is Life |author=PinkNews |work=YouTube |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W7AXC8URI}}</ref> | |||
* American ballet dancer and choreographer [[Katy Pyle]] identifies as a [[genderqueer]] lesbian.<ref>[http://www.ballez.org/company/ Bio], retrieved May 17, 2020</ref> | |||
* Australian actor [[Ruby Rose]], a [[genderfluid]] lesbian<ref name="Gomez">{{Cite web |title=Gender-fluid Ruby Rose opens up about the backlash she's received for identifying as a lesbian |trans-title= |last=Gomez |first=Patrick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ }}</ref> | |||
* American musician [[Stevie Knipe]]<ref name="11-10-2019">{{cite tweet|title=it's national coming out day! I'm a non-binary lesbian and I use they/them and I recently started using the name “stevie”! past selves I was a straight het person and then a bisexual lady and then a queer gender fluid person. everyone’s journey is different! give ur self time [red heart emoji]|date=11 October 2019|user=adultmomband|number=1182677852136923141}}</ref> | |||
[[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].]] | ||