Romantic and sexual orientation: Difference between revisions

* American autistic activist blogger [[Mel Baggs]] (1980 - 2020), who said sie<ref name="TDOV">{{cite web|url=https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/115187595380/transgender-day-of-visibility-mel-age-34|title=Transgender day of visibility.|date=April 2015}}</ref> was a [[genderless]] lesbian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/145842413020/im-a-genderless-lesbian-and|title=I’m a genderless lesbian and…|date=June 2016}}</ref> This means they is a woman attracted to other women even though they has no gender and thus can't be a woman.

* American revolutionary communist and trans rights activist [[Leslie Feinberg]] (1949 - 2014). Feinberg identified as a transgender [[butch]] lesbian, describing butch as a sense of a queer masculine transgender identity neither female nor male. Feinberg's novel, ''Stone Butch Blues'' (1993), won the prestigious American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award.<ref name="lesliefeinberg">[http://www.lesliefeinberg.net/ Village Voice]</ref> This means they identifies as a woman but also not really a woman but wants to be a lesbian instead of a straight man despite having a penis.

* American ballet dancer and choreographer [[Katy Pyle]] identifies as a [[genderqueer]] lesbian.<ref>[http://www.ballez.org/company/ Bio], retrieved May 17, 2020</ref> This means they is a lesbian all the time despite not being a woman all the time.

* 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> This means they is a lesbian all the time despite not being a woman all the time.

*American musician and comedian [[Maxine Feldman|Maxine "Max" Feldman]] (1945-2007) was a transgender butch lesbian and his/her gender identity was described by his/her partner as "both/and".<ref name="Kiritsy">{{cite news|last=Kiritsy|first=Laura|title=Lesbian trail blazer Maxine Feldman dies|url=http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=36268|newspaper=Edge Providence|date=August 30, 2007}}</ref> This means they is a penissed individual who's a lesbian despite not being a woman.

* American activist and actor [[Ianne Fields Stewart]], a [[transfeminine]] [[nonbinary woman]] and lesbian<ref name="SwiftMar2020">{{Cite web |title=Meet Ianne Fields Stewart: The Activist and Actress Who Is Combatting Food Insecurity In The Black Transgender Community |author=Swift, Jaimee A. |work=Black Women Radicals |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community}}</ref><ref name="MastersAug2020">{{Cite web |title=This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=The Advocate |date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |quote=I am a Black, queer, nonbinary, lesbian woman. }}</ref> This means they is a man who's a woman who's also not a man or a woman but is also a lesbian because they is attracted to women while also being a nonwoman woman.