Romantic and sexual orientation: Difference between revisions

→‎Lesbian: On second thought, since these flags have long captions, they look better like this than in a gallery. Adding another notable nonbinary lesbian.
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===Lesbian===
===Lesbian===
[[File:Winning Orange-Pink Lesbian Pride Flag.png|thumb|A lesbian flag that won a contest for designing a lesbian flag in 2018, in which trans and nonbinary lesbians were welcome.<ref>''The search for the official lesbian flag.'' July 28, 2018. https://official-lesbian-flag.tumblr.com/post/176134630994/been-doing-some-research-and-looking-at-results</ref>]]
[[File:Sapphic Flag.jpg|thumb|A lesbian flag design created in 2018, [https://archive.is/0rFRD based off the colors of flowers in a poem by Sappho]. The link explains it was created specifically to include ''all'' lesbians, including those who are trans, [[butch]], and people of color.]]


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>
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* 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>
* 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>
* 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 (Leslie Feinberg).<ref name="lesliefeinberg">[http://www.lesliefeinberg.net/ Village Voice]</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>
* 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>
* American ballet dancer and choreographer [[Katy Pyle]] identifies as a [[genderqueer]] lesbian.<ref>[http://www.ballez.org/company/ Bio], retrieved May 17, 2020</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>
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*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<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>


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File:Winning Orange-Pink Lesbian Pride Flag.png|A lesbian flag. It was the winner in a contest for designing a lesbian flag in 2018, in which trans and nonbinary lesbians were welcome.<ref>''The search for the official lesbian flag.'' July 28, 2018. https://official-lesbian-flag.tumblr.com/post/176134630994/been-doing-some-research-and-looking-at-results</ref>
File:Sapphic Flag.jpg|A lesbian flag design created in 2018, [https://archive.is/0rFRD based off the colors of flowers in a poem by Sappho]. The link explains it was created specifically to include ''all'' lesbians, including those who are trans, [[butch]], and people of color. It was meant to replace a "lipstick lesbian" flag that was created in 2010 by someone who had expressed biphobic, transphobic, and racist views, as pointed out by the creators of this other flag.
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===NBLW===
===NBLW===
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