Lesbian

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<!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->A <b>lesbian</b> is a female that is sexually and/or romantically attracted to other females. The term can be used as a noun or an adjective.
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<h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Etymology</h2>
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</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The word <i>lesbian</i> originally referred to an inhabitant of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lesbos%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lesbos%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLesbos%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>, an island in Greece where an ancient Greek lyric poet named <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sappho%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sappho%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSappho%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Sappho" title="Sappho">Sappho</a> lived. Some of her poems concerned love between women. Whether Sappho was a lesbian in the modern meaning of the term or a poet who described lesbians is not known. While she did write poems about love between women, there is some dispute as to how her writings can be interpreted. Sappho's literary association with love between women led to the term <i>sapphism</i> as another term for lesbianism.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Other words used to describe lesbianism over the past 200 years have included <i>amor lesbicus</i> and <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22tribadism%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22tribadism%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btribadism%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Tribadism" title="Tribadism">tribadism</a></i>.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There are many <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22slang%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22slang%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bslang%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> terms for lesbians including <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22dyke%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dyke%20%28slang%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDyke%20%28slang%29%7Cdyke%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Dyke_(slang)" title="Dyke (slang)">dyke</a> and </i>bull dyke<i>. Both of these are almost always regarded as pejorative when used by outsiders, but many within the lesbian and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22queer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22queer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bqueer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" href="/wiki/Queer" title="Queer">queer</a> communities have reclaimed their usage.</i>
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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> lesbian flags </h2>
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<!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->lesbian flag of unknown source<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AA43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8.png%7Cleft%7Cthumb%7C210x210px%7Clipstick%20lesbian%20flag%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22A43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8.png%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22A43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22left%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22lipstick%20lesbian%20flag%22%2C%22width%22%3A210%2C%22height%22%3A210%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22lipstick%20lesbian%20flag%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lgbt/images/8/8d/A43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/210?cb=20180702222002" width="210" height="126" class="image thumb alignLeft withCaption" data-image-name="A43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8.png" data-image-key="A43CE340-79C8-4C0F-9556-D918DE37D8C8.png"  type="image" />
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The lipstick lesbian flag created in 2010 by This Lesbian Life on word press, despite being relatively unknown, this flag is one of the most commonly used but is highly controversial due to racist, bi phobic and ableist comments made by the creator
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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> External links </h2>
<ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australia%20backs%20lesbian%20IVF%20treatment%20-%20BBC%20News%20Online%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%5C%2F2%5C%2Fhi%5C%2Fasia-pacific%5C%2F1936952.stm%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%5C%2F2%5C%2Fhi%5C%2Fasia-pacific%5C%2F1936952.stm%20Australia%20backs%20lesbian%20IVF%20treatment%20-%20BBC%20News%20Online%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1936952.stm">Australia backs lesbian IVF treatment - BBC News Online</a>
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</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lesbian%20couples%20raise%20well-adjusted%20teenagers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.newscientist.com%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fnews.jsp%3Fid%3Dns99996670%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.newscientist.com%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fnews.jsp%3Fid%3Dns99996670%20Lesbian%20couples%20raise%20well-adjusted%20teenagers%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996670">Lesbian couples raise well-adjusted teenagers</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20National%20Center%20for%20Lesbian%20Rights%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.nclrights.org%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.nclrights.org%20The%20National%20Center%20for%20Lesbian%20Rights%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nclrights.org">The National Center for Lesbian Rights</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Old%20Lesbians%20Organizing%20for%20Change%20%28OLOC%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.oloc.org%5C%2F%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.oloc.org%5C%2F%20Old%20Lesbians%20Organizing%20for%20Change%20%28OLOC%29%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="743-14686343005dec8429d17e3" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oloc.org/">Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)</a>
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</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Info about community lesbian flag.^
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">the orange and pink Lesbian flag is often used as a replacement for the pink/lipstick lesbian flag, it is now one of the most commonly used
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