https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian
A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. [3] [4] [5] The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lgbtqi/resources/definitions
Definitions. LESBIAN: Usually refers to a woman who has a romantic and/or sexual orientation toward women.Some nonbinary people also identify with this term. GAY: Used in some cultural settings to represent men who are attracted to men in a romantic, erotic and/or emotional sense.Not all men who engage in same-gender sexual behavior identify as gay, and as such this label should be used with

https://www.healthline.com/health/am-i-lesbian
Lesbian, after all, is an identity label regarding the people we love, date, or f*ck, not necessarily about gender presentation, Underwood says.

https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-it-means-be-lesbian
Coming Out as a Lesbian. Coming out is the process of revealing your sexuality to friends and family. It should always be your own decision. You might do it all at once with a big announcement, or

https://www.britannica.com/topic/lesbianism
homosexuality. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. (Show more) lesbianism, the tendency and orientation of a human female to be emotionally and usually sexually attracted to other females, or the state of being so attracted. As it was first used in the late 16th century, the word Lesbian was the capitalized adjectival term

https://gaycenter.org/community/lgbtq/
Sometimes lesbian is the preferred term for women. Bisexual. A person who can form enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or more than one gender. People may experience this attraction in differing ways and degrees over their lifetime. Bisexual people need not have had specific sexual experiences

https://www.britannica.com/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-community
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community (LGBTQ community), in any country, region, city, or other locality, a group of persons who identify as lesbian, gay (in the narrow sense of being a male who is sexually or romantically attracted to other males), bisexual, transgender, or queer and who feel some degree of empathy and solidarity with each other based on their shared

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/understanding-gay-lesbian-identities/
Lesbian is a noun that describes women who are predominantly attracted to other women. It can also be used as an adjective. Some lesbian women prefer to identify as "gay," and that's ok. Example (Noun): "After school, I came out to my parents as a lesbian .". Example (Adjective): "After coming out, I researched lesbian women from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender". It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual, non-heteroromantic, or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The variant LGBTQ adds a Q for those who identify as queer (which can be synonymous with LGBT) or are questioning their sexual or gender identity

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/from-lgbt-to-lgbtqia-the-evolving-recognition-of-identity
In the 1990s, the longstanding bonds between lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in both daily life and liberation activism led to the widespread adoption of the LGB acronym (lesbian, gay and bisexual).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2022/11/21/what-does-l-lgbtq-mean/10749052002/
Lesbian women can be attracted to lesbians, bisexual women, pansexual women, among others. According to the 2023 Gallup poll, around 1.2% of U.S. adults self-identify as lesbian.

https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/orientation
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in the United States encounter extensive prejudice, discrimination, and violence because of their sexual orientation. Intense prejudice against lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people was widespread throughout much of the 20 th century. Public opinion studies over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routinely showed

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq
Sexual orientation is separate from gender identity. As GLAAD notes, "Transgender people may be straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer. For example, a person who transitions from male to female

https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/history
Additional selected resources: Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Houghton Mifflin, 2006 Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaws: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, Routledge, 1994 Michael Bronski, A Queer History of the United States, Beacon Press, 2011 Devon Carbado and Dwight McBride, eds. Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African-American Fiction, Cleis Press, 2002

https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as "Gay Pride Day," but the actual day was flexible.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2023/04/28/lesbian-flag-history-colors-meaning/11635247002/
The "Lipstick Lesbian" Flag was created by Natalie McCray, who posted it on the blog "This Lesbian Life" in 2010.The flag features six shades ranging from pink to red with a white stripe in the

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a36523338/lesbian-pride-flag-meaning/
What is the blue version of the lesbian pride flag? In 2016, yet another lesbian pride flag was created—the "butch lesbian pride flag." Instead of pink and purple hues, the butch lesbian pride

https://www.out.com/celebs/2022/10/11/celebrity-women-who-identify-as-lesbians
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird. These two superstar athletes both came out as lesbians and became the first same-sex couple to grace the cover of ESPN 's The Body Issue. Rapinoe, a soccer player, came

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lesbianism
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Two women.Italian Renaissance engraving. Statue of two ancient Egyptian women, Idet and Ruiu, depicted in a form typical of married couples, Museo Egizio. Lesbianism is the sexual and romantic desire between women. There are historically fewer mentions of lesbianism than male homosexuality, due to many historical writings and records focusing primarily on men.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/how-do-lesbians-have-sex
There are many ways that everyone — lesbian, gay, bisexual, or heterosexual — can have sex with a partner, including kissing, masturbation, erotic massage, body rubbing, fantasy, and using sex toys for clitoral, anal, or vaginal stimulation. Many people also enjoy oral sex, which is when someone uses her or his mouth to stimulate a partner

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lesbians-more-accepted-gay-men-around-world-study-finds-n1118121
A new study exploring the attitudes toward nonheterosexual men and women in 23 Western and non-Western countries found lesbians are more accepted than gay men around the world. "We found that

https://parade.com/living/lesbian-flag
The top color is the same reddish-orange we mentioned before from the 5-color Orange-Pink Lesbian flag. This symbolizes "gender non-conformity.". The next is a lighter orange, which represents

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/queer-comedians-take-center-stage-netflix-documentary-outstanding-rcna157773
In the new Netflix documentary "Outstanding," Margaret Cho, Judy Gold, Robin Tyler and other comedy legends look back at the legacy of LGBTQ comics and their journey from the closet to the spotlight.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pixar-confirm-joy-inside-out-lesbian/
On June 16, 2024, the X account @LyricVault made a viral post suggesting that Joy, a character from Pixar Animation Studio's movie "Inside Out" voiced by Amy Poehler, is a confirmed lesbian in the

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/19/denver-gay-bars-clubs-pride-2024-lesbian-queer-nightlife-patios/
Denver's essential LGBTQ+ bars, from legendary gay clubs to drag destinations The Queen City's best queer nightlife and dining: Tracks, Charlie's, lesbian bar Blush & Blu, sports bar Tight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_flags
The labrys lesbian flag was created in 1999 by graphic designer Sean Campbell, and published in June 2000 in the Palm Springs edition of the Gay and Lesbian Times Pride issue. [1] [2] The design involves a labrys, a type of double-headed axe, superimposed on the inverted black triangle, set against a violet background.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/asia/thailand-same-sex-marriage-intl-hnk/index.html
Thailand will become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after the kingdom's Senate approved a marriage equality bill on Tuesday, with supporters calling it a

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/travel/nyc-pride-2024-what-to-do.html
Check out the new Stonewall visitors' center, bask on a queer-friendly beach, see works by a pioneering lesbian photographer and revel in L.G.B.T.Q. history in every borough.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/06/19/lesbian-centenarian-outshone-joh-bjelke-petersen/
The pioneering lesbian centenarian who outshone Joh Bjelke-Petersen. From St Kilda's gay clubs in the 1930s to the 1988 bicentennial, Monte Punshon always sparkled.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/18/star-wars-fans-abandon-ship-disney-brings-lesbian-/
At the center of the drama is Episode 3, which aired last week. The segment featured what the LGBTQ publication Them described as a "coven of lesbian space witches" who appear to use the Force