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'''Lesbian''' (also known as '''gay woman'''<ref>https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lesbian</ref>, '''homosexual woman'''<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100100998</ref>, or '''
The majority of lesbians are exclusively wlw/nblw, including all [[Trixic|NBLW]], [[Asterian|WLNB]], and [[Enbian|NBLNB]] attractions. However, despite this, for some lesbians, the attraction is not exclusive, as m-spec lesbianism (especially [[Bi-Lesbian|bi-lesbianism]]) is a historically seen identification.
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==Gender-Based Lesbianism==
Although
===Non-Binary Lesbians===
'''[[Non-Binary Lesbian]]s''' are individuals who identify somewhere on the non-binary spectrum, as well as identifying as lesbian.
Some specific forms of non-binary lesbianism are '''[[Agender Lesbian|agender lesbian]]s''', '''[[Bigender Lesbian|bigender lesbian]]s''', '''[[Genderfluid Lesbian|genderfluid lesbian]]s''', '''[[Lesbian Demigirl|lesbian demigirl]]s''', '''[[Librafeminine Lesbian|librafemininelesbian]]s''', and '''[[Xenic Lesbian|xenic lesbian]]s'''.
Any non-binary can identify as lesbian if they want, but they don't have to if they're not comfortable doing so.
===Masc Lesbians===
'''Masc Lesbians''' are individuals who identify as male or masculine in a non-traditional sense (through
Men who are women-aligned are inherently non-binary, so [[Selenian|women-aligned]] men, as well as [[neutral]]-aligned men, [[Artemian|feminine-aligned]] men, [[Xenic|xeno-aligned]] men, and other [[enboy|non-binary men]] with varying alignments, are queer and their experiences should never be forced to fit binary manhood, as they are unique, and they are non-binary and therefore deserve to be respected in queer and lesbian spaces.
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'''PNC Lesbians''' are individuals that use pronouns not expected for their identity. Typically, when individuals think of lesbians, they think of individuals who use she/her pronouns, however this is not the case for many non-binary and non-women lesbians, as well as for some [[Pronoun Non-Conforming|pronoun non-conforming]] lesbians who are women.
Terms PNC lesbians may use are [[He/Him Lesbian|he/him lesbian]], [[He/Her Lesbian|he/her lesbian]], [[They/Them Lesbian|they/them lesbian]], [[It/Its Lesbian|it/its lesbian]], [[Neopronoun Lesbian|neopronoun lesbian]], and similar.
==History==
The word lesbian comes from the name of the Greek island Lesbos, the birthplace of the poet Sappho (the origin of the word [[sapphic]]).<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/lesbian Etymonline: lesbian (adj)]</ref> The use of lesbian to mean gay woman or
Romantic and sexual relationships between women go back far in human history, including to ancient times. Most ancient civilizations were surprisingly LGBTQ+ friendly, thinking that it was just human nature to crave sexual or romantic contact from the same gender.
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As mentioned above, the Greek poet Sappho was a major part in developing the terms lesbian and sapphic. She was believed to love women or be a lesbian. Little of Sappho's poetry survives, but what has survived provides deep description of women's daily lives, relationships, and rituals. Many of her poems proclaim her love for girls, as she deeply studied the beauty of women.
Ancient Greece had thriving homosexual culture, as men were sequestered with other men, and women with other women. Sexual relationships between men were recorded, but almost nothing about relationships between women were recorded. Records of
===Ancient Rome===
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===Early Europe===
With the term "sodomy" growing to describe homosexual men, same-gender relationships were viewed in a negative light. This was usually only to describe men who would partake in sexual relationships with other men, though.
Relationships between Catholic nuns have surprisingly been recorded during this time as well. Forty days' penance was demanded of nuns who "rode" each other (engaged in sexual behavior) or were known to touch each other's breasts. An Italian nun named Sister Benedetta Carlini was documented to have seduced many of her fellow sisters when being possessed by a Divine spirit. To end her relationships with other women, she was placed in solitary confinement for the last forty years of her life. However, contrary to this,
===Victorian era (17th-19th century)===
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Homosexuality became an undesirable characteristic for women in the workforce, which further silenced the lesbian community. Some homosexual women still persisted, and reclaimed the pink triangle, a symbol given to gay men in Nazi concentration camps.
A solution to isolated lesbians became lesbian pulp fiction in the 1950's. It was also a replacement for the little knowledge of
The Stonewall Riots was the first gay rights movement recorded in history. This started when a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn in New York was attacked. This is when many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals started fighting for their rights.
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==Demographics==
===The Kinsey report===
In 1953, more than 8,000 American women were interviewed for an in-depth report on
Most of the women who reported homosexual behavior had not experienced it more than ten times. 51% of women reporting homosexual behavior had only one sexual partner.
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