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==Exclusive Lesbian Attraction==
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Mono-Lesbian]]s}}
The majority of the lesbian community is exclusively attracted to women and/or non-binary individuals. This is not something that is in question, nor is it something that is invalid. Lesbians with exclusive attraction are welcome to their label, and often have a separate community from m-spec lesbians. This is because m-spec lesbians have vastly different experiences, and while they can respect one another and speak together on lesbianism, they both will likely remain in separate spaces, with some overlapping spaces as well.
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Despite the erasure of non-binary identities for a large stretch of history, and hence the lack of exploration of those identities on a societal-wide level, non-binary lesbians have always existed, and lesbianism has never actually excluded them.
As time passed, and more and more individuals started to explore exclusive vs. non-exclusive attraction and
Now, the lesbian label is evolving again as the concept of fluid attraction and variorientation are becoming more highlighted in queer spaces. It's not changing its definition, nor is it losing its significance to queer women and non-binary individuals, but rather it's evolving along with the evolution of queer terminology and identity. Just decades ago, the idea that someone could be fluid between different sexualities was not really a thing. Now, with terms like abrosexual and abromantic, individuals are becoming more comfortable with the concept, and individuals who are fluid between being lesbian, and being another sexuality, may feel connected to m-spec lesbian labels in that way.
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