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A '''they/them lesbian '''refers to a [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Lesbian lesbian] who uses they/them [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Pronouns pronouns] but is still a woman or [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Lunarian woman-aligned]. The term can be used by any women who are wlw ([https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Sapphic sapphic]) and use they/them pronouns. Those pronouns can be exclusive or one can be [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Multipronouns multipronoun]. It is a more specific form of [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Pronoun_Non-Conforming pronoun non-conformity] and [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Crosspronoun crosspronoun] usage. It is a common lesbian experience to feel disconnected from womanhood due to womanhood often being defined by relationships to men. Similarly to how lesbians might go by masculine/androgynous names, present as a [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Butch butch], or otherwise [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Gender_Non-Conforming gender non-conforming], a lesbian may refer to themself by they/them to express this disconnect from their gender.
There also exists [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/He/Him_Lesbian he/him lesbians], [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/She/Her_Gay she/her gay] people, and [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/They/Them_Gay they/them gay] people.
==<span class="mw-headline" id="He.2FHim_Lesbians_vs_Transgender_Men">They/Them Lesbians vs Nonbinary People</span>==
A they/them lesbian does '''not''' identify as male, they may acknowledge they are female, but pronouns do not always equal gender identity, as a they/them lesbian is simply a more specific form of pronoun non-conforming lesbians.
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