Lesbian

Lesbian is a term for someone who experiences strong queer attraction to women and/or feminine aligned people, often exclusively. This attraction may be sexual, romantic, queerplatonic, or any other form of attraction that is significant to oneself. Lesbian individuals may identify as sapphic, gay, a combination, or another term entirely.

The MLM/NBLM counterpart to lesbian is turian.

Etymology
The word lesbian is derived from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos, home to the 6th-century BCE poet Sappho who was believed to experience homosexual attraction. Her name is also the root for "sapphic" and the outdated term "sapphist."

Pronunciation
/Leh-z-bee-ehn/



Definitions

 * A woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Some lesbians may prefer to identify as gay (adj.) or as gay women. - GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
 * of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to other women or between women - Merriam-Webster

Subsets

 * Lesboy
 * Lilae Lesbian
 * Bi Lesbian
 * Aphrodite Lesbian