lesbianism

[ lez-bee-uh-niz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

female sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of the same sex or gender; gay female sexual orientation.
(of a woman) the state of being sexually attracted only to people of the same sex or gender.

First recorded in 1865–70; lesbian + -ism

She doesn’t understand that lesbianism is the bottom line of the women’s movement.

In 2012, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon caused a stir when she told The New York Times that her lesbianism is a “choice.”

In fact, Victoria refused to legislate against lesbianism because she thought it was physically impossible.

He has warned of “rampant” lesbianism in Oklahoma public high-school bathrooms.

Thus, in the eighteenth century, Casanova remarked that the women of Provence are specially inclined to Lesbianism.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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