: a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women : a gay woman
lesbians and gay men
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Last year, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that a Catholic foster care agency in Philadelphia was entitled to turn away gay and lesbian couples as clients. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 Lawmakers in the tiny, independent principality wedged between France and Spain unanimously approved the new family code, which grants gay and lesbian civil partnerships the same legal rights as heterosexual marriages. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 Child services eventually show up at his house and Loquareeous now heads to live with a white lesbian couple, which makes life absolutely miserable. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022 The Furies and other lesbian feminists sought to turn this logic inside out: What could be more quintessentially feminist than women loving other women? Sasha Archibald, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2021 Most Pride events typically take place in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which is a pivotal moment in gay and lesbian history. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2022 In 2016, Finding Dory briefly showed an apparent lesbian couple, but the filmmakers declined to confirm this. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 15 June 2022 Naysheen Collins and Simone Kolysh, an interracial lesbian couple with four children, said the climate for LGBTQ people has led them to consider moving from their home outside Frederick, Md., to D.C. for a more welcoming environment. Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Beverly Shaw was the artist on this, and it’s where Midge takes Suzy to the Trapdoor, a lesbian bar. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
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In Idaho, a pastor told his Boise congregation in May that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government. Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 The directive followed a landmark civil rights decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020 that, under a provision called Title VII, protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in the workplace. Kimberlee Kruesi, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2022 Jacobson and Graham also consulted with real-life AAGPBL players like Maybelle Blair, who publicly came out as a lesbian this year at the age of 95. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2022 An article on Twitter about a young lesbian named Emma in Edgewater, Ind., whose high school prom was canceled to prevent her from attending with her girlfriend, hands them a surefire social media cause.Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Studies show that young lesbian and bisexual young women are at a greater risk of an unwanted pregnancy than their heterosexual peers. Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 July 2022 It’s all well and good for Korg to be portrayed as a gay man and for Valkyrie to be depicted as a Black lesbian. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022 For Bilton’s mother, Debra, a cult-prone lesbian, Harrison was more than a sperm donor. Janet Manley, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Stalter created the series and will star as Beth Parker, a 20-year-old Christian and closeted lesbian who wrestles with her sexuality and faith in God while entering adulthood in suburban Ohio. Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022 See More
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Etymology
Adjective
(sense 1) from association with the ardent poetry written by Sappho of Lesbos (c. 610-c. 580 b.c.) to and about other women in the female religious and educational community she led
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LESBIANADJECTIVE➤butch充當男性角色的女同性戀者▸➤femme, lipstick充當女性角色的女同性戀者▸➤out公開了的女同性戀者◇She's an out lesbian.她是一名已經公開了的女同性戀。➤closet, closeted隱瞞身分的女同性戀者VERB + LESBIAN➤come out as公開宣佈為女同性戀者◇She came out as a lesbian in her teens.她十幾歲時公開宣佈自己是同性戀。