Category: Politics
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“Recruiting” Women to Lesbianism is Weird at Best
Our recent articles on bisexual women appropriating lesbianism revealed how there has seemingly been an uptick in Political “Lesbianism” propaganda. Yes, despite the fact that my friends and foes assure me it’s a thing of the past and that I shouldn’t criticise radical feminism or queer theory–depending on who you speak to–for the extreme lesbophobia…
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“Female homosexuality” is not hateful terminology
There is nothing hateful about being a lesbian. There is nothing hateful about being female. There is nothing hateful about being homosexual. And there is nothing hateful about using the correct terminology to articulate lesbianism–female homosexuality–to differentiate it from other sexual orientations. Yes, even if it hurts your feelings because you feel left out. According…
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Lesbians are not politically identical… and that’s alright.
It feels like a fever dream that I need to explain that lesbians are not politically identical. The fact that we have to remind LGBT people not to be authoritarian about their political beliefs is wild. Alas, we must persist in spelling out these fundamentally common-sense and crucial truths. Sexual orientation is not a choice.…
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Why Do Bisexual Women Keep Identifying as Lesbians?
I’m going to be real with you, chief. I don’t prioritise the hyper-individualistic, deluded mentality of *~creating our own reality~* and identifying as things we literally just cannot be. Especially not when it costs a vulnerable community the language they require to ever liberate themselves from oppression. Get your selfish boots off lesbians’ fucking necks.…
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New Online Classifieds Facilitate Lavender Marriages for Indian Lesbians
Society pressures lesbians to marry and have sex with men in most parts of the world. Heteropatriarchy sows doubt that female homosexuality is even possible, and so does the LGBT community. Heterocoercion feels inescapable. Only a lesbian understands how devastating the prospect, let alone reality, of us having sex with a male is. Women who…
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Celebrating the original Lesbian Visibility Week, held July 8th-15th, 1990
Linda Riley and Diva Magazine claim they created Lesbian Visibility Week (LVW) in 2020 for “all LGBTQ+ women,” but they weren’t the first to celebrate it. The week was first recognised in 1990. It was originally held from July 8-15, organised by The City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian & Gay Advisory Council and Lesbian Visibility…
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Because of You: Documentary explores Filipina lesbians in ‘90s NYC
I remember being expected to interrogate the concept of ‘belonging’ from a theoretical perspective for the first time in high school English class. Fittingly, the class of 12-year-olds and I analysed the poems of Emily Dickinson in an attempt to conclude something deep about ‘belonging’. I enjoyed and related to her poetry, but drawing conclusions…
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Lesbianism is made invisible through culty, “queer” expectations
Well, it’s been a pretty fucked up Lesbian Visibility Week in 2026. For example, we’ve had Linda Riley and Diva Magazine claiming they created Lesbian Visibility Week in 2020 for “all LGBTQ+ women.” Despite the fact that Lesbian Visibility Week was first recognised in 1990, in West Hollywood, USA. Original organisers specified that Lesbian Visibility…
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Lesbian Visibility Week is for female homosexuals
Lesbianism has been made invisible for a variety of homophobic reasons. Heteropatriarchal society denied that female homosexuality was possible in history, which is the epitome of invisibility. But is today much different? Lesbians can’t even have Lesbian Visibility Week (LVW), beginning April 20, to themselves without including everyone who identifies as “queer,” or else we’re…
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Hey, Political “Lesbians”! Lesbianism is not a choice!
Lesbianism means female homosexuality. It refers to a class of women who are incapable of experiencing sexual attraction towards males, only towards females. Without the word lesbian, we don’t have language to describe ourselves. Some women, mainly bisexuals, argue that lesbians should surrender our word and identity for non-lesbian women to refer to themselves as…