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Lesbian

What exactly is a lesbian and what does it mean to be one?

The lesbian sexuality is the first letter, L, of the LGBTQIA+ community and the definition of what a lesbian is may be different depending on who you’re asking. The correct definition of a lesbian according to queer people, lesbians specifically, would be non-men loving non-men (nmlnm). However, other people disagree with that definition and does not want to include other binary and or non binary gender identities other than female. So, if you do not identify and male, and you are only attracted to non-male people, you would be lesbian/a lesbian.

Do lesbians have representation in the media?

This is another question where the answer can be different depending on who you’re asking, but since it’s about lesbians, they would be the correct ones to ask. According to lesbians, they lack representation and feel excluded in the media. They say that although more people seem ”accepting” towards lesbians, its because of the people fetishising them, and not actually accepting them and viewing them as equal. The representation of lesbians can seem small due to many reasons, and one of them is people not using the word lesbian and or seeing it as a disgusting term. Many lesbians are uncomfortable with the word lesbian because of the fetishisation and sexualisation of it everywhere. This leads to the word lesbian not being used in the media, and replaced by terms as gay and queer instead, and less representation. Also, a lot of lesbian characters in movies and shows usually do not have as much screen time as other characters, and the lesbians usually look the same and have the same personality: White, cis, short dyed hair, light eyes, pale skin, tall, masculine, hate men and ”badass”. This proves that the variation of lesbian characters sadly do not exist right now.

Coming to an end of this article, lesbians are more likely to be fetishised by white, cis and heterosexual men compared to other sexualities, likely because those men like dominance and they view those who aren’t male as not equal which later leads to the viewing lesbian couples as ”innocent” & ”soft”, which are very sexualised words.

To the young lesbians:

Do not be ashamed at all or view the word as impure, your sexuality does not define you, it’s only a part of you, and you are perfect. You do not need to come out if you’re not comfortable, and remember, if your parents ever ask about when you’re having kids or getting a husband, don’t be afraid to include that it’s possible to love women too! Not only are you making it easier for yourself to come out slowly but surely, but you’re also even normalising lesbianism in general.