Vocabulary

The words listed on this page are not lesbophobic on their own, but are important to define and understand for pages describing lesbophobic terminology and concepts.



Sexuality Labels

 * Lesbian - Google defines this word as "a homosexual woman", but this is not entirely accurate. The definition of a lesbian is a woman or nonbinary person who is exclusively attracted to other women or (some) nonbinary people. Lesbianism is the only sexuality that completely excludes men. This community is also inclusive of aspec identities, as it doesn't specify sexual or romantic attraction, but that the attraction an individual does experience is exclusively towards women and some nonbinary people. Its flag is characterized by being either 7 stripes or 5 stripes, which depicts a gradient from a reddish orange, to a true orange, to white, to pink, to dark pink/magenta. This flag is commonly known as the Sunset Flag, as opposed to the all pink Lipstick Flag that used to represent the lesbian community before being scrapped due to its butchphobic and racist nature.
 * Bi flag.pngBisexual - Attraction to multiple genders. Some define it as attraction to both similar and different genders; this is not the case for everybody, however. Bisexuality is a fluid and inclusive term of various different experiences, and does include attraction to nonbinary people; it always has. There are, according to the Bisexual Manifesto (1990), "as many ways to be bisexual as there are bisexuals". Its flag is characterized by being 3 stripes; a magenta/hot pink stripe, followed by a thin lavender purple stripe, followed with a royal blue bottom stripe.
 * Pansexual flag.pngPansexual - Attraction to all genders, often with very little/no preference. It can also be described as bisexual, but doesn't have to be. It's a relatively new label that there is a lot of discourse about; some call it a micro-label under bisexual, while others call it its own separate experience from bisexual. Its flag is characterized by being 3 stripes; a hot pink stripe followed by a bright yellow stripe, followed by a sky blue stripe - all of the same thickness.
 * Polisexual flag.pngPolysexual/Polisexual - Not to be mistaken for Polyamorous; Attraction to various, but not all genders, often including both masculine and feminine genders without including all of them. This term has many different ways that it can be used, and like pansexual, is a relatively new label. In some cases, people consider this experience to bi bisexual; in others, lesbian; it is up to the individual as to whether they wish to label it as such, however. Its flag is characterized by being 3 stripes; a magenta/pink stripe followed by a bright green stripe, followed by a cerulean blue stripe - all of the same thickness.
 * Omnisexual flag.pngOmnisexual - Attraction to all genders, but typically with a strong and/or fluctuating preference. It can also be described as bisexual, but doesn't have to be. Like with pansexual and polisexual, it's a relatively new label that there is a lot of discourse about. Its flag is characterized by being 5 stripes; a light pink stripe, followed by a pink stripe, followed by a black stripe (also commonly depicted as dark purple), followed by a blue stripe, followed by a periwinkle stripe.
 * Sapphic flag.pngSapphic - Umbrella term for women and some nonbinary people who are attracted to women. Could be lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, etc. Doesn't specify whether or not one is attracted to men; merely the combined community for all wlw (and nbylw who choose to identify as such). Its flag is characterized as being 3 stripes; a light pink stripe on the top and bottom, with a white/very pale pink middle stripe, typically depicted a purple flower/violets, which symbolize the poetry written by Sappho depicting women gifting violets to one another romantically.

Diamoric Labels

 * Diamoric Flag.pngDiamoric - Umbrella term that describes general nonbinary attraction to all genders; can be used alongside binary terms, or as a replacement to them. Many exclusionists push these terms onto all nonbinary people, and many inclusionists have a distaste for these terms in general. They were not created to harm nonbinary lesbians, nor were they created by racists or TERFs as people like to imply; they are merely alternative terms that exist for those who need/enjoy them. Its flag is depicted as being 3 stripes; light green on the top and bottom, and white in the middle, typically depicting a dark red flower in the very center to imitate the form of the sapphic flag.
 * Trixic flag.pngTrixic - Umbrella term for nonbinary people who are attracted to women. Could be exclusive attraction, could be bisexual attraction, etc. Doesn't specify whether or not one is attracted to men; doesn't specify whether or not one's gender relates to/is aligned with men. Merely the combined community for all nbylw who choose to identify as such. Its flag is depicted with 5 stripes; purple, lilac or pale purple, light pink, light yellow, and yellow orange - all of the same size.
 * Feminamoric flag.pngFeminamoric - Diamoric attraction solely towards women; can include attraction to nonbinary people, similarly to how lesbian can include attraction to nonbinary people. Is commonly pushed onto nonbinary lesbians, but can be used alongside lesbian and is not inherently lesbophobic as a label. Its flag is depicted with 5 stripes in the following order; maroon/dark red, followed by white, followed by light pink, followed by white, followed by dark green. There is an alternate form that is commonly used (not depicted to the left) that is structured similarly to the lesbian flag; 5 stripes, dark red, pink, white, light green, and green.
 * Venusic flag.jpgVenusic - Diamoric attraction solely towards women and womaligned nonbinary people; not well known or commonly pushed onto nonbinary lesbians, but is worth knowing about, as several lesbians use it alongside the lesbian label. Meant to be used alongside the Galactian Alignment System, but doesn't always have to be. Its flag is depicted with 6 stripes in the following order: pale pink, followed by pale yellow, followed by pale greyish pink, followed by darker greyish pink, followed by a light greyish lavender, followed by a darker greyish lavender color. Its stripes were based on the clouds of venus, so the flag itself has a cloudy, low-contrast look to it.
 * Neptunic flag.jpgNeptunic - Diamoric attraction to all genders besides men/manaligned genders. Also not well known or commonly pushed onto nonbinary lesbians, but is still worth knowing about, as many lesbians use it alongside the lesbian label. Its flag is depicted with 6 stripes of the following order; teal, followed by a lighter shade of teal, followed by sea green, followed by a light turquoise, followed by a periwinkle color, followed by a darker periwinkle color. Similarly to the venusic flag, its stripes were based on the clouds of neptune, so the flag itself has a cloudy, low-contrast look to it.

Lesbian Labels
Labels and terms involved in the lesbian community partake in the reclamation and transformation of masculine and feminine societal roles and may challenge stereotypical expectations specific to lesbianism e.g gender identity and traits. It is not at all uncommon for butches, studs and femmes to be non-binary.


 * Femme: this term details lesbians whose gender expression, gender identity and traits present as 'feminine'. Femme lesbians reclaim and transform femininity.


 * Butch: Refers to a lesbian whose gender expression, gender identity and traits present as typically 'masculine'. Butch lesbians do not conform to traditional standards of femininity. Butch lesbians reclaim and transform masculinity.
 * Stud: is a term exclusive to black lesbians; similarly to butch, it refers to a lesbian whose gender expression, gender identity and traits present as typically 'masculine', non-blacks CANNOT use the term stud. Stud lesbians do not conform to traditional standards of femininity. Stud is unique to black culture due to the fact that they were kicked from the butch community due to anti-black racism which occurred in the past (and often still today). It presents how being African-American affects perception of masculinity and what it means. Although, black lesbians can use stud, or studs instead of butch, they can still use the term 'butch' if they choose too as it is not white exclusive.