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But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Many social media users criticized Who for spreading lesbophobic myths and furthering the harmful idea that lesbianism is a phase that could end, even if it was said in jest.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 28 Aug. 2025
Last year, the internet mistook an offhand remark Fox made on TikTok as a coming-out declaration of lesbianism.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
At first—in what feels like a winking allusion to the legend that Queen Victoria was unable to conceive of lesbianism—Mary simply can’t fathom the possibility.
—B. Pietras
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Many social media users criticized Who for spreading lesbophobic myths and furthering the harmful idea that lesbianism is a phase that could end, even if it was said in jest.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 28 Aug. 2025
Last year, the internet mistook an offhand remark Fox made on TikTok as a coming-out declaration of lesbianism.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
At first—in what feels like a winking allusion to the legend that Queen Victoria was unable to conceive of lesbianism—Mary simply can’t fathom the possibility.
—B. Pietras
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for lesbianism
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“Lesbianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lesbianism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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lesbianism
noun
les·bi·an·ism
ˈlez-bē-ə-ˌniz-əm 
: romantic or sexual attraction between women
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