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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.
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B. Pietras
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
My heart is for those trans masc lesbians, or T4T down, or just lesbianism.
—James Factora, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
In the 1960s, political lesbianism emerged from the second-wave feminist movement as a means of decentering men from the lives of women.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
After graduating, Medhurst began her blog, Dressing Dykes, which chronicles everything from carabiners to the monocle as a symbol of lesbianism in the 1920s.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 June 2024
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B. Pietras
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
My heart is for those trans masc lesbians, or T4T down, or just lesbianism.
—James Factora, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
In the 1960s, political lesbianism emerged from the second-wave feminist movement as a means of decentering men from the lives of women.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
After graduating, Medhurst began her blog, Dressing Dykes, which chronicles everything from carabiners to the monocle as a symbol of lesbianism in the 1920s.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 June 2024
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“Lesbianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lesbianism. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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