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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Lesbians are female homosexuals.

[–]chrysthefeminist 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Nope, sorry, I am not a "female homosexual", nor am I "gay", I am a lesbian, period.

[–]Realwoman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Homosexual means attracted to the same sex. Lesbian is a word describing women attracted to women, the word comes from the name of the Greek island Lesbos where Sappho was from. Lesbian just means homosexual woman.

TRAs are the ones that want to change what words mean.

[–]chrysthefeminist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everything I wrote indicates that I already understand the meanings of the words you are now endeavoring to explain to me, so don't bother me with redundant explaining. Language is very important in getting meanings across, as the work of Mary Daly abundantly demonstrates. She said that women have had the power of naming stolen from us and invented quite a few woman identified words herself. TRAs also understand the importance of language, as demonstrated by their efforts to twist the meanings of words to our detriment. TRAs are not the only ones on earth who coin new language, interpret old language in new ways and / or who have the right to touch language in any way. Please do not equate my second wave, woman identified choices of which language to use and which not to use with the putrid, misogynistic deeds of the TRAs. Thank you.