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[–]votkriscan 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Interestingly, in some places, people don't always automatically assume that just because two women are in a relationship, that they are lesbians. There are slang terms where people refer to themselves by dating types. Like, for example, femme/butch women in a relationship have a slang for themselves, and femme/femme women have a different slang for theirs.

But in English, Sapphic or wlw would work better to describe relationships involving both a lesbian and a bi woman. However, at this point, everything will likely just be hijacked.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I need to update my foreign language fluency with respect to LGB things but yes wlw is as hijacked as sapphic and ironically includes non-binaries who supposedly don’t want to be women. I don’t get it, but I don’t think they do either.

[–]refusetoliein a time of universal deceit 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I cannot see "wlw" without hearing Dr. Zoidberg in my head. It seems like it's only pronounceable by a creature with tendrils over the mouth.