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

Homosexual woman here (being Greek and all,I decided not to use the term lesbian anymore as it belongs to one of our own islands).

I think the idea of "political lesbian" is profoundly disillusioned. Sexual instincts are not affected by political ideas.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I didn't get the impression from the article that she is a political lesbian, just that she considers coming out as a lesbian and adopting the identity to be a choice that she's proud of. She doesn't mention being sexually attracted to men, and given that this was written in 2014 she seems to be reacting to political dialogue surrounding the American gay marriage campaigns.

I am a bisexual and she does not read in any way bisexual to me. She seems very typically lesbian.

What is your definition of a lesbian?

She seems to think it's a women who exclusively partners with other women.

[–]MyLongestJourney 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What is your definition of a lesbian?

Lesbian = Adjective of origin referring to the Greek isle of Lesbos.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries"[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At this point I would be OK with a new word that connotes natural, exclusive female homosexuality and lacks political connotation. I’m willing to throw lesbian into the memory hole. Gay woman and homosexual work until that word exists.

That’s the thing, does Julie Bindel even call herself gay? Or just “lesbian” and “homosexual?”