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    [–]LesbiSilly[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    I hate the term 'Queer', because it still SEEMS RUDE to me. And yeah, I wanted to distance myself from it up until literally YESTERDAY, because I was struggling with sexism and feeling 'lesser'. I also didn't want to be a LESBIAN in the past because... I don't know. I had good role models who were, but for some reason, I decided that Gay fit me. I think it was that I didn't like being a lady and lesbian meant lady.

    I don't know why people respect people who use 'homosexual' more. I guess because it's a medical term and is more clear? (Somehow??)

    I know! I think anyone on here who is on a dating app should use Lesbian or True Lesbian so we know they really are. Or something like that.

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      [–]LesbiSilly[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      It would be hella cute. But you're right, we don't want people to catch on! It really shouldn't be this DIFFICULT! UGH! I hope we can use Lesbian the way it's meant to be. Also, I looked up Lesbian Groups in my area, but there were NONE! Nor were there support groups for Lesbians. T_T Only queer shit. Boooo....

      [–]yayblueberries 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      I think using "queer" in place of "lesbian" also gives those who like to say "sexuality is on a spectrum" license to keep saying it although I think it is total bullshit. It's also an attempt at being inclusive of garbage such as transbians and the trend of bisexual women saying they are lesbians sometimes and then going on and having sex with loads of dudes on Tinder because they don't feel satisfied entirely by a vagina.

      I use "gay woman" a lot too but hold "lesbian" dear to my heart. It seems like I am just old enough where I stopped caring about society going insane with 52 genders and the sexuality spectrum. All of that guilt-tripped and manipulation never worked on me.