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My personal opinion is that regardless of its history the definition of lesbian is “homosexual female”. These days with the genderists, I often say I am a homosexual female, because they are redefining lesbian to be about gender rather than sex. It’s true homosexual has a not beautiful past, and in fact neither does lesbian. But I blame society for giving us no label that honors us in a positive or at least neutral light. These are the words we have in English. I think it’s important to acknowledge their definitions now. I say lesbian because it is the colloquial form, and homosexual female when I am trying to be precise.