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[–]EzukiRaen 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't use twitter so I can't say for sure but, this does seem to be a very niche thing. I don't think anything needs to be done about it at the moment. However, if this does blow up into something bigger, then something should be done.

If this does blow up, it'll further demonize lesbians and turn even more people away from calling themselves lesbian. Also, most people wouldn't look to deeply into the difference between "political lesbians" and "lesbians" and they'll assume that it's all the same. But again, I don't think much will come of this so, I don't think there's much to worry about.

On another note, I think #lesbiannotgay is a great hashtag that we should take for ourselves. Someone else mentioned that there are only a few postings currently with this hashtag. Maybe we could repurpose it as a hashtag that challenges other lesbians to call themsleves "lesbian" and not "gay" as a way to destigmatize the word "lesbian" and essential promote lesbian positivity. Doing that would also effectively drown out whatever the political lesbians are trying to do.