What do you think of the term 'Lesbian?'

I find it considerably weird that there's different words for the same thing in different genders, but that's about it. I don't feel any sort of stigma or anything like that, though.

 

I don't know, I guess I kind of like it. It sounds kind of elegant and free.

 

I like it for others. It doesn't apply to me. I am gay.

 

I like that girls get their own word for it. I think it's kinda cool.

I've seen a thread before about this though, and many other people said they didn't like it either, so you're not just weird. ^^

 

Not that I have use it or anything, but to me it kind of sounds like an ugly word. xD
It's not a nice sounding word like "fur" or "her" that you can say effortlessly. I guess it's the "un" at the end. But at the end of the day, it's just a word.

 

I use to hate the word probably because as you said it's used as a noun versus an adjective. But that was also a time when I was not as comfortable in my own skin. The more confident I came with myself the easier it came for me to use that word in reference to myself.

 

Yeah, I wish it were an adjective. But since it isnt, I get to smash "lez" on to other words to make a descriptor. Such as, I got these great lezboots at goodwill last week. I look hot in my lezvest. I can't decide if Home Depot or Lowe's is my favorite lezstore .

I also like wordplay including the word lesbian. Mainly, lezbihonest about how much I crush on Emma Watson, and, how about tonight lez watch a movie, winkwink.

But, yeah, I feel more comfortable saying I'm gay than I am a lesbian. Throwing the word a in there makes it less a descriptor (e.g., I am freckled) and more a statement that I'm a whole different thing (e.g., I'm a Romulan).

 

I like doing that with "bi." I'm a bit biased though.

 

... ... ... Does that mean that a butch lady who is attracted to both men and women is a bike?

 

I have actually always liked the word lesbian more than the word gay. I don't know what it is, it just seems like a happier word to me (ironically).

 

My only issue with it is that it is often applied to me by other people based on my look and demeanor - but I'm neither attracted to women nor do I identify myself as a woman, so literally no part of the definition of lesbian applies to me.

 

I personally don't like to be labelled a lesbian. Growing up, that term has been used in a very pejorative way so when I found out that I was attracted to girls and that most people would call me a lesbian, it made me feel very, very uncomfortable. However, I'm slowly getting used to it. I still prefer to say that I'm gay rather than I'm a lesbian. Not that I'm out to anyone haha

 

The noun defining thing is a big thing. I think everything with less syllables is friendlier. Some times i describe myself as "lezzie" which solves both problems lol. I also like to add lez- as a prefix to things as katchoo said. Though I read about the story behind the word lesbian and it makes it seem a lot more fun: the famous ancient Greek female poet Sappho took a group of hot girls the island of Lesbos admire them and write love poems about them. They were lesbians as in, they lived in Lesbos... and they were also a group of only women fooling around with each other on a secluded island... So lesbians. That story makes the word far more fun to me. I have also frequently called myself a bicycle as katchoo was also saying. The "sexual" in bisexual also gets me. Maybe this weird word-phobia is the reason I can't decide on a label haha.

 

I've never liked it much, and I think it's a combination of what others have said about it being a noun and the fact that I go to an all-girls' school and the word lesbian is used a lot, not even in a derogatory way, but I've just come to think of it as a sort of 'straight people' word. Although, I do kind of like it a bit because reminds me of Fun Home which is the first queer book I read (because Alison comes out to her parents in a letter saying 'I am a lesbian', and it used to totally thrill me when I first realized I was queer). So yeah, mixed feelings, but I'd never use it for myself (although that means nothing considering it wouldn't be accurate for me on any count).

 

When I was a girl, and identified as homosexual, I didn't like the term lesbian. I always used gay.

 

I think it would be quite a shame if homosexual girls didn't have their own generic label, as gay is mostlyb used by/associated with guys.

 

:lol:

 

There aren't really any alternatives I could use, but I don't have a problem with it.
Also, in German it is far more often used as an adjective than as a noun.