A lesbian is a female human who experiences physical and romantic attraction exclusively towards other female humans. In other words: a homosexual woman.
This definition has been well-established for decades.
Etymology
The word ‘lesbian’ ultimately comes from ‘Lesbos’[1], which is the name of a Greek island in the north-eastern Aegean Sea. Lesbos was the home of Sappho, a great lyric poet whose romantic verse included women as well as men. Hence, ‘lesbian’ came to be used to refer to homosexuality among women.
The word ‘sapphic’ refers to female homosexuality for the same reasons[2].
Attempts to change the definition
In recent years, there have been a number of commentators online who have tried to forcibly change this definition. They have tried to change it to ‘a non-man who experiences attraction towards other non-men’.
Those who try to push this definition generally believe in Gender Ideology – a belief system that often denies the existence of distinct sexes, and denies the existence of attraction based on biological sex.
References
- ^ Lesbian – Etymology, Origin, & Meaning, Etymonline. www.etymonline.com/…
- ^ Sapphic – Etymology, Origin, & Meaning, Etymonline. www.etymonline.com/…