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A lesbian is defined as a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted to other women. While the term "gay" may be used to describe people of both sexes with homosexual tendencies, the word lesbian is gender-specific in that it refers only to homosexual women.
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Ancient Greek poet Sappho wrote love poems to both men and woman and was believed to be a bisexual, a person attracted to both sexes. The word lesbian is derived from her place of birth, the Lesbos Islands.Dictionary.com: Lesbian -
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View All Lesbian Questions (19) | Ask a QuestionIs Pink a lesbian? (3 Answers)According to ContactMusic.com Pink said her first love was a girl, "we held hands and kissed - then she left me for my brother. Most of my friends are gay, ... read moreIs Lorraine Hansberry a lesbian? (2 Answers)Lorraine Hansberry was indeed a lesbian, though she was not publicly out of the closet due to the extreme homophobia that existed at that time. She wrote several essays for ... read moreIs Wanda Sykes a lesbian? (2 Answers)Yes, she is married to a woman named Alex who just gave birth to twin girls. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30730200/ And here's a clip of Wanda Sykes speaking about being gay. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/11/wanda-sykes-wif.html read moreIs safe sex regularly practiced among lesbians? How common are stds in the lesbian community? (2 Answers)U should ask the lesbian community or the feminist rights people, I have no idea since I am a guy. read more
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Lesbian Timeline
- 625 to 570 BCE: Earliest known written references of same sex attraction in the Lesbos Islands
- 794 to 1185: Lesbians were socially accepted in Japan
- 1649: Two women were prosecuted for lewd contact, one of them was convicted
- 1732: The word lesbian was used
- 1870: The term lesbianism appears in the Oxford English Dictionary
- 1921: Proposal to criminalize lesbianism was rejected
- 1928: Lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness was banned
- 1969: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons rioted following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn
- 1970: One year anniversary of the riot, the Gay Liberation Gay organized a march
- 1985: GLAAD was Founded in New York City
- 2003: The first gay pride parade in the country of Taiwan
- 2004: Massachusetts becomes first state to legalize same sex marriage
- 2005: Gay pride was forbidden in Warsaw but happened anyway
