Lesbian 17846 226055823 2008-07-16T17:05:01Z WikiDreamer Bot 7221255 robot Modifying: [[bs:Lezbejka]] {{sprotected2}} {{about|same-sex desire and sexuality among women}} [[Image:Lesbian Couple from back holding hands.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Two women holding hands]]<!--deliberately left out "lesbian" from caption due to previous removal of picture with reason of "unsourced". According to description on Wikimedia Commons, image was created to demonstrate a lesbian couple--> [[Image:Lesbian sign.svg|thumb|225px|In ancient times the metal [[copper]] was associated with the Roman goddess [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] because of its visual appeal. Copper's ancient [[alchemy]] symbol became a sign for both the goddess and the [[Venus|planet]]. It was later also used to represent the female in [[biology]] and popular culture. Here, it is doubled and twined in symbolic hues of [[Lilac (color)|lilac]] as a sign for ''lesbian''.]] A '''lesbian''' is a [[woman]] who is [[Romantic love|romantically]] and [[sexual relationship|sexually]] attracted only to other women.<ref>AskOxford.com, ''[http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&field-12668446=lesbian&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact&sortorder=score%2Cname lesbian]''</ref><ref>AskOxford.com, ''[http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homosexual?view=uk homosexual]''</ref> Women who are attracted to both women and men are more often referred to as [[bisexual]]. An individual's self-identification might not correspond with her behavior, and may be expressed with either, both, or neither of these words. __TOC__ ==Etymology== The word ''lesbian'' dates back at least to 1732 and ''lesbianism'' appears in the 1870 [[Oxford English Dictionary]] meaning ''[[sexual orientation]]'' rather than a reference to [[Sappho]] and inhabitants of [[Lesbos Island|Lesbos]]. ''Lesbian'' as an adjective is in the 1890 Oxford English Dictionary and as a noun by 1925. Until the early twentieth century ''lesbian'' was interchangeable with ''Sapphist''.<ref>Norton, Rictor. (July 12, 2002). {{cite web|url=http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/social22.htm|title=A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory, "The 'Sodomite' and the 'Lesbian'}} infopt.demon.co.uk. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.</ref> ===Broadened meaning=== Calling a historical figure a lesbian can be misleading. Women who have written about their affection for each other, along with [[spinster]]s who lived together for years, have often been viewed without much hint they had intimate relationships. With the coming of [[second wave feminism]] in the later 20th century a tendency to view all women in more or less heterosexual terms stirred a rebellion in which the definition of ''lesbian'' was challenged. Some groups widened the definition to mean any woman who didn't live a traditional [[heterosexual]] life.<ref>Rictor, Norton. {{cite web|url=http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/social26.htm|title=Political definitions of 'the lesbian'.}} infopt.demon.co.uk. Retrieved on January 4, 2008.</ref> In 1970 the lesbian feminist organization [[Radicalesbians]] stated, "A lesbian is the rage of all women condensed to the point of explosion."<ref>McCoy, Sherry, Hicks, M. (1979). "A Psychological Retrospective on Power in the Contemporary Lesbian-Feminist Community." ''Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies'' '''4''' (3) p.65—69</ref> In 1980 feminist writer and poet [[Adrienne Rich]] proposed a [[continuum (theory)|continuum]] of lesbian relationships ranging from sexual to [[platonic]]. Rich wrote that instead of genital or sexual relationships between women, ''lesbian'' can mean any woman who skirts a conventional married life and resists male tyranny. Rich suggested lesbian relationships can happen between women who live or work together, even within the same family.<ref>Rich, Adrienne, (1980). "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence." ''Signs'' '''5''' (4) p. 631—660</ref> An updated take on this wider definition has to do with the ''girl crush'' as written about by Stephanie Rosenbloom in ''[[The New York Times]]''. Rosenbloom defines a girl crush as "that fervent infatuation that one heterosexual woman develops for another woman who may seem impossibly sophisticated, gifted, beautiful or accomplished." Such girl crushes may trigger the same kind of feelings involved in a romance and although not sexual in nature, these feelings may sway relationship dynamics if the object of the crush learns about them.<ref>Rosenbloom, Stephanie. (August 11, 2005). {{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/fashion/thursdaystyles/11CRUSH.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&8hpib|title=She's So Cool, So Smart, So Beautiful: Must Be a Girl Crush}} ''The New York Times'' website. Retrieved January 4, 2008.</ref> This broadening of the meaning for ''lesbian'' as any woman who bonds with another woman became known as ''woman identified woman''. However, this usage has been criticized as desexualizing lesbians. Cheshire Calhoun wrote in 1995 "When feminist woman loving replaces lesbian genital sexuality, lesbian sexual identity disappears into feminist identity."<ref> Calhoun, Cheshire (1995). "The Gender Closet: Lesbian Disappearance under the Sign 'Women'." ''Feminist Studies'' '''21''' (1) p. 7—34</ref> ==History== {{See also|History of lesbianism}} [[Image:Istanbul - Museo archeol. - Saffo - Copia romana da orig ellenist. - da Smirne - Foto G. Dall'Orto 28-5-2006 02.jpg|thumb|[[Sappho]] as depicted through a 2nd century CE [[ancient Rome|Roman]] copy of an [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] bust.]] The earliest known written references to same-sex love between women are attributed to [[Sappho]] (the [[eponym]] of ''[[wiktionary:sapphism|sapphism]]''), who lived on the island of [[Lesbos]] in [[ancient Greece]] from about 625 to 570 BCE and wrote poems which apparently expressed her sexual attraction to other females. Modern scholarship has suggested a parallel between [[Pederasty in ancient Greece|ancient Greek pederasty]] and the friendships Sappho formed with her students.<ref>[http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1999/1999-05-01.html Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1999.05.01<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Ellen Greene (ed.), ''Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches.'' Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0-520-20195-7</ref> Lesbian relationships were also common among the [[Spartan pederasty#Females|Lacedaemonians]] of ancient [[Sparta]]. [[Plutarch]] wrote "love was so esteemed among them that girls also became the erotic objects of noble women."<ref>"Lycurgus" 18.4) </ref> Accounts of lesbian relationships are found in poetry and stories from ancient [[China]]. Research by anthropologist [[Liza Dalby]], based mostly on erotic poems exchanged between women, has suggested lesbian relationships were commonplace and socially accepted in Japan during the [[Heian Period]]. In medieval [[Arabia]] there were reports of relations between [[harem]] residents, although these were sometimes suppressed. For example [[Caliph]] Musa [[al-Hadi]] ordered the beheading of two girls who were surprised during lovemaking.<ref>The History of al-Tabari, Vol. XXX, p.72-73, Albany: SUNY Press, Albany 1989).</ref> During the twelfth-century Etienne de Fougères derided lesbians in his ''Livre des manières'' (about CE 1170), likening them to hens behaving as roosters and reflecting a general tendency among religious and secular authorities in Europe to reject any notion women could be properly sexual without men.<ref>{{cite book | last=Lindahl|first=Carl|coauthors=John MacNamara, John Lindow|title=Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs|year=2000|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-19-514772-3}}, p. 243</ref> ==Sexuality== {{See also|Lesbian sexual practices}} [[Image:Lautrec in bed 1893.jpg|thumb|[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]]'s 1893 painting ''In Bed'']]Sexual activity between women is as diverse as sex between [[heterosexuality|heterosexuals]] or [[homosexuality|gay men]]. Some women in same-sex relationships do not identify as lesbian, but as [[bisexuality|bisexual]], [[queer]], or another label. As with any interpersonal activity, sexual expression depends on the context of the relationship. Recent cultural changes in [[Western society|Western]] and a few other societies have enabled lesbians to express their sexuality more freely, which has resulted in new studies on the nature of female sexuality. Research undertaken by the U.S. Government's [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ National Center for Health Research] in 2002 was released in a 2005 report called ''Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Years of Age, United States, 2002''. The results indicated that among women aged 15-44, 4.4 percent reported having had a sexual experience with another woman during the previous 12 months. When women aged 15–44 were asked, "Have you ever had any sexual experience of any kind with another female?", 11 percent answered "yes". There is a growing body of [[research]] and writing on lesbian sexuality, which has brought some debate about the control women have over their sexual lives, the fluidity of woman-to-woman sexuality, the redefinition of female sexual pleasure and the debunking of negative sexual stereotypes. One example of the latter is ''[[lesbian bed death]]'', a term invented by sex researcher [[Pepper Schwartz]] to describe the supposedly inevitable diminution of sexual passion in long term lesbian relationships; this notion is rejected by many lesbians, who point out that passion tends to diminish in almost any relationship and many lesbian couples report happy and satisfying sex lives. ==Public policy== :''See also [[National Center for Lesbian Rights]], [[:Category:Lesbian politicians]] and [[National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights]].'' [[Image:Lesbian married couple.jpg|thumb|[[Same-sex married couple]] at [[San Francisco Pride]] 2004.]] In [[Western societies]], explicit prohibitions on women's homosexual behavior have been markedly weaker than those on men's homosexual behavior. During the 1990s, dozens of chapters of [[Lesbian Avengers]] were formed to press for lesbian visibility and rights. [[Same-sex marriage]] has now been legalized in [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]], [[Belgium]], [[Canada]], [[South Africa]] - and [[Norway]] (on January 1st, 2009) - but it is still not permitted by many countries. In 2004 [[Massachusetts]] became the first [[United States|state in the United States]] to legalize [[same-sex marriages]].<ref>[http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/boston_marriages.html glbtq >> social sciences >> Boston Marriages<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], lesbianism has never been illegal. In contrast, sexual activity between males was not made legal in [[England and Wales]] until 1967. Lesbianism was left out of the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885]]; a common anecdote stating that [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] did not believe sex between women was possible is likely [[wikt:apocryphal|apocryphal]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Castle | first = Terry | title = The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture | publisher = Columbia University Press | date = 1993 | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-231-07652-5 | pages = 11, 66 }}</ref> A 1921 proposal, put forward by [[Frederick Alexander Macquisten|Frederick Macquisten]] MP to criminalize lesbianism was rejected by the [[House of Lords]]; during the debate, [[F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead|Lord Birkenhead]], the then [[Lord Chancellor of Great Britain|Lord Chancellor]] argued that 999 women out of a thousand had "never even heard a whisper of these practices."<ref>{{cite book | last = Doan | first = Laura | title = Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture | publisher = Columbia University Press | date = 2001 | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-231-11007-3 | pages = 56-60 }}</ref> In 1928, the lesbian novel ''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' was banned for [[obscenity]] in a highly publicized trial, not for any explicit sexual content but because it made an argument for acceptance.<ref>Biron, Sir Chartres (1928). "Judgment". {{cite book | last = Doan | first = Laura | coauthors = Prosser, Jay | title = Palatable Poison: Critical Perspectives on ''The Well of Loneliness'' | publisher = Columbia University Press | date = 2001 | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-231-11875-9 | pages = 39-49}}</ref> Meanwhile other, less political novels with lesbian themes continued to circulate freely.<ref name="Foster">{{cite book | last = Foster | first = Jeanette H. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Sex Variant Women in Literature: A Historical and Quantitative Survey | publisher = Vantage Press | date = 1956 | location = New York | pages = 287 }}</ref> Jewish religious teachings condemn male homosexual behavior but say little about lesbian behavior. However, the approach in the modern State of [[Israel]], with its largely [[secular]] Jewish majority, does not outlaw or persecute gay sexual orientation; marriage between gay couples is not sanctioned but [[common law]] status and official adoption of a gay person's child by his or her partner have been approved in precedent court rulings (after numerous high court appeals). ([[Civil marriage in Israel|Marriage in Israel]] is heavily regulated by official religious bodies; in the case of Judaism, the body in question is [[Orthodox Judaism|traditionalist]].) There is also an annual Gay parade, usually held in [[Tel-Aviv]]; in 2006, the "World Pride" parade was scheduled to be held in [[Jerusalem]]. Western-style [[homosexuality]] is rarely tolerated elsewhere in the [[Muslim world]], with the exception of [[Turkey]] where there are no laws or discriminative policies against lesbianism. It is punishable by imprisonment, lashings, or death in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]]. Though the law against lesbianism in [[Iran]] has reportedly been revoked or eased, prohibition of [[Gay men|male homosexuality]] remains. ===Discrimination and violence=== ''[[Lesbophobia]]'' is a term used to describes prejudice, discrimination, harassment or abuse, either specifically targeting a person because of her lesbian identity or targeting lesbians as a group.<ref>Tin, Louis-Georges. ''The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay and Lesbian Experience'', Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007</ref> Some lesbians prefer to use the more general term ''[[homophobia]]'', or ''[[biphobia]]'' in the case of women who identify as bisexual. ===Reproduction and parenting rights=== {{See also|Parenting by same-sex couples}} Many lesbian couples seek to have children through [[Adoption by same-sex couples|adoption]], but this is not legal in every country. In some countries access to assisted birth technologies by lesbians has been the subject of debate. In [[Australia]] the [[High Court of Australia|High Court]] rejected a ban on access to [[In vitro fertilization|in vitro fertilization (IVF)]] treatments for lesbian and single women.<ref name="marston">{{citation |title=Analysing Social Policy: A Governmental Approach |first=Greg |last=Marston |first2=Catherine |last2=McDonald |year=2006 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=1845425073 |page=190-1}}</ref><ref name="mcbain2002">{{citation |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2002/16.html |title=Re McBain (2002) HCA 16; 209 CLR 372; 188 ALR 1; 76 ALJR 694 |date=[[18 April]], [[2002]] |accessdate=[[2007-11-24]] |periodical=Australasian Legal Information Institute}}</ref> Immediately after this High Court decision, [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] amended [[legislation]] in order to prevent access to IVF for these groups, effectively overruling the High Court decision and enforcing the Roman Catholic position, which raised indignation from the gay and lesbian community as well as groups representing the rights of single women. ====Parthenogenesis==== {{See also|Lesbian utopia}} [[Parthenogenesis]] occurs naturally in some plant and insect species but not in mammals. However, scientists have created [[mice]] pups from two female mice. There is a possibility that with further research the same or similar procedure could allow two human females to be the [[genetics|genetic]] parents of the same child.<ref>About.com:Lesbian Life [http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/Parthenogenesis.htm Parthenogenesis: Do We Need Men Anymore? Creating Children Without Men or Sperm]</ref> Additionally, parthenogenesis and cloning opens the prospect for any single individual, male or female to eventually be able to reproduce themselves. ==Lesbian feminism== {{See also|Lesbian feminism|Feminism}} Many lesbians have been involved in [[women's rights]]. Late in the 19th century, the term ''[[Boston marriage]]'' was used to describe romantic unions between women living together, often while contributing to the [[suffrage]] movement. Lesbian feminism gained renewed popularity in North America and Western Europe during the "second wave" of the 1970s and early 1980s. By the end of the 1970s lesbian feminism was accepted as a field of study within academic institutions, although mostly as a branch of feminist disciplines. More recently, lesbian feminism has emerged as an expression of dissatisfaction with the 1970s era second wave feminist and [[gay liberation movement]]s.<ref>[http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/modern/Old_and_New_Wave-Feminism.html Lesbianism and Feminism], retrieved on May 28th 2007.</ref> Lesbian feminist texts have examined the influence of institutions such as [[patriarchy]], [[capitalism]] and [[colonialism]] on gender and sexuality with mixed success, sometimes describing lesbianism as a rational result of alienation and dissatisfaction with these institutions. In her 1980 essay ''[[Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence]]'', [[Adrienne Rich]] characterized [[heterosexuality]] as a violent [[political institution]] making way for the "male right of physical, economical, and emotional access" to [[women]]. Other key thinkers and activists have included [[Rita Mae Brown]], [[Audre Lorde]], [[Marilyn Frye]], [[Mary Daly]] and [[Sheila Jeffreys]]. [[Lesbian Separatism]] is one specific type of Lesbian feminism. ==Culture== {{See also|Lesbian culture|Category:Lesbian musicians}} [[Image:Lesbiennes at Gay Pride 2005.JPG|thumb|Lesbians at a [[Paris]] [[gay pride parade]].]] Throughout history [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people|hundreds of lesbians]] have been well-known figures in [[the arts]] and [[culture]]. Before the influence of European [[sexology]] emerged at the turn of the Twentieth Century, in cultural terms female homosexuality remained almost invisible as compared to male homosexuality, which was subject to the law and thus more regulated and reported by the press. However with the publication of works by sexologists like [[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], [[Havelock Ellis]], [[Edward Carpenter]], and [[Magnus Hirschfeld]], the concept of active female homosexuality became better known. As female homosexuality became more visible it was described as a medical condition. In ''Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality'' (1905), [[Sigmund Freud]] referred to female homosexuality as ''inversion'' or ''inverts'' and characterized female inverts as possessing male characteristics. Freud drew on the "third sex" ideas popularized by Magnus Hirschfeld and others. While Freud admitted he had not personally studied any such "aberrant" patients he placed a strong emphasis on psychological rather than biological causes. Freud's writings did not become well-known in English-speaking countries until the late 1920s. This combination of [[sexology]] and [[psychoanalysis]] eventually had a lasting impact on the general tone of most lesbian cultural productions. A notable example is the 1928 novel ''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' by [[Radclyffe Hall]], in which these sexologists are mentioned along with the term ''invert'', which later fell out of favour in common usage. Freud's interpretation of lesbian behavior has since been rejected by most psychiatrists and scholars, although recent [[biology|biological]] research has provided findings that may bolster a Hirschfeld-ian "[[third sex]]" interpretation of same-sex attraction. Since the 1980s lesbians have been increasingly visible in mainstream cultural fields such as music ([[Melissa Etheridge]], [[K.D. Lang]] and the [[Indigo Girls]]), television ([[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]], and [[Portia de Rossi]]), sports ([[Martina Navrátilová]], [[Amélie Mauresmo]], [[Lisa Raymond]] and [[Billie Jean King]]) and in comic books ([[Alison Bechdel]] and [[Diane DiMassa]]). More recently lesbian eroticism has flowered in [[fine art photography]] and the writing of authors such as [[Pat Califia]], [[Jeanette Winterson]] and [[Sarah Waters]] and Stella Duffy. There is an increasing body of lesbian films such as ''[[Desert Hearts]]'', ''[[Go Fish (film)|Go Fish]]'', ''[[Loving Annabelle]]'', ''[[Watermelon Woman]]'', ''[[Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV serial)|Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit]]'', ''[[Everything Relative]]'', and ''[[Better than Chocolate]]'' (see [[List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films]]). Classic novels such as those by [[Jane Rule]], [[Vin Packer]], [[Ann Aldrich]], and [[Ann Bannon]] have been reprinted. Moreover, prominent and controversial academic writers such as [[Camille Paglia]] and [[Germaine Greer]] also identify with lesbianism. ===Media depictions=== {{See also|Media portrayal of lesbianism}} Lesbians often attract media attention, particularly in relation to [[feminism]], love and sexual relationships, [[same-sex marriage|marriage]] and [[parent]]ing. Some writers have asserted this trend can lead to exploitive and unjustified plot devices.<ref>[http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/TV/102004/smallville.html AfterEllen.com - Smallville Exploits Lesbianism, Again<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==See also== <!---PLEASE NOTE: These links should be removed when added into the regular text (and please keep in alphabetical order)---> {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} * [[Arena Three (magazine)]] * [[Black triangle (badge)]] * [[Butch and femme]] * [[Drag king]] * [[Faux queen]] * [[Lesbian-identified]] * [[Lesbian literature]] * [[List of lesbian periodicals]] * [[:Category:Lesbian organizations]] * [[Lesbian science fiction]] * [[Lesbian teen fiction]] * [[Lesbian until graduation]] * [[Lesbianism in erotica]] * [[Lesbophobia]] {{Col-2}} * [[Lipstick lesbian]] * [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people]] * [[List of LGBT-related organizations]] * [[List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films]] * [[Minorities Research Group]] * [[Soft butch]] * [[Terminology of homosexuality]] * [[The Ladder (magazine)|The Ladder]] * [[Tomboy]] * [[Tribadism]] * [[U-Haul lesbian]] * [[Women who have sex with women]] * [[Yuri (term)]] {{Col-end}} <!---PLEASE NOTE: These links should be removed when added into the regular text (and please keep in alphabetical order)---> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.nclrights.org The National Center for Lesbian Rights] *[http://www.oloc.org/ Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)] *[http://www.allthingslesbian.com/ All Things Lesbian]<!--- Please refer to my comment about deletion of this resource. Thank you ~~~~LavendarWoman ---> *[http://www.shoe.org SHOE Leading Lesbian Online Community] ===Media depictions=== *[http://www.afterellen.com AfterEllen.Com] Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Entertainment and the Media *[http://www.clublez.com/movies/ The Encyclopedia of Lesbian Movie Scenes] ''Warning: contains explicit content'' *[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/arts/television/10heff.html It's February; Pucker Up, TV Actresses] [[The New York Times]], [[February 10]] [[2005]]. ===Magazines=== *[http://www.curvemag.com/ Curve Magazine] *[http://www.onourbacksmag.com/ On Our Backs] *[http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/ Diva] *[[Sinister Wisdom]] {{Sexual Identities}} {{LGBT-footer|history=yes|culture=yes|rights=yes}} [[Category:Sexual orientation]] [[Category:Sexual orientation and identity]] [[ar:سحاق]] [[bs:Lezbejka]] [[br:Lesbianelezh]] [[bg:Лесбийка]] [[ca:Lesbiana]] [[cs:Lesba]] [[de:Lesbe]] [[et:Lesbi]] [[es:Lesbiana]] [[eo:Lesbanino]] [[fr:Saphisme]] [[ko:레즈비언]] [[hr:Lezbijka]] [[id:Lesbian]] [[it:Lesbismo]] [[he:לסביות]] [[ka:ლესბოსელი]] [[ku:Lezbiyenî]] [[lv:Lesbiete]] [[lt:Lesbietė]] [[hu:Leszbikusság]] [[mk:Лезбејка]] [[nl:Lesbienne]] [[ja:レズビアン]] [[no:Lesbe]] [[nn:Lesbe]] [[pl:Lesbijka]] [[pt:Lésbica]] [[ro:Lesbiană]] [[ru:Лесбиянство]] [[simple:Lesbian]] [[sr:Лезбејка]] [[sh:Lezbejka]] [[fi:Lesbous]] [[sv:Lesbisk]] [[th:เลสเบี้ยน]] [[tr:Lezbiyen]] [[uk:Лесбіянство]] [[yi:לעסביען]] [[zh:女同性戀]]