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Femme |
A feminine lesbian |
Gaybourhood |
A place where there are loads of queers. It could be a club, pub or shop, or an entire town, like Brighton and San Francisco |
Glamour Butch |
A butch lesbian who likes to dress in fine attire, like luxury suits and tuxedos, or whatever glamorous butch clothes they fancy |
Gold Star |
A lesbian who has never had sex with a man. Some people find this term offensive because it creates a hierarchy that devalues bisexual people |
Golden Penis |
A term used by strange men who believe that they can cure lesbians with their golden penises |
Granola dyke |
A lesbian who is vegan/vegetarian and enjoys wearing birkenstocks, eating tofu, listening to folk music, and playing the acoustic guitar, etc. Obviously a bit of a stereotype |
High Femme |
A lesbian who presents extremely feminine |
Lesbian Bed Death |
The stereotypical idea that relationships between two women will eventually lead to a sexless life. Pretty derogatory, especially when used by people who assume that heteronormative sex is so fascinating that it?s still interesting after 10 years together |
Lesbian potential (LP) |
?She?s got high LP.? Or, ?She?s got low LP.? Used when scouting for, well, lesbian potential |
Lipstick Lesbian |
A femme, or feminine lesbian. Heterosexual people love commenting on lipstick lesbians ? ?You?re too pretty to be a lesbian,? or, ?You don?t look like a lesbian.? Not only is this boring and tedious for femmes, it also implies that lesbians who aren?t femme are not attractive. Here are some more femme/lipstick lesbian issues |
Pillow Princess |
Someone who is usually the receiver in sex rather than the giver. This term can be controversial because the Pillow Princess is the submissive sexual partner, and therefore takes on the ?female? role ? i.e. underneath. Society equates femininity with weakness, and so on |
Saysbian |
Someone who claims to be a lesbian or bisexual, but who actually only sleeps with/dates men |
Soft Butch |
Someone who presents mostly masculine, but has some feminine traits. Similar chapstick lesbian |
Sporty Dyke |
Pretty self explanatory. A lesbian who dresses in sporty clothing and plays a lot of sport |
Stem |
A lesbian somewhere between stud and femme ? so, stem. Might also identify as a chapstick lesbian |