#LesbianDayofVisibility is about more than acknowledging that lesbians exist.
• he/him, they/them, enby lesbians are real & have always existed
• butch/femme are lesbian-exclusive terms
• dyke is a slur only lesbians can reclaim
• stud is a black lesbian-exclusive term
#LesbianDayofVisibility
• lesbian is not an umbrella term; sapphic is
• bi/pan lesbians are harmful & not real
• lesbophobia is a real problem that not only straight people perpetuate; gay men & pan/bisexuals perpetuate it too
• not all lesbians want to be called queer
#LesbianDayofVisibility
• asexual lesbians exist
• trans lesbians exist
• lesbians aren’t predatory for expressing our attraction to women
• lesbians can’t be perpetrators of toxic masculinity
• lesbians & gay men’s culture aren’t one in the same & shouldn’t be homogenized
#LesbianVisibilityDay
• lesbian is not an exclusionary or regressive word
• lesbian is not a dirty word
• the majority of lesbians aren’t skinny white cis femmes
• lesbians can have “crushes” on celebrity men just like gay men/straight women can have on women celebrities
#LesbianDayOfVisibility
• trans lesbians, lesbians of colour & trans lesbians of colour built this community
• disabled lesbians are vastly underrepresented
• nonbinary lesbians are not women-lite
• butches are not men-lite
• lesbians can be religious and/or spiritual
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