Martina - I love your posts here.
Lesbian is as much a culturally/politically/socially bound term and identity as it is a sexual orientation.
You know.... I knew that this thread ran the risk of turning into policing of the term lesbian...
If the thread is also a reaction to recent BV conflicts, I notice that the butch women who split from BV stated that their primary concerns were transparency, and the fact that BV no longer had a strongly articulated feminist, anti-misogynist, anti-agist message. I think that's important, because they are focusing on issues, not identities. That's what solidarity is really about.
But back to lesbian pride: If you express pride in being a lesbian and/or honor that history/experience, I don't need to take an inventory of who you've slept with or even what your genitals look like to stand with you under the banner of lesbian pride.
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