lesbianism
sexual attraction between women
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Summary
lesbianism is a sexual orientation[1]. lesbianism draws 16,179 Wikipedia views per month (sexual orientation category, ranking #20 of 37).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: LGBTQ+ identity[3]
- Named after: Lesbos[4], Sappho[5]
- Flag: lesbian pride flag[6]
- Subclass of: homosexuality[7], sapphism[8], female monosexuality[9]
- Commons category: Lesbianism[10]
- Said to be the same as: lesbian sexual practices[11]
- Opposite of: female heterosexuality[12], male homosexuality[13], male heterosexuality[14]
- Unicode character: ⚢[15]
- Has part(s): women who have sex with women[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lesbianism[17]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Pauly–Wissowa[20]
- Partially coincident with: sapphism[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Lesbianism[22]
- Used by: lesbian[23]
- Different from: Lesbos[24]
- History of topic: history of lesbianism[25]
- Hashtag: lesbian[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Art+Feminism[27], WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[28], Wiki99/LGBT+[29]
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Influence
Things named for lesbianism include LGBTQ term[30], an initialism[31].
Why It Matters
lesbianism has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] lesbianism is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for lesbianism include LGBTQ term[30], an initialism[31].