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Lesbian

A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl.: 48 The word is also used as an adjective for women in relation to their experiences, regardless of their sexual orientation; or as an adjective relating to female homosexuality.: 22

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Lesbian

Nodes192
Edges191
Triples265
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010417
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Lesbian

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related to Film · 45
Lesbian → Actresses, American, Barbara Stanwyck, Basic Instinct, Blood, Caged, Censors, Christina, Christopher Strong, Dracula's Daughter, Europe, Florida Enchantment, From Russia, German, Hays Code, If, In Morocco, Katharine Hepburn, Lesbianism, Lesbians
related to Television · 35
Lesbian → Aggressive, Buffy, Children, DeGeneres, Designing Women, Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres, Emmy, Folk, Friends, I'm Gay, In, Law, Lesbians, Mad About You, Married, National Gay Task Force, NBC, One, Police
related to External links · 32
Lesbian → California, Dyke, Esther Newton, Glasgow Women's Library, Herstory Project, Herstory ProjectOld Lesbian Oral, History Project, Isle, Lesbian Archive, Lesbian Archives, Lesbian Feminist Activist Oral, Lesbian Herstory ArchivesJune, Lesbian History, Lesbos, LGBTQ, Mazer Lesbian ArchivesBay Area, Michigan, Old Lesbian Oral Herstory, OLOHP, Oregon LibrariesOral Herstorians Collection
related to Theatre · 29
Lesbian → Alyssa Greene, Best Musical, Broadway, Drama Desk Award, Emma Nolan, God, Got, Grand Jury, In, Indecent, Jagged Little Pill, Jo, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Manke, New York City, On March, Outstanding Musical, Paula Vogel, Penal Code, Rifkele
related to Literature · 23
Lesbian → Ancient, Artemis, At, Book, Callisto, Camilla, Diana, During, English, Eve, Fanny Hill, For, Foster, French, Ianthe, In, Iphis, L'Espion Anglais, Male, Physical
related to Etymology · 13
Lesbian → Baudelaire's, BCE, Before, Delphine, Greek, Hippolyte, In, Lesbos, National Medical Dictionary, Sappho, Sappho's, Some, The
see also · 13
Lesbian → Act, American LGBTQ, Annual, Close, Clothes, Drinking, Fiction, Lesbian-led, Non-romantic, Slang, Socializing, Visibility Week, Visual
related to Chic and popular culture · 11
Lesbian → Cindy Crawford, Crawford, In, Judy Nelson, Madonna, Martina Navratilova, Melissa Etheridge, Other, Rita Mae Brown, The, Vanity Fair
related to Criminalization of sexual activity · 8
Lesbian → Brunei, Gambia, Iran, Malawi, Mauritania, Oman, Penalties, Thirty-eight
related to history · 8
Lesbian → Greece, In, Lesbos, Other Greek, Plato's Symposium, Sappho, Since, Women

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women lesbians sexual relationships lesbianism same-sex heterosexual homosexuality woman female lesbos love homosexual men sex century early social history legal

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Lesbianis ahomosexual woman or girl0.90text
Lesbianis aderivative of the island of Lesbos0.90text
Lesbianis ademonym of the Greek island of Lesbos0.90text
discriminationinstance ofLesbians are more likely to exercise regularly than heterosexual women.SocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
stigmainstance ofLesbians are more likely to exercise regularly than heterosexual women.SocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
and violenceinstance ofLesbians are more likely to exercise regularly than heterosexual women.SocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
for cervical cancerinstance ofand may therefore miss routine screenings0.80text
discriminationinstance ofSocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
stigmainstance ofSocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
and violenceinstance ofSocialLesbians experience negative social factors0.80text
The Furiesinstance oflesbian feminist magazines0.80text
Sinister Wisdom began publicationinstance oflesbian feminist magazines0.80text

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