Trans status is about gender identity; gay/lesbian/bisexual is about sexual orientation.
So, a trans woman (MtF) who likes women is a lesbian, because she identifies as a woman who likes women. Her sex identified at birth is not considered a legitimate factor. Likewise, a trans woman (MtF) who likes men is not a gay man, she is a straight woman.
Transgender women are women.
Women who love women exclusively are lesbians.
So, yes.
Slight correction: the contemporaneous usage of the word lesbian in the queer community does not specifically say it is wlw, but that it is femme/non-masculine attraction to femininity/non-masculinity. In that sense it may be more closely aligned with being sapphic than strictly wlw.
Ive been a trans lesbian for 5 years now. Its great. Im technically pan but i dont really hook up with guys… women are just so 🤌🤤
Yes.
Can women be lesbian 🤔
Yeah- if women love other women you’d typically call that lesbian coded.
Yes cuddling with my gf right now
Sex, gender, expression, and orientation are separate dimensions and can vary independently. While there is coupling and correlation, they are distinct
“lesbian” inherently couples gender identity and sexual preference, no? Language and identity are certainly malleable, but it would be news to me than “lesbian” got the “gay” treatment (where the meaning did change from “homosexual man” to “homosexual or bisexual”, depending on the social circle).
A trans woman is a woman. If they are attracted to women, they are a lesbian. Regardless of whether or not they are trans.
yeah
And even within that, T4T is a common preference categorization as well, whether it’s for inherent attraction or just practical reasons. There are terms that prefer solely to the target gender so for instance I’m androphilic (vs gynophilic) mostly in my romantic aspect. I don’t mind both sexually, I’ve just found women’s personalities to be difficult to deal with / have difficulty dealing with me romantically (practical preference). Now, gender wise I’m roughly here:
♀️<----------|×--------->♂️
And my visual preference for a partner is about
♀️<------|—|------|---->♂️
And my personality preference is about
♀️<---------||—|------>♂️
so really CAN I be gay? Especially if I was right on the line there. I will say hubs seems to prefer roughly (in both aspects):
♀️<–|-------|-----|---->♂️
which is pretty neatly bisexual.
Do I have to get a divorce if it comes out that the answer is no?
No, you start throwing bricks
yes
People are currently fighting over who gets to definitively answer that question.
Yes, women can be lesbians.
As a treat.
They can have a little slommy
Or full-time, or even both
Yes
Ok
We can close the post now.
I guess so
Yup.
Cisgender woman here, I’ve had two trans girlfriends in the past. They were definitely 100% women … I checked very very thoroughly.
Ah, but were they lesbians? Did you make sure they weren’t bi or pan?
One of them definitely was, lol
What did you check?
Their lesbian license, obviously
Wait.
Are you saying cisgender women can be lesbians too?
Yes, these days that’s allowed too - we’re living in the future, after all!
About a third of all trans women are as a matter of fact
About 2/3 of Lemmy as well /s
That’s just blahaj.zone .
Thats interesting.
