GLAMOUR DYKE: “A lesbian for whom fashion, elegance and glamour are important aspects of personal style and expression.”ġ8. JACK AND JILL PARTY: “In the late 1980s, a circle jerk (group masturbation party) that welcomed gay men and lesbians, who occasionally had sex with one another.”ġ7. DYKE TYKE: “Men, sometimes gay, sometimes straight, who perpetually hang out with lesbian friends, and aspire to lesbianism as a higher consciousness.”ġ6. ZAP/ZAP ACTION: “A form of direct action intended to be loud, quick, and shoy, to capture media attention.”ġ5. CRONE: Derogatory term for old, witchlike woman, reclaimed by 1970s feminists as proud names for older lesbians.ġ4. JAM: “Mid-century slang for straight people.”ġ2. PRIMARY LESBIAN: “A woman who experiences her lesbianism as innate or biologically determined, rather than as chosen or elected.”ġ1. On a local level can refer to a dyke on the scene, whether activist or club hopper, who everybody knows.”ġ0. Ingrid Casares, who is known primarily because she has dated her way through the lesbian elite, is a prime example. CELEBUDYKE: “A lesbian who is famous or near-famous for doing almost nothing. Often blamed for lesbian bed death, or loss of sexual desire. The result is that the differences between the two seem to be lessened, and each partner’s ability to maintain and independent identity is weakened. FUSION: “In lesbian love relationships, an intense intimacy between the two partners that causes them to be over-involved in each other. COMADRES: “In Chicano/Chicana communities of the American Southwest, two unmarried women who live together in a close relationship, as in Boston marriage or romantic friendship in English translation, comothers.”Ĩ. SERGEANT: “In the mid-1990s, a butch lesbian.”ħ. STIRRING THE BEAN CURD: “English translation of a Chinese term for the lesbian sexual act of finger-fucking.”Ħ. FRIG: “In lesbian sex, to finger fuck or stroke a woman’s genitals.”ĥ. Some lesbian jewelry still employs the image of vulva hands.”ģ. The two forefingers and thumbs were placed together to form a triangle, and then the hands were held over the head in the air. VULVA HANDS: “A gesture used in lesbian gatherings during the 1980s, probably originating in the women’s peace camp at Greenham Common in England and continuing at the Seneca Women’s Peace Encampment in upstate New York, and indicating the strength of lesbian sexuality. FAIRY LADY: “In the mid-1990s, a lesbian bottom.”Ģ. I’d like to state for the record that the former I purchased at The Haunted Bookshop in Iowa City and the latter (which I believe was invented for the sole purpose of being given as a gag gift) I found in my Mom’s basement this morning.ġ. (If the definition is from this book, the number for that term on the list is in bold.) So You Want To Be a Lesbian?, by Liz Tracey and Sydney Pokorny. The Lesbian Almanac, a production of The National Museum and Archive of Lesbian and Gay History. This list was constructed using glossaries and lists from two books published in 1996: The previous post was constructed with the help of the 1989 Alyson Almanac‘s “Dictionary of Slang and Historical Terms.” Yet, a whole world of additional queer and lesbian slang terms you’ve never heard of does indeed exist. Three years ago we published 20 Lesbian Slang Terms You’ve Never Heard Before, which introduced y’all to the terms Bambi-Sexuality, “Make Scissors of Someone,” Kiki, Desperation Number, Bumper-to-Bumper, Funch, Johnson Bar, Janey, Kissing Fish, Daddle, Gillette Blade, Luke, Missionary Work, Hold a Bowling Ball, Cantonese Groin, Dishonorable discharge, Molly Dyke, Slcaks, Tit King and Muffer. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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