
I don’t know that’s why it’s so frustrating 😭😭 I cannot understand why someone would want to be considered/called a man, but then completely invalidate the fact that they are a man by saying “i’m a lesbian”. this is the legit definition “denoting or relating to women who are sexually or romantically attracted to other women, or to sexual attraction or activity between women.”
gender is factually a social construct. how people feel is literally part of the definition of gender. how i *feel* is that i am a weird gender amalgamation, who’s both a man (because of how i feel internally) and a woman (because of how i am perceived and treated by society, along with my life experience). i like men in a gay way and women in a lesbian way, so: genderqueer gaylesbian. this is the simple way of describing my experience
Why would one have to be?? Gay isn’t exclusively for men liking men? Lesbian actually didn’t mean that till the 80’s. It used to just mean “woman in relationship with, or seeking relations with other women.” So bi lesbians existed. We now know there’s other genders beyond the binary so the definition of lesbian has shifted as our understanding of queerness and gender has expanded
it is lesbian!! because the lesbian experience is a spectrum!! dude!! you aren’t even a lesbian why do you care? are you including trans women/fems in your definition? are you including nonbinary people? trans men/mascs, women/fems, and nonbinary people have ALWAYS been a part of lesbianism!! read old lesbian work please!!!
I mean fuck I KNOW you are right. like who am I to deny that im not even trans, ive retyped what im trying to get across so many times and I just sound stupid no matter what. I guess it just bothers me that there’s labels and boxes but that they dont actually mean what they say they mean. like you just told me he/him ≠ man. so then what does?? bc being biologically male doesnt = man and pronouns don’t so WHAT DOES
I think it’s like autism or something idfk it just like irks me really bad when things don’t have clean cut lines/definitions idk. but ur right I guess if there’s one thing we know is that gender and sexuality is a spectrum and you can’t really make much sense of it bc like you said it’s a personal experience.
i get you! i’m also autistic and i was really rigid about this stuff for a long time. it took me a while to get where i am now, and so seriously it’s been so freeing. i’m not mad about how other people identify anymore, and i’m more accepting of my own personal experience and identity because of the growth i’ve made regarding this issue. it can absolutely be confusing, and that’s why you ask people their experience. having conversations really opens you up to those differences
you don’t sound dumb. you sound frustrated and conflicted. i get you want to understand, i just need you to know that the way you initially approached it was so rude. attacking people for their identity doesn’t make them want to talk to you. i love having these conversations, but not everyone does, and they don’t have to, especially when they’re not being treated with respect