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Lesbian is a term, first coined in the late 19th century, for female homosexuality. The term applies excessively to females, and as such male jokes about themselves being a lesbian because they find females sexually attractive, are actually rather ironic in that they question the perpetrator's sex!
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A lesbian rule was a mason's ruler made of lead which could be bent to measure curves.
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Lady Eleanor Butler was an Irish recluse and lesbian. She was born in 1738 and died in 1821. In 1777 she met Sarah Ponsby in Kilkenny, fell in love and the two moved to Plas Newydd in Wales where they lived together in a farmhouse, never sleeping apart or out of it until their deaths fifty years later.
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Leroy Aarons was an American actor. He was born in 1933 at New York and died in 2004 of heart failure. He was the founder, and first president, of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
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Anna Chancellor is a British actress. She was born in 1965. She notably played the lesbian widow 'Lady Diana Lethaby' in the 2002 adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel 'Tipping the Velvet'.
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Chasing Amy is a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee and Dwight Ewell in a story about a successful comic-book writer who falls in love with a lesbian. Chasing Amy was directed by Kevin Smith in 1996.
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Serving In Silence is a drama starring Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes and Wendy Makkena in a story based on true events about an American army colonel who despite distinguished service faces losing her job when she decides to reveal that she is a lesbian. Serving In Silence was directed by Jeff Bleckner in 1995.
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Bullldyke is slang for a masculine, dominant or aggressive lesbian.
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Butch is slang for markedly or aggressively masculine.
Butch is slang for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.
Butch is slang for a strong rugged man.
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Clam smacker is American slang for a lesbian.
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