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Gumbs makes the case that Lorde’s community organizing, teaching, and radical feminist lesbianism had a cosmic reach.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
1 July 2026
Adultery was not a crime in England in 1928, and lesbianism never had been.
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Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
By patriarchal design, there is nothing less desirable and less attractive than a woman who refuses to be the vessel of men’s pleasure, literally and metaphorically—lesbianism is the ultimate rejection of the role prescribed to us as women.
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Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
This is the story of a feminism, a lesbianism, an experimental cinema, that expands far beyond what its pioneers could have initially imagined.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
1 July 2026
Adultery was not a crime in England in 1928, and lesbianism never had been.
—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
By patriarchal design, there is nothing less desirable and less attractive than a woman who refuses to be the vessel of men’s pleasure, literally and metaphorically—lesbianism is the ultimate rejection of the role prescribed to us as women.
—
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
This is the story of a feminism, a lesbianism, an experimental cinema, that expands far beyond what its pioneers could have initially imagined.
—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lesbianism
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“Lesbianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lesbianism. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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lesbianism
noun
les·bi·an·ism
ˈlez-bē-ə-ˌniz-əm 
: romantic or sexual attraction between women
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