lesbian
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Between 2019 and 2024, the number of over-50s identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual in the UK increased by around a third - from roughly 340,000 to almost 460,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
To the best of their knowledge, they are the only openly lesbian and gay direct descendants of Jefferson and Hemings.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
AI "allows creators to produce stories independently and share them instantly", said Camallere, a 34-year-old lesbian who used several cutting-edge image generators to make "Featherweight".
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
She was just coming out as a lesbian to her family, and recalls seeing a little girl with her two moms at a protest carrying a sign that read “My moms take me bowling.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They were married by a lesbian justice of the peace while their friends played a guitar-feedback-heavy version of the “Wedding March.”
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
Some Gen-Z lesbians have gushed that they are “so feral” over the 24-year-old actor, while others joked that they would hide all evidence of their lesbianism if they met Hudson in real life.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Reformatories were institutions where girls and young women who refused to conform to the Franco regime's Catholic values were detained - single mothers, girls with boyfriends, lesbians.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Many gays and lesbians say gender identity strips same-sex attraction of its meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Although Britain began decriminalising homosexuality for men in 1967, a ban on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people serving in the military lasted until 2000.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
A number of these women are lesbians, newly declared or changing over.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
