A bi
lesbian is a woman or
non-binary person who relates both to the «
lesbian » and « bi » label. This label might be used by people who:
-feel attraction to women and non-binary people, but not to men
-uses the split attraction model, and identifies as either bisexual homoromantic (sexual attraction to two or more genders, romantic attraction to the same gender) or homosexual biromantic (sexual attraction to the same gender, romantic attraction to two or more genders
-identify as
lesbian due to trauma with men and not wanting to be in a relationship with them
-Who Have DID
- see their identity as fluid, or potentially prone to change as time goes on
-are a
lesbian discovering her partner is a trans man, and still being attracted to him as a man, even though she isn’t attracted to men usually
-experience extremely rare attraction to men, to the point where it’
s almost inexistant
-are choosing to go with the historical definition of
lesbian (as it used to be a term encompassing all wlw until 50 years ago)
-are simply questionning
Among others.
Mary relates both to the « bi » label, and the «
lesbian » label. She chose to label herself as a « bi
lesbian » as she feels attracted to women and some non-binary and agender people. She is free to pick whatever label she sees fits her best, as this label only defines her, Not other people, who might also choose to identify as however they see fit.
