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cislesbian

cislesbian

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Noun

cislesbian (plural cislesbians)

  1. (LGBT, neologism) A cissexual lesbian.
    • 2013, Julia Hatch, "Prejudice in our own community", Out Front, Volume 37, Issue 5, 5 June 2013 - 19 June 2013, page 12:
      Because my identity is female, I present myself online as female. As such I'm able to meet a lot of cislesbians, in places like Second Life, dating websites or in chat rooms.
    • 2014, National Women's Studies Association 2014 conference program, page 82:
      In the series, a cislesbian befriends a trans* heterosexual woman but derisively rejects a translesbian who sexually propositions her.
    • 2015, Cameron Greensmith, "Diversity Is (Not) Good Enough: Unsettling White Settler Colonialism within Toronto's Queer Service Sector", thesis submitted to the University of Toronto, page 138:
      Lisa, a 46-year-old mixed-race cislesbian, discussed how her organization operates quite differently, in that she is required to work with queer and trans newcomers who have decided to settle in Canada.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:cislesbian.

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