Drag doesn't believe in lesbians. Drag thinks they're just gay women. There's no reason gay women are special in a way that gay men and gay enbies aren't. The only reason we have the word lesbian, is because sexist old men didn't think women could really be gay. We should just get rid of the word and say gay woman instead.
Youâre erasing the existence of Sappho, who was so gay for girls that the island she came fromâthe place heretofore unknown for anythingâis now known for just how goddamn queer she was, and everyone who experiences sapphic love (hey, another word that got coined off of one poetâs fantastically omnipresent woman lust).
Lesbians. Sapphic lesbians. From Lesbos. That Sappho started. Why?
We should just get rid of the word and say gay woman instead
Or how âbout this radical idea - we should let lesbians decide what word to call themselves? Itâs awfully odd to decide to redefine a group of people without getting that groupâs input on the matter.