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[[File:Lesbian kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A lesbian couple kissing]]
[[File:Lesbian Couple from back holding hands.jpg|thumb|250 px|alt=Photo of two women from the back from the shoulders down, dressed in outdoor clothing, carrying motorcycle helmets, and holding hands|The word ''lesbian'' can mean a desire, a woman's identity, or activity between women.]]
[[File:Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene.jpg|thumb|250px|Sappho and Erinna (19th century painting)]]

A '''lesbian''' is a [[homosexuality|homosexual]] woman. This means a woman who is sexually attracted to other women, and not to men.<ref name="oed">"Lesbian", [http://dictionary.oed.com/ Oxford English Dictionary], Second Edition, 1989. Retrieved on January 7, 2009.</ref>

The word lesbian comes from [[Lesbos]] ({{lang|el|Λέσβος}}), an island in [[Greece]].<ref name="oed"/> An ancient poet, [[Sappho]], lived on Lesbos. Sappho wrote mostly poems about love. Many of her love poems are written to women. So her name and the island where she lived make people think about women who love women. Sometimes lesbians are also called ''Sapphists'' from the name Sappho.

==Lesbians and feminism==
Lesbians were involved in the early [[feminism|feminist]] (a movement of women who want to be treated equally to men) movement. Feminism is the political and social movements that promote women's equality and rights. However, there was conflict between lesbians and straight (heterosexual) women in the feminist movement. In the 1960s and 1970s some straight (women who like men) feminists wanted the lesbians out of the women's rights movement. They wanted feminism to be accepted by society. They believed lesbians were less accepted by society and might hurt the feminist movement.

Eventually, the women's rights movement accepted its lesbian members.{{fact|date=September 2013}} Now many important feminist leaders are out (out means that they make it known that they are lesbians) lesbians.

==Lesbians as parents==
Many lesbian couples want to have children of their own. In order to raise children, they sometimes [[adopt]]. However some places do not allow homosexual couples to adopt children, so many of them want to be able to adopt children.

Some lesbian couples also have their own biological children. To do this they may have [[artificial insemination]]. This is when sperm from a donor male is placed in a woman to make a pregnancy. Some lesbian women do this at home with a friend they choose to be the donor. However many may use ''sperm banks''. These are medical businesses that match couples who need donor sperm with men who will donate. Sometimes this is done ''anonymously'' which means the couple does not know the donor. Sometimes this is done with the donor known and even chosen by the couple.

==Law and religion==
[[File:World_laws_pertaining_to_homosexual_relationships_and_expression.svg|thumb|300px|Lesbians can marry each other in blue countries. In red, orange, and yellow countries you can be punished for having lesbian sex]]

Unlike [[gay]] sex between males, lesbian sex is not against the law in as many places. Some religions that condemn gay male sex say nothing about lesbian sex.{{fact|date=January 2013}} [[Abrahamic religions]] usually see gay as well as lesbian relations as immoral. [[Saint Paul]] in [[Epistle to the Romans]] 1:26 describes lesbianism as 'unnatural' and 'shameful'. There are some religions, however, mostly [[new religious movement]]s that accept lesbian relations.

In most parts of the world lesbian couples cannot marry. This means they do not have the legal benefits and [[same-sex marriage|protection of marriage]]. This can cause lesbians, and gay men, many problems. A lesbian relationship wherein one of the partners is underage is called ''korephilia''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McKillop|first1=Nadine|title=The nature of child sexual assault|date=2011|page=9|url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=105293364805685;res=IELHEA}}</ref>

==References==
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