Dictionary Quote by Kathleen Hanna

I hate the word 'lesbian.'

— Syd

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

— Jeanette Winterson

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.

— Kate Clinton

LESBIANS are women who prefer their own ways to male ways.LESBIANS prefer the convoluting halls of sensuality to direct goal-pursuing mores. LESBIANS have made…

— Kathy Acker

Frankly, [the definition of woman] is a problem that the lesbians do not have because of a change of perspective. 'Woman' has meaning only…

— Monique Wittig

You can't type what a lesbian is. We're anything and everything. The one thing in common is that we make love to other women.…

— Amanda Bearse

I consider myself a lesbian, but I'm a bisexual lesbian.

— Betty Dodson

Lots of my writing can be accurately called lesbian, but I myself am queer and date people of all genders.

— Michelle Tea

All women are lesbians except those who don't know it.

— Jill Johnston

Feminist...a nicer way of saying, lesbian.

— Nikhil Saluja

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.

— Rita Mae Brown

Lots of people think that bisexual means cowardly lesbian.

— Sandra Bernhard