A 1990s cultural moment when androgynous or openly queer femininity became fashionable in mainstream media and fashion. The term captured a brief window where lesbian identity was treated as edgy or aspirational by straight culture rather than stigmatized — think k.d. lang on the cover of Vanity Fair. Critics pointed out it celebrated aesthetics while sidelining actual queer politics. Today it reads as dated, but it marks a real turning point in how queer women gained visibility in pop culture.
The magazine spread had full-on lesbian chic energy — short hair, sharp suits, and zero apology.
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(slang, dated) A feminine lesbian.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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