Woman Loving Woman (or, women-loving women, often abbreviated to WLW) is used as an umbrella term to describe women that are attracted to other women, such as lesbians and bisexual+ women. Along with women who have sex with women (WSW), it is often most seen in health contexts, such as in health questionaires and surveys, […]

WLW is an initialism of woman-loving woman (or, women-loving women). It is used as an umbrella term to describe women that are attracted to other women, such as lesbians and bisexual+ women. Along with women who have sex with women (WSW), it is often most seen in health contexts, such as in health questionaires and […]

an acronym of “older, wiser lesbian”.

Colours & Meanings About The lipstick lesbian flag was designed in 2010 by the author of a blog called This Lesbian Life, and soon gained popularity. However, when the flag designer’s blog was unearthed, some Queer advocates and lesbians themselves started to take issue with some of the contents of the blog, with some highlighting […]

Colours & Meanings Gender Non-Conformity Independence & Community Relationships Unique to Womanhood Serenity, Peace, Love, and Sex Femininity About In 2018, a new Lesbian Pride Flag was revealed, and was featured in a BBC News report about Pride in 2019, giving it much exposure. It was designed after consultation on a Tumblr account called ‘The Search for […]

Colours & Meanings About This lesbian flag gained popularity, and is itself adapted from an earlier lipstick lesbian flag design, without the ‘lips’ in the corner. The shades of pink represent femininity. However, when the lipstick lesbian flag designer’s blog was unearthed, some Queer advocates and lesbians themselves started to take issue with some of […]

Colours & Meanings Association with Sappho (the poet). From the inverted black triangle The labrys symbol represents strength and self-sufficiency About The lesbian labrys flag was designed in 1999 by graphic designr Sean Campbell, and published in the June 2000 Palm Springs Pride edition of Gay and Lesbian Times. According to Sean, the Gay and Lesbian Times had […]

Colours & Meanings Gender Non-Conformity Independence Community Relationships Unique to Womanhood Serenity and Peace Love and Sex Femininity About In 2018, a new Lesbian Pride Flag was revealed, and was featured in a BBC News report about Pride in 2019, giving it much exposure. It was designed after consultation on a Tumblr account called ‘The Search for […]

Colours & Meanings Life Healing Sunlight Nature Serenity Spirit About The ‘Lesbian Rainbow’ flag features the popular rainbow flag defaced with two interlocking Venus glyphs, that represent female-female relationships. This version of the flag is most likely the oldest of all lesbian flags. The two interlocking female symbols representing lesbian/Sapphic relationships has been long used […]