Lipstick lesbian

"Lipstick lesbian" is slang for a lesbian who exhibits a great amount of feminine gender attributes, such as wearing make-up, dresses or skirts, and having other characteristics associated with feminine women.^[1] In popular usage, the term is also used to characterize the feminine gender expression of bisexual women,^[1] or the broader topic of female–female sexual activity among feminine women.^[2]^[3]

An alternate term for lipstick lesbian is doily dyke.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b das Nair, Roshan; Butler, Catherine, eds. (2012). "Gender, by Sonja J. Ellis". Intersectionality, Sexuality and Psychological Therapies: Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Diversity. BPS Blackwell. p. 49. ISBN 978-0470975008.
^ O'Brien, Jodi, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Volume 1. SAGE Publications. pp. 491–493. ISBN 978-1560237020.
^ Galupo, M. Paz, ed. (2006). "Girl Friend or Girlfriend?: Same-Sex Friendship and Bisexual Images as a Context for Flexible Sexual Identity Among Young Women, by Elisabeth Morgan Thompson". Bisexual Women: Friendship and Social Organization. Haworth Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1560237020.
^ Keshia Kola (16 November 2007). "The Shesaurus: America's First Women's Dictionary-Thesaurus". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ "Issue 71" (PDF). G3 Magazine. April 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

[Nair_49-1] s Nair, Roshan; Butler, Catherine, eds. (2012). "Gender, by Sonja J. Ellis". Intersectionality, Sexuality and Psychological Therapies: Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Diversity. BPS Blackwell. p. 49. ISBN 978-0470975008.

[OBrien2009-2] O'Brien, Jodi, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Volume 1. SAGE Publications. pp. 491–493. ISBN 978-1560237020.

[Galupo2006-3] Galupo, M. Paz, ed. (2006). "Girl Friend or Girlfriend?: Same-Sex Friendship and Bisexual Images as a Context for Flexible Sexual Identity Among Young Women, by Elisabeth Morgan Thompson". Bisexual Women: Friendship and Social Organization. Haworth Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1560237020.

[4] Keshia Kola (16 November 2007). "The Shesaurus: America's First Women's Dictionary-Thesaurus". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[5] "Issue 71" (PDF). G3 Magazine. April 2007. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

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