lesbiandom

Noun

lesbiandom (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being a lesbian.
   • So I moved on to college and many, many more firsts, another Becky (that's right, but with a "Y" this time ), and incredibly true adventures of lesbiandom. But I'll never forget that first kiss.2003, Karen X. Tulchinsky, editor, Hot & Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire, Vancouver, B.C.: Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN, page 60
   • Skeptics might say her declared lesbiandom made her more desirable to me.2007, Glamour, volume 105, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 130

   Synonyms:

   lesbianhood, lesbianism, lesbianness

2. Lesbians collectively.
   • We noted that even here, among women whose sex lives are theoretically the most structured in lesbiandom, there's a fair amount of fluidity.1996, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, “Pulp Friction: Sameness and Difference”, in The Girls Next Door: Into the Heart of Lesbian America, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 184
   • Perhaps the queerest thing about 1999’s independent releases is the fact that two of lesbiandom’s biggest directors, Ana Kokkinos and Rose Troche, made respectable splashes—but not on our end of the pool.1999, Girlfriends: The Magazine of Lesbian Enjoyment, volume 6, San Francisco, Calif.: H.A.F. Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18