LGBTQ* Slang & Epithets
A Lesbian By Any Other Name… Epithets for Lesbians in History
Andromaniac - 1890s
Sapphist - 1920s
New Woman - 1930s
KiKi - 1940s
Diesel - 1940s
Collar-and-Tie - 1940s
Slacks - 1940s
Major - 1940s (as in P.E. major or Army major)
Mantee - 1940s
Amy-John - 1950s (Amazon reference)
Derrick - 1960s
Jasper - 1960s
Lavender Menace - early 1970s
Sensible Shoe Wearer - 1990s
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Call me Diesel…
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From now on I shall be known as LAVENDER MENACE
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henceforth i shall be known as lavender menace
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sensible shoe wearer oh my god
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I call Sensible Shoe Wearer.
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Tumblr teaches me things! No, seriously, I needed this because now I can write Ira having lesbian dialog that Garret...
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I always loved Sapphist - I occasionally use it to refer to mahself - but New Woman is pretty awesome :3
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Omg I am now a lavender menace
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LAVENDER MENACE IS MY BAND NAME CALLED IT (Also, it wasn’t really slang, it was a term coined by NOW President Betty...
