Straight Lesbian (or Straightbian) is a term for someone who identifies as both straight and lesbian. This could be for many reasons, but not limited to:
- Someone who is Genderfluid between male and female and is attracted to women. When they are a woman they identify as a lesbian. When they are a man they identify as straight.
- Someone who is Multigender or otherwise identifies as male and female simultaneously (Boygirl) and is attracted to women.
- A Transmasculine lesbian reclaiming both orientations as they can define being both straight and a lesbian.
- A Multigender lesbian feeling like they can define their attraction to women both in straight and lesbian attraction.
The mascic/miaspec equivalent to straightbian is Straightcian.
History[]
The earliest mentions of straightbian that have been noted are back in 2018, however it is unconfirmed when the term first appeared.
Flag[]
The first pride flag was created by Twitter user straightbian ("Eep") in 2020.
The second straightbian flag may have been created by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags in 2018.
The third flag is made by Tumblr user forestcoric-mogai-fox, the meaning being: "Colors mean duality of being simultaneously man(blues) and woman(pinks) and loving women(greenish pale yellow) and being SAM woman/nonbinary person"
Misc[]
A common misconception is that a Straight Lesbian is a straight man or a straight woman who are trying to either insert themselves into Lesbian spaces, or to mock the LGTBQIA+ community by creating 'invalid' identities. As stated for the reasoning(s) somebody would identify with the label, this is not the case.
Resources[]
- http://web.archive.org/web/20201002091654/https://twitter.com/straightbian/status/1311758418013753344
- https://straightlesbians.carrd.co/#examples
- https://lgbtqiarchive.tumblr.com/post/638623103083233280/amp
- https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/190905800830/lesbihet-pride-flags-basing-in-my-bihet-flags-i/amp
- https://lgbtqiarchive.tumblr.com/post/638623103083233280/amp