Lesbian until graduation
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The LGBT slang terms lesbian until graduation (LUG),[1] gay until graduation (GUG), and bisexual until graduation (BUG) are used to describe women primarily of high school or college age who are assumed to be experimenting with or adopting a temporary lesbian or bisexual identity. The term suggests that the woman to whom it is applied will ultimately adopt a strictly heterosexual identity.
Usage
In a 1999 article in the Seattle Weekly, A. Davis related her experimentation with same-sex relationships, and how as a result, she experienced hostility from lesbian friends who pressured her to identify as a bisexual, including one friend who urged her to do so as a political statement, despite the fact that Davis identifies as a heterosexual who merely experimented with women for a brief period. Davis claimed that women who experienced same-sex relationships are more attuned to LGBT issues, and more likely to oppose discrimination. She also claimed that if the same attitudes[which?] were applied to men who experimented with homosexuality, it would promote greater acceptance of the LGBT community.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Rimer, Sara (June 5, 1993). "Campus Lesbians Step Into Unfamiliar Light". The New York Times.
- ^ Davis, A. (September 15, 1999). "Confessions of a college lesbian". Seattle Weekly.
External links
- Sohn, Amy (February 10, 2003). "Bi For Now". New York Magazine.
- Lewin, Tamar (March 17, 2011). "Study Undercuts View of College as a Place of Same-Sex Experimentation". The New York Times.
- Lewin, Tamar (September 16, 2005). "Nationwide Survey Includes Data on Teenage Sex Habits". The New York Times.
- "More women experimenting with bisexuality". MSNBC/Associated Press.
- Clark, Jessica (May 30, 2007). "Bisexual healing". Metro Times. Detroit, Michigan.
- "The Vagina Dialogues". Phoenix New Times.
- Baumgardner, Jennifer (October 9, 2007). "Lesbian After Marriage". The Advocate.
- Donaldson James, Susan (August 16, 2007). "Young Women Defy Labels in Intimacy With Both Sexes". ABC News.
