2006-09-07 09:25:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Lesbian comes from the Greek isle of Lesbos where they practiced a specific ritual form of F-to-F sex.
Lesbian refers specifically to FF sex, women to women...
Homosexual refers in the same manner to MM sex, from Latin homo=man
Gay is a general slang term used to describe both
you would never call a man lesbian, unless he was M-to-F transsexual.
2006-09-07 09:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Fancy Pants 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's based on poems about love between women on Lesbos island.
2006-09-07 16:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by Josiwax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've never thought of that before. lol that's actually a really good question! one that i don't have an answer for, sorry.
take care!
2006-09-07 16:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋