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    /r/actuallesbians — a place for cis and trans lesbians, bisexual girls, chicks who like chicks, bi-curious folks, dykes, butches, femmes, girls who kiss girls, birls, bois, aces, anyone in the LGBT+ community, or anyone else interested! We're not a militant or exclusive group, feel free to join up!


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    ISO Lesbian friendly bars/hangouts in Kentucky

    Basically what the title suggests. I (28F) live in a rural part of Kentucky so there’s not really anything in my town or close, and I’m willing to travel a certain amount. I just don’t like using dating apps to meet new people, mainly because I wouldn’t mind meeting people far away from where I live, lol.

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    2024/04/11
    21:17 UTC

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    May you give some sex tips?

    I am now in my first relationship, almost 3 months. Before this relationship I had never had real kiss (only when I was drunk), while my gf had 3 relationships and a lot of flirting. Sooo I am kinda confused and additionally she is on antidepressants and other medications which can lower libido. And I am not sure if I am ready, but anyway I wanna know it in advance.

    0 Comments
    2024/04/11
    18:43 UTC

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    How to get over feelings for a friend?

    im (22nb/f) still really into a friend of mine (22f) who has a boyfriend (23m) who im also really close to. the three of us were friends before they started dating. i was helping him ask her out and didn't realize i still liked her until the day he'd told her he did. they've been dating since last summer. they both know that i still like her and they have since august (he was the one who told me i should tell her i had feelings for her, even after they made things official). i've tried asking them why they're not mad at me or why they're still friends with me, i've tried to push them away because i thought it would make things easier for all of us even though i don't really want them to go but they still keep me around for whatever reason. i feel like i could get over her faster if they weren't both still so nice to me. i keep thinking i'm over her or close to it but then sometimes i'll see her and it makes me lightheaded. we're all graduating in a month and they're going out of town anyway, and the distance will probably do it if nothing else does, but if there's a way to kill my crush on her without just cutting the whole friendship off i'd prefer that.

    tldr: two of my close friends (f+m) started dating and they both know i have a crush on her but they're too nice to me about it to distance themselves from me. is there a way to get over her without giving up on the friendship entirely?

    0 Comments
    2024/04/11
    19:35 UTC

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    One night stand etiquette. Did I make a mistake?

    I have to travel for work to our 'main office' a couple times a year and had a one night stand with a woman staying in the same hotel on a recent trip. I should probably add this was my first one night stand and I normally wouldn't do anything like this but being in a different country and after having more than a few drinks in the hotel bar, I was feeling a lot more loose.

    We went back to her room and I woke up first the next morning. I thought of waking her to say goodbye but I didn't want to disturb her and also felt it would be super awkward so I just left.

    Thankfully, she wasn't on the same floor as me, but I took the stairs for the rest of my stay because I was afraid of running into her. Now that I'm heading home, I keep slapping myself because, sure, it might have been awkward but I keep wondering how she might have felt waking up without so much as a goodbye.

    The night itself was good but it was obvious that this wasn't a let's trade numbers situation, especially since we had both traveled from two different countries.

    Has anyone been in this poistion before? Would you have prefered the person not to say anything and just leave or did you talk to the person?

    0 Comments
    2024/04/11
    20:14 UTC

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    I'm catching feelings for a girl, but the sexual attraction is pretty mild and idk what to do.

    Like she's definitely attractive, and everything I've learned and seen about her personality, life, and interests have me catching feelings and thinking about more with her. The catch is that this last year I learned that tall, lean, muscular, and slightly androgynous peope/women make me feel sexual feelings I didn't know existed. My ex was one of those people, and I really enjoyed the non-sexual parts of dating someone taller and stronger than me.

    This girl is almost the opposite though. She's not super feminine but def not androgynous, and she is pretty strong, but is at least 6" shorter than me so strong is relative. I do really quite like her, but I almost feel like I'd be missing out on sexual feelings/experiences that I recently learned existed if we dated.

    Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any advice? Who she is as a person is WAY more important than looks and sex, but they're still important to me.

    1 Comment
    2024/04/11
    20:58 UTC

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    Advice for a newly out 30 year old embarrassed by her lack of experience?

    I'm very recently out of my first relationship. When I entered the relationship, I thought I was asexual, but I came out as a leabian towards the end. While lack of sex wasn't the only problem in the relationship, my coming out was a little too late to get explored much.

    Now I'm really wanting to explore sexually, but I'm a bit embarrassed by my lack of experience at my age. I'm trans, and so was my partner. She's the only person I've had sex with. There's a lot I haven't or don't know. I guess it's a self conscious feeling?

    Does anyone have advice?

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    2024/04/11
    20:57 UTC

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    How do you define gay panic? What does it feel like to you?

    And any stories you wanna share when it comes to you experiencing gay panic?

    Mine would be getting excited, giggly and a bit nervous when an attractive women interacts with me/flirts or does anything I deem cool

    A story related to gay panic was when the cool sporty girl that I liked high fived me because I scored a goal for our team (netball). She was so happy that I scored. When she high fived me, I was so surprised, I kept looking at my hands throughout the rest of the day, telling myself that I wouldn't wash them at all 😭 I was melting tbh lol

    What about you? Can't wait to read your responses!

    5 Comments
    2024/04/11
    20:49 UTC

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    So I just started playing the RE3 remake and does anyone else get sapphic vibes from Jill?

    1 Comment
    2024/04/11
    20:13 UTC

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    What do I even call myself

    So I was assigned make at birth but I don't identify with a gender but am going to be medically transitioning because of dysphoria. Sometimes it's better/ignorable others not so much.

    I am bi but I don't really want a relationship with a cis man because I don't really ever get anything aside from a very surface level at times sexual attraction. I don't want a relationship with a cis dude, and I'd always found the sex disappointing. Like being underwhelmed isn't wat I want from sex. But im five with other genders by lean fem.

    It normally doesn't bother me but I'm trying to find new language

    2 Comments
    2024/04/11
    20:07 UTC

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    My old notebooks from when I was 13 was full of me just writing about women

    I was reading through an old notebook I used to write in when I was 13. There was 3 pages full of "I looked in my mums clothes magazine at the women" 😂 then proceeded to talk about them for another 2 pages after writing that sentence. I also wrote "I saw a model in one and I think she's pretty, I found 2 with her in"

    I was in serious denial at that age, I used to tell myself I was straight and forced myself to like boys. Yet there I was writing about women in my notebooks on multiple pages.

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    2024/04/11
    20:05 UTC

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    I’m curious to know all of your guy’s favorite lesbian/lgbtq celebrity is

    So I have a few ones I really like and I can’t pick one but I’m wondering what’s your guys favourite

    (Edit Ik the title says guys but I mean it as in a group of people I could have also put girls but I just put guys i wasn’t saying you are guys tho)

    14 Comments
    2024/04/11
    20:00 UTC

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    Lesbian stereotypes in bed are making me insecure

    | (22f) have been dating my amazing girlfriend (22f) for over a year now.

    First thing first, I do enjoy the sex we are having. We have very good communication, try things when desired etc. Therefore I am not even in the slightest unhappy.

    I am able to make myself finish very quickly when alone, together it's a different story. I have a lot of fun but I also get very mentally overstimulated and get nowhere. Do I mind? No. Her case is a bit different. I know she hasn't ever finished alone or with other partners apart from me. We have spoken about it and both of us are content in our sex life and do talk whenever someone wants to introduce something new.

    However whenever I watch queer media (which I love watching since representation is nice), wlw jokes and topics seem to be centered about how everyone finished multiple times per night etc. And I guess every now and then it gets to me and I feel like its a part of "queerhood" I should be able to provide for my girlfriend.

    I'm not sure what advice I am seeking really, or maybe just validation, but I guess I just wanted to get that off my chest.

    3 Comments
    2024/04/11
    19:55 UTC

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    Stars and signs

    Has anyone ever been rejected for friendship and relationships with other women because of their zodiac sign? Would you reject someone over it? Do you guys take people seriously who make decisions based on their signs?

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    2024/04/11
    19:53 UTC

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    Just starter mechanical engineering school. Who else is an engineer?

    Hello! I just started mechanical engineering school! Any other engineer lesbians out here that want to be friends? This will be my second bachelors degree. The first go around was nursing. Haha 😃

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    2024/04/11
    19:29 UTC

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    Asked out my crush! She said no

    Feeling kinda shitty about myself tbh. I don’t blame her, not one bit, but I’m still just kinda disappointed. I feel like this is my last chance since I’m graduating in May, so I won’t have another opportunity

    9 Comments
    2024/04/11
    18:58 UTC

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    I’m(f29) really starting to feel repulsed towards dating men the more of them I date.

    I classify myself as pansexual/demisexual leaning, but the truth is I’ve mostly dated straight (gamer) guys. I have little experience in the realm of dating women, and it was mostly confined to brief online dating experiences due to far distances. I hooked up with one girl in person, but we were both experimenting and she suddenly got really weirded out and left without saying anything. I’ve always been a bit shy towards women, and this left me feeling scared.

    The older I get the more I think men aren’t for me. I know, I know, all people are different and there are men out there that don’t ‘fit’ society’s harmful toxic box. But even when I find good guys, there are common underlying differences that rub me the wrong way.

    In essence, I find men physically attractive. But emotionally, I have found women to satisfy my mind and heart a lot better. In the company of men I find myself sitting there and wincing at the things the say. And often feel emotionally unfulfilled. Yet even when I converse with women I am not dating, I feel seen and understood and really warm inside. Men don’t make me feel like that.

    I have a bf right now and often feel frustrated having to explain nuances to him about being a woman. How he will never understand and it will never click for him. There feels like a big gap in relatability. Literally in how our minds work, the lens we see the world from, and what matters most to each of us. I’ve been delving further into feminism, and a part of me feels like it’s just wrong for me to date men. I’ve always went for guys that are on the ‘feminine’ side, and find strong masculinity to be unattractive to me. I like carrying myself more masculine, and being more dominant and this never plays very well with guys. They get turned off.

    The other reason being that I’m infertile and sex hurts. It always has and has gotten worse. Actual penetration has done little for me, and is something I do out of wanting to satisfy my partner. I could stick with hands/oral and be perfectly content. But every guy I’ve dated has only done these things out of obligation. It does not feel sustainable to me. I also feel like guys don’t try much in the bedroom and just ‘show up’.

    When I had a gf I got a good morning text everyday, hand written love letters, late night Skype calls, and I could talk to them about anything. So much verbal affirmation and care, remembering the small details. Men, have not been like this or done these things with me, only when they were courting me or needed to. I’m not trying to ‘sum’ up all women because they are all different but this is my personal experience.

    Lastly, without me vocalizing much of this I get the ‘you send my gaydar’ off and ‘when are you gonna finally date women’ comments from friends and even my own mother. Idk is that a real thing?

    Does any of this sound like genuine interest in women, or trauma fueled biases from men that are making me not like them? I don’t want to hurt women in my attempt to possibly experiment.

    5 Comments
    2024/04/11
    18:24 UTC

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    Meeting long distance crush soon, I'm nervous!

    We've never met before but we've voice called as well as video called. We've sent each other things in the mail and we talk a lot. I now have the chance to meet them and I'm very nervous. I worry I'll be a burden or that I'm not as interesting in person. However, I know I can't hide behind a screen forever. We both want to be with eachother too and have both expressed this. They're lovely and are so kind! They've been super accommodating towards me and I feel safe to talk to them. I feel happy getting to be around them, even if it's just virtually. So it's not them at all. I just don't know how to get past the nervousness. My heart is racing as I'm typing this! I don't wanna mess things up.

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    2024/04/11
    18:21 UTC

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    Sex toys for a top?

    Hello fellow lesbians me and my partner wanna try new toys. Currently we have a strap on, a few vibrators, and dildos. My partner is a top and we really want to try find something that will help them cum while topping. We are thinking about trying a double sided dildo or a strap that could hold a vibrator inside the strap for them. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

    2 Comments
    2024/04/11
    18:17 UTC

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    crush wants to come over and I don't know the hell to do

    ** sorry reddit mobile screwed my text

    I literally lived a emotional rollercoaster lately: broke up off a bad relationship, finally came out about a month ago the cherry on top of the cake was meeting a awesome, beautiful girl from school. I just have this huge crush on her, I totally went crazy after she expressed that she was on that side too. We both like, *ahem, lesbian fictional couples, and I GODDAMN DIE whenever we talk about everything we both like (we got plenty of interests in common *-*), or just everything, being with her makes me float off earth. We've been lunching together and often hugging eachother, I threw some compliments too. But, apparently, she also did some "moves" on me too? I dunno I'm kinda really dumb, but she said she would like to dream with me when I joked about and even *kissed my head spontaneously* when I told I was bi (christ, I never burned that much inside, I may even not be actually bi damn). Well, I guess she knows I truly like her because I act so shy and awkwardly turn into a tomato while smiling like an idiot everytime we talk. I, eventually, also... Drew her, she happily screamed and said she would put on her wall (jesus).

    AND NOW SHE WANTS TO COME OVER TO MY HOUSE I-

    my heart, can't. I feel like I can have a heart attack at any moment. I really wanted to have good memories with her, I often think of her, if I someday will kiss her as my first lesbian kiss. She willing to watch some LGBT+ movies at home is making me insane desperate. I never panicked that much in life, neither with my previous boyfriend. 

    It would be way easier if my parents weren't at home at the day (err, they are pretty homophobic, something can turn out bad). Tried to induce mom to let me handle this alone, as a responsible individual, but since I previously chatted with her about doubting my orientation she is really upset and wants to keep an eye on us (crap). And, apparently, I can't go at her house instead because she said is under renovation (could it be an excuse tho).

    Heh, my friends say she seems pretty invested and I should take the "gay movie risk". They said to do "some moves" tomorrow, explain somehow the situation and be very careful with advances (I'm not the kind of person to reach and literally kiss).

    I really don't know the hell I do, god.

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    2024/04/11
    17:58 UTC

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    managing feelings around squirting

    hii nonbinary lesbian here! does anyone have advice about having negative feelings around squirting >?< i started t about a year ago, and, since then, i've been squirting like 80% of the time O-O. it feels gooood lol, but i can't help but feel some amount of shame and embarrassment about it. i know that if i were with someone who squirted i wouldn't have these feels towards them at all, but i can't shake this feeling for myself.

    any advice on how to work through this? or how it makes you feel having a partner who squirts? (also if any other nonbinary/trans pals have advice around related dysphoria, it would be much appreciated!)

    2 Comments
    2024/04/11
    17:48 UTC

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    how would someone saying “its a date” make you feel?

    so heres some context :D

    i went to a wlw party a few days ago and there was a girl who i wanted to approach the entire night. i finally gathered up the courage to go up to her and we had some small talk, then i went back to my friends since other people wanted to talk to her too. before she left she said goodbye to me and i just had to take my chance and say “also youre cool and really pretty : )” and she said “text me”, and so i did the next day. we’ve been talking and told each other where we live and she said where i lived is near where she studies. she texted “literally we can hangoutt” and so i replied saying theres great coffee shops around, and she said “yeah! i swear we should go around”. after a few more messages i ended it with “great, ill text you soon”.

    ive been having a hard time figuring out if this is platonic or not and my friend said to say “great, its a date :)” when she agrees to hangout.

    10 Comments
    2024/04/11
    17:45 UTC

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    Reasons that make you glad you're a lesbian?

    Personally, mine are:

    • not having to conform to patriarchal standards

    • no gender roles in relationships

    • from experience, women understand consent better

    • (when i'm not with a trans woman) no pregnancy scares

    • less time dealing with toxic men (i still have to deal with them from time to time but at least i'm not in a relationship with them)

    • women generally smell better

    • women are pretty

    • my identity is not centered around men

    27 Comments
    2024/04/11
    17:24 UTC

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    18F considering coming out to religious family

    I was raised religious (christian) and deconverted from the religion a few years ago, back when I was 14 or 15. Around that time is when I started to accept myself for being bisexual.

    Anyway, Ive been considering coming out for a little while. I will be going to college in the fall, and theres a pretty high chance I would end up dating girls while im there. Im thinking that if I were to come out to my family now, I wouldnt have to deal with coming out later whenever I end up being in a relationship with another girl, and it might be easier to deal with that. I dont know.

    Im not concerned about being disowned or anything, even though my mom is religious shes a good person overall and wouldnt do something like that. She already knows I am an athiest and she took that pretty well.

    I really do want to tell my family, but at the same time, i feel ashamed and embarrassed for some reason. Like if i were to tell them, id be admitting to doing something immoral, even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with me liking girls. Maybe its just remnant of religious guilt or something, i dont know. I wish i could confidently be myself without feeling like im... dirty. Or something.

    Anyway, any advice would be great.

    1 Comment
    2024/04/11
    17:09 UTC

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    I don't understand if I did something wrong or if what I said was the right thing to say?

    My partner is.. Genderfluid. And I love them to death. I love them more than anything and anyone in the world. They kept asking me "if you're a lesbian how do you love me" or something so I tried to explain it, then they asked "what if I stop identifying as genderfluid and identify as a man" and I didn't know how to answer, but they kept asking, so finally I just responded "Then I guess I'm omnisexual with a girl preference, like I always thought I was before."

    My lesbian friend said that's completely fucked up because I'm disregarding my real identity, my partner seems content with the answer, I don't understand if I said or did something wrong..

    10 Comments
    2024/04/11
    17:08 UTC

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    I ( 21 f) wanna know if bars and pubs best places to meet someone ?

    4 Comments
    2024/04/11
    17:05 UTC

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    Opinions on straight women saying girlfriends

    So I have a friend (let’s call her Samantha) who’s heterosexual (I believe) and she has an 8 year old stepdaughter (let’s call her Jessica).

    Samantha always calls her “my little girlfriend”, it makes me a little uncomfortable but sometimes I tell myself, “It’s wrong if you’re thinking that.” I know she doesn’t mean it like that but it makes me feel icky.

    22 Comments
    2024/04/11
    16:55 UTC

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    how do i stop feeling like i have a male gaze when looking at women?

    i notice when i i browse reddit, or really see any picture or video of a woman i find attractive, my eyes will inevitably end up looking at her boobs or butt, just curves in general, in a sorta "male" way. i know its not inherently male to like those body parts, but idk, i cant shake this feeling that even if im not objectifying real women in person, that im just as bad as the creepy men who only see women as a pair of boobs. it feels like it activates this lizard brain, and i feel really horny in a way i think alot of men get, and i hate how it seems to be identical to how alot of gross men react to that stuff. it feels so dumb that a pair of boobs can make my brain basically short circuit, i feel like thats a gross way to be and im ashamed.

    for context, im a trans woman (so born male technically) and havent really started hormones yet, so a lot of this could also be from my already present feelings of how male i come off, but idk, i feel like im just some gross piece or shit. i dont plan on dating ever again cause i think i have a coomer brain now and no self respecting woman would want any part of me, so im asking this question more to just make sure i'm not some creep who gives a bad name to trans women(and women in general)

    to be honest, this issue has made me decide i probably wont even transition at all, and give up trying to bring thats side of myself, since i think ill just validate all the things terfs say about us, and prove them right. probably better i just hide, and leave womanhood to those unlike me who actually deserve it

    23 Comments
    2024/04/11
    16:41 UTC

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