Lesbianism

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
- info:lc/authorities/sh85076157
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85076157#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Female homosexuality
- Lesbian love
- Sapphism
Broader Terms
- Homosexuality
- Women--Sexual behavior
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11947346h
Sources
- found: Wiktionary, Feb. 12, 2008 (sapphism: lesbianism; female homosexuality)
- found: Merriam-Webster's medical dict., via WWW, Feb. 12, 2008 (sapphism: lesbianism)
- found: Dict. of sexual terms, via WWW, Feb. 12, 2008 (sapphism: 1. Female homosexuality; lesbianism. 2. Lesbian love or lesbian-sex, the mutual friction of the sex-organs between two women)
LC Classification
- HQ75.3-HQ75.6
- RC558.5
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2011-06-06: revised

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