Are lesbians adult human females?

Some lesbians are human female teenagers, so almost adults.
All other lesbians are adult human females.

Are all lesbians women?

YES.

Can a man be a woman?

NEVER.

Can a man be a lesbian?

OF COURSE NOT!

Do some lesbians have penises?

NO.

Is “lesbian” a gender identity?

No, “lesbian” is a sexual orientation:
An adult human of the female sex being exclusively attracted to other adult humans of the female sex. There is no evidence that gender identity even exists.

When you just thought this was all you could ask…

1. Why is LAVA needed? Surely lesbians now have full legal rights.

LAVA is working towards visibility at all levels – social and political – so that our existence, our needs and our contributions are valued. We believe it is critically important to be visible to young lesbians so they can see themselves reflected in the world.

2. Lesbian … why do we insist on using such an “outdated” word to describe ourselves?

Most young women don’t call themselves lesbian anyway. They prefer “queer”.

LESBIAN is the only English word that means a woman who is sexually attracted to women. It is the only word that clearly and unambiguously says who we are. We are proud of being lesbians and love being part of lesbian community and will not hide behind ambiguous labels.

3. Why are lesbians even talking about trans issues and gender identity?

Lesbians are constantly vilified and excluded from the so-called LGBT community for defining women as adult human females and ourselves as women who are exclusively same-sex attracted. We are called TERFs if we say “transwomen” are men. We are called transphobic and transexclusive if we refuse to accept males who demand we accept them as women in our spaces or as our sexual partners. Parts of our own community denies us the right to define who we are. Our rights are being ignored and lesbian sexual orientation is treated as problematic and even harmful to males who demand we pretend they are women. That’s why.

Here’s a lesbian feminist with a primer on why lesbians are talking about this:

4. Why are we constantly talking about toilets?

We are not constantly talking about toilets. Instead, we let the incisive TT Exulansic speak:

“Why is a transwoman’s fear of male bathroom violence valid, but a woman’s fear of male bathroom violence is obviously bigotry?”

5. Can we debate this issue?

This unsavoury melee is a full-blown “culture war”. Irish journalist and author of the book “Trans”, Helen Joyce, was asked if there is any chance of having a reasonable debate about this, so let’s hear what she has to say:

We agree.

6. Are “trans rights” human rights? Are “trans rights” an extension of gay rights?

Every human has human rights. Human rights for people who pretend to be the opposite sex and demand of others to go along with that charade are not an extension of gay rights.

7. Does the existence of intersex people prove sex is on a spectrum? How common are intersex conditions?

No, the existence of intersex people does not prove sex is on a spectrum. Intersex conditions are not common.

8. How many “transgender” people are there in New Zealand?

No one knows the exact figure but we will have more of an idea after the 2023 census, which will have a “gender identity” question for the first time.

9. Do all “transgender” people have a diagnosis of “gender” dysphoria?

Not any more.

10. Do “transgender” people have worse mental health problems and higher suicide rates than other members of the “rainbow community”?

No.

11. Can’t we at least be kind and use “preferred pronouns”?

No. Language is everything. And here’s Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull explaining why:

Much has been written about the importance of language, and the writings of those who oppose gender identity ideology are getting clearer and more graphic. This seems to be the inevitable result of the garbled, twisted, blurred language of the gender identity activists. Why are they doing this, we might ask. One who doesn’t mince her words is Eliza Mondegreen, who in her blog Writing Behavior explains The new global empire of disembodiment. Loading the language to sell dissociation, goods, and services.

12. Are transgender people more likely to be murdered?

No.

13. When is International Women’s Day of Remembrance for the thousands upon thousands of women who are killed by men everywhere every single year since time immemorial?

No idea. Is there one?