Are lesbians going the way of the dinosaur? For some old-school lesbians looking at fads among the young generation, it’s a serious cause for concern

A recent Gallup poll found that the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ has risen sharply, up from 4.5 percent in 2017 to 5.6 percent in 2021, a 24% increase in just four years. Well, knock me over with a feather boa.

Several lesbian feminists were troubled by the survey results, as the number of Americans identifying as lesbian remained roughly the same, while the number identifying as bisexual or transgender skyrocketed. They believe that many young people who would have identified as lesbian in days of yore are now coming out as nonbinary or transgender. Egad!

The belief is that many masculine lesbians are now "transitioning" to "men," causing the lesbian community as a whole to shrink. Aimee Anderson apparently saw this phenomenon coming and stated so in an article she wrote in 2015, titled "The Death of the Lesbian." Anderson laments the loss of "old-school" lesbian culture and ominously proclaimed, "I care about the extinction of an entire people: lesbians."

First the dinosaurs and now lesbians. Life on Earth is tough.

Katie Herzog joins Anderson in her fond remembrance of the lesbian yesteryear utopia. Herzog penned a piece called "Where Have All the Lesbians Gone?" in which she wrote: "For older lesbian activists, there is something deeply sad about generations of females who don't want to be lesbians or even women." She recalled how an elderly lesbian once said to her that someday in the future, people will be saying: "We heard about these creatures called lesbians," adding, "They'll dig up our bones. But the bones, of course, cannot talk."

But West Virginia University humanities librarian Lynne Stahl disagrees. Stahl, in a piece published in the Washington Post, stated: "As a lesbian researcher of tomboyism trained in queer theory, I find claims like these absurd and frightening."

Don’t get out much eh?

I’ve known a dozen or so lesbians over the years.

Half of them had kids and were in long time, devoted relationships.

One couple lived across the street and used to watch our kids, boys, whom they loved btw and whom the boys loved in return.

Worked for one who was a great boss, we got her a tee for her birthday that read: “It’s a bitch being Butch” (she rode a Harley and wore Doc Martens).

Another one had been one of the first to qualify airborne.

Some were lipstick lesbians, some were ball cap and boots wearers.

Sure, a couple of them were jerks, but so are lots of straight people.

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