Lesbians as Luvbeins

SUMMARY

Lesbians who do not follow the imperative of monogamous, live-in lovers with one other woman are seen as traitors, heretics, and generally fallen women. In a community that often demands conformity, we must find language that includes other ways of being. Thus the idea that luvbeins (a new word that means any or all or more of the following: those that love being, love lesbians, a play on the language for lesbian, a sexual loving woman loving) can become a permutation of the word so that sexually innovative lesbians have another way of communication about themselves. The real fear is always am I loved, am I lovable, can I love?