yestergay?
Sep. 14th, 2003 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankylexIn my quest to understand ::snicker:: my newly acquired alternate sexuality, I have been doing a bit of surfing on the topic.
From The Word Spy:
hasbian
noun. A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship.
Example Citation:
"Say that you'd only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to inform them that she is now a hasbian."
"Dear Dawn," The Dominion, November 20, 1995
Backgrounder:
This word appears to be a play on the phrase has-been, a person who was once important or popular but is now largely forgotten. Given such a less-than-flattering association, can there be any doubt that this word was coined by women who are still lesbians?
Earliest Citation:
"Evelyn White reports that in feminist circles, lesbians who have gone straight - apparently all the rage these days - are known as 'hasbians.'"
Herb Caen, "Plenty of Monday," The San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 1990 A much rarer synonym for this term is wasbian (see also wasband):
"On the island she will meet up with her pal Mary Sharon (a slightly subdued, slightly aging radical-feminist-lesbian attorney), Teddie (ex-love of Rachel and only slightly less-true-believer), Rachel (who's hosting the reunion on her tiny island), Grace (enigma extraordinaire), and Julie (ex of Tyler's, now a 'wasbian')."
Beren De Motier, "Mystery Forum," The Lesbian Review of Books, October 31, 1999
I found an interesting article addressing the topic, although not my particular situation, by Amy Sohn here.
But please, as a personal favor...no comparisons to Anne Heche. Ever. :->
From The Word Spy:
hasbian
noun. A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship.
Example Citation:
"Say that you'd only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to inform them that she is now a hasbian."
"Dear Dawn," The Dominion, November 20, 1995
Backgrounder:
This word appears to be a play on the phrase has-been, a person who was once important or popular but is now largely forgotten. Given such a less-than-flattering association, can there be any doubt that this word was coined by women who are still lesbians?
Earliest Citation:
"Evelyn White reports that in feminist circles, lesbians who have gone straight - apparently all the rage these days - are known as 'hasbians.'"
Herb Caen, "Plenty of Monday," The San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 1990 A much rarer synonym for this term is wasbian (see also wasband):
"On the island she will meet up with her pal Mary Sharon (a slightly subdued, slightly aging radical-feminist-lesbian attorney), Teddie (ex-love of Rachel and only slightly less-true-believer), Rachel (who's hosting the reunion on her tiny island), Grace (enigma extraordinaire), and Julie (ex of Tyler's, now a 'wasbian')."
Beren De Motier, "Mystery Forum," The Lesbian Review of Books, October 31, 1999
I found an interesting article addressing the topic, although not my particular situation, by Amy Sohn here.
But please, as a personal favor...no comparisons to Anne Heche. Ever. :->
