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The term dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian and as an adjective describing things associated with lesbianism. It originated as a homophobic and misogynistic slur for a masculine, butch, or androgynous girl or woman.   reply

Why do gay men and lesbian women like to act like bisexual people weren’t called our slurs. Do you really think a homophobe gives a single fuck that a bisexual woman has any attraction to men? They’d be calling her a d*ke in reference to her same-gender attraction. Same goes with bisexual men and the word f*ggot. Of course they can say it.   1 reply

I don't even know what "dy*e" means   reply

i thought long and hard about it after i first answered this but i still feel like we should be able to. Of course my word doesn't equate with that of a lesbian, me being bisexual. But this feels really exclusive. Bisexual women too deal with homophobia and the same slurs. We don't have the 'right to say it' or the 'right to claim it'? The whole p......   reply

Dyke is a slur made by men to ridicule and demean lesbians because they got turned down. Being bi myself, I wouldn’t call any woman that. It’s literally the same as calling a woman who isn’t a close friend of mine a bitch. They would take offense. Now if another lesbian called another lesbian that, there is no issue. They can hash it out amo......   reply

Does it even matter?!?!! Like does it have to be a necessary part of their vocabulary like it’s like having a mixed person fighting for the right to say the N word like it’s not something you gotta say.   2 reply

I was today years old when i realised that word existed   reply

another topic i wouldn't care to give two shits about,im bisexual and me and my past girlfriends never cared about such an irrelevant topic   reply

Dyke is a Derogitory term used to refer to a lesbian; commonly towards a lesbian with more masculine physical If you are bi and it was used towards you doesnt matter its still not yours to claim I literally means no attraction to men I dont kmow why they want to say a slur so bad   1 reply