An Authors English Translation of Мальчиш-Кибальчи

    EPIGRAPHS:
    1. "Hey, you boys, boys-kids! Or we, the boys, just play with sticks, and jump rope? And the fathers left, and the brothers left. Or we, the boys, sit and wait for the Bourgeois to come and take us to your damn bourgeoisie? " - Arkady Gaidar - (Alko-)Golikov, "A Tale of a Military Secret, of Malchish-Kibalchish and His Hard Word", 1933.
    2. "The first signs of impending AIDS are: sudden sharp pain in the back pocket and frequent hot breath in the back of the head." - "SYRYA". 2020.
    3. "Mommy! We're being tortured
       Just because we are - Russians! " - Herman Istokov, "The Theodosian Rhapsody", 2008.

   ***

  - Dear Gentle Uncles: kind,
  Tender, benign, humane, lenient,
  Merciful, forgiving, forbearing,
  Sympathetic, considerate, lement!...
 
  Compassionate, benevolent!...
  Kind-hearted, ender-hearted, good-natured,
  Sweet-tempered, loving, mild, soft,
  Quiet, shy, demure, modest!,,,
 
  Humble, retiring, unassuming, still!...
  "Tranquille", peaceful, peaceable, pacific,
  Placid, serene, reposeful,
  Reverent, meek, docile, lamb-like
 
  Dove-like, light, soft, zephyr-like!...
  Moderate, pleasant!... Who are you?!..." "- We -  we are Bourgeois, -
  "Deutsche B;rgeren: Bonprix, "Christ",
  Bucher.de, Klingel, Home-24!...
 
  Medpex, Heine, Mister, Spex!..." - 
  Capitalists, and some other scum!...
  Financier, investors, industrialists,
  Magnates, tycoosns, moguls!...
 
  Nabobs, plutocrats, fat cats!...
  Yuppies, money-men, loads-a-money,
  Money-bags!... We're "persons
  Who uses their wealth -
 
  To invest in trade and industries -
  For profit in accordance with the
  Principles of severe capitalism!...",
  And in the evening, under the shade of raspberries -
 
  We're shooting you!. - Oh, how scary!... – You, climb,
  You, -  on the table for now,... Let's our Dicks 
  To be measured!... - Well,… how can I suddenly unbutton -
  My «gul’fik”? - After all, my wrists are soldered-and-sealed -
 
  Yeah!,... - by shackles... -  behind the-my-back?!...
  That's a shame to tremble, - to cry and - to mumble!...
  You're not a small kid anymore, - you have sucked a waffle already!...
  - How did you find out?" Yes, there were times, I confess,... -
 
  In a pioneer camp,.. in the sea,.. by the rocks ...
  The Senior counselor, Arkady (Alco-)Golikov
  He was called... - Don't be afraid!,… - We shall fuck you gently,
  With the comfort, in the hayloft, We‘ll save you – your life,

  And shall send you to your detachment!... What is an honor,
  A young boy-Komsomol-member?... - "A crappy copper
  Coin!..." - You are wearing it under your armpit, you are
  Hiding it?... By your ass, and by your blowjob, by the way,
 
  You shall realize yourself in the communism!... AIDS and
  SNID-free, - That's what we can you promise!
  By the way, - you have to learn how to GULP!...[1] Don't you know
  What it means?... - Fellatio!: bangpipe, irrumation!...

  Fellate, blow, blow-job, blow-out, to-blow-someone, breathing-
  Through your ears, buff-the-helmet, buffing-the-knob, butterfly
  Flick, checking-the-mike, choking, cleaning-your-head,
  Cock-sucking, cum-guzzling, deep-throat-it, dessert, dick licker,

  To-"do-somebody", draining-the-tube,
  Drain-the-vein, eat, eat-off, eat-out, eating-up, dinner,
  "А-French-culture-oral-genital-sex-in-general",
  Fuck-mouth, getting-you-balls-moked, getting-your-pole-moked,

  Getting-head, give-head, to-"go-down"-on-somebody,
  gobble-it, go-South, going-down-on, Going-out-for-ice-
  cream, hum-job, Hoover, hummer,
  Ice-cream, inflating-Johnny, lick-it, knobber, knob-job, licking-sac,

  main-course, nose-dive, oral-sex, pearl-necklace-ejaculation-
  on-the-face, neck, peckin'-hen, peeling-the-banana,
  Protein-pump, road-head, salty-dog, scobbing-your-knob,
  seeing-a-man-about-a-horse, singing-into-the-

  purple-microphone, slob-nobbing, slurping-s-Salami,
  smoke-pole, snow-balling, special-request, sperm-cycle, suck-balls,
  suck-cock, suck-dick, suck-chrome, off-a-trailer-hitch, suck-chrome-off-
  of-a-ailpipe, suck-'n'-blow, suck-job, suck-off, suck-
 
  pud, sucking-hog, smoker, speak-to-the-head, swallow-the-swan,
  taking-the-balls-deep, talking-to-Herman, talking-into-
  Mr.Microphone, taste, tonsil-tickling, velvet-lips!... And -
  Deutsch!: die Stimulierung des Penis durch den Mund,
 
  Zunge, Lippen-beziehungsweise-Zahne-des-
  sexualpartners, Zu-lateinisch-fellatum, dass das,
  Partizip-des-Verbs-fellare, „Saugen“ ist. Blasen,
  Coitus-per-Os, Anilingus, Cunnilingus, Oralverkehr!... 
    
  Autofellatio, Deepthroating, Neunundsechzig,
  Fellatio ist eine von vielen Arten, Sexual-
  Verkehr zu praktizieren. Hier ist ein Zitat:
  „Dem Radio zufolge, Vielleicht war es die

  Stimme-er-Tram, has-siejeden, der-sich-in-die-Anlage-agte,
  bei leben-digem Leib verbrennen w;rden, da eine
  ihrer Freundinnen auf frischer Tat bei einer

  Fellatio mit einer Horde Schurfer-Studenten
  ertappt worden war...“ - Well, now, - How do
  You like that? - Are you IMPRESSED? - Confess now!...
  A young "Red" Russian Komsomolets! - A Sibir jerk!...

удивленный
шары в кучу
сраженный
разодолженный
пораженный
ошеломленный
озадаченный
недоуменный
изумленный
быть в откате
***
surprised
balls in a bunch
slain
overdue
stricken
dazed
puzzled
bewildered
astonished
be in rollback
***
;berrascht
B;lle in einem Haufen
get;tet
;berf;llig
betroffen
benommen
verwirrt
verwirrt
erstaunt
im Rollback sein
***
  Sodomy, buggery, anal sex, budge packing,
  Butt-fucking, Hershey-highway, butt-sex,  bum-sex,
  Taking-it-up-the-ass, penetration, buggery,
  Fudge-packing, Hershey-highway, butt-fucking,
 
  Sodomie, Buggery, Analsex, Budge Packing,
  Arschficken, Hershey-Highway, Arschfick, Penner-Sex,
  Take-it-up-the-Ass, Penetration, Buggery,
  Fudge-Packing, Hershey-Highway, Arschficken!...
 
  Penner-Sex, Anale-Grande, Anale-
  Randale, Analfant, Analfurster,
  Analverkehr, Arschfick, popoliebe,
  Posex, Aftershow-Party, Alarm-im-Darm, Auf-der-

  Fleischflote-spielen, Darm-ausstopfen, die-Flote-spielen,
  Fleischtrompete-spielen, Hautflote-spielen,
  In-die-upe-oxen, jemanden-anal-besuchen,
  Jemanden-in-den-Po -pieksen, Kacke-schubsen!...

  Kanalfatal, Nektar naschen, Poliebe, Popo-
  liebe, Ritzeln, Schadel-geben, Schenkelschnorcheln,
  Schinkenspicker, Schnapper, Schwanzfutterung, Service,
  Sport-im-Zweiten, Strafblasen, Teebeuteln, Schliessen!...

  ***
  Bum-sex, pricks; dicks; carrots, Nicks .... .... ....

  ***

  We are reading and «The AIDS» –Info"б and "The Health" magazines, -
  Between our fights - and our fuckings and orgias ...  Down! -

  Homosexuals[2], Fagots[3], and "Pink" lesbians[4]
  The "Reds", and the "Browns", Lenin, and AIDS!... -
  To fuck-torchure Red young prisoners - is really much better
  Than booz-z-ing, - In the trenches - with (b)ladies-z,  or, - without them!...

  ***

  Around 1990, Vladikavkaz, Russia.

  ***

  THE AUTOR'S NOTES:
  [1]. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellatio.
  [2]. HOMOSEXUALITY – «Is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to people of the same sex. It "also refers to a person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions."
  «Along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation within the heterosexual–homosexual continuum. Scientists do not yet know the exact cause of sexual orientation, but they theorize that it is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences  and do not view it as a choice. Although no single theory on the cause of sexual orientation has yet gained widespread support, scientists favor biologically-based theories."
  "There is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial, biological causes of sexual orientation than social ones, especially for males. There is no substantive evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood experiences play a role with regard to sexual orientation. While some people believe that homosexual activity is unnatural, scientific research shows that homosexuality is a normal and natural variation in human sexuality and is not in and of itself a source of negative psychological effects. There is insufficient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to change sexual orientation.»
  «The most common terms for homosexual people are lesbian for females and gay for males, but gay also commonly refers to both homosexual females and males."
  "The percentage of people who are gay or lesbian and the proportion of people who are in same-sex romantic relationships or have had same-sex sexual experiences are difficult for researchers to estimate reliably for a variety of reasons, including many gay and lesbian people not openly identifying as such due to prejudice or discrimination such as homophobia and heterosexism.»
  «Homosexual behavior has also been documented in many non-human animal species, though homosexual orientation is not significantly observed in other animals."
  «Many gay and lesbian people are in committed same-sex relationships, though only in the 2010s have census forms and political conditions facilitated their visibility and enumeration. These relationships are equivalent to heterosexual relationships in essential psychological respects. Homosexual relationships and acts have been admired, as well as condemned, throughout recorded history, depending on the form they took and the culture in which they occurred. Since the end of the 20th century, there has been a global movement towards freedom and equality for gay people, including the introduction of anti-bullying legislation to protect gay children at school, legislation ensuring non-discrimination, equal ability to serve in the military, equal access to health care, equal ability to adopt and parent, and the establishment of marriage equality.»
  Source:   [3]. "FAGGOT - «Often shortened to fag, is a usually pejorative term used primarily to refer to a gay man or boy. Its use has spread from the United States to varying extents elsewhere in the English-speaking world through the mass culture, including movies, music, and the Internet.»
  EYMOLOGY AND USAGE: "The American slang term is first recorded in 1914, the shortened form fag shortly after, in 1921. Its immediate origin is unclear, but it is based on the word for "bundle of sticks", ultimately derived, via Old French, Italian and Vulgar Latin, from Latin fascis."
  "The word faggot has been used in English since the late 16th century as an abusive term for women, particularly old women, and reference to homosexuality may derive from this, as female terms are often used with reference to homosexual or effeminate men (cf. nancy, sissy, queen). The application of the term to old women is possibly a shortening of the term "faggot-gatherer", applied in the 19thf century to people, especially older widows, who made a meager living by gathering and selling firewood."
  "It may also derive from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare the use of the word baggage as a pejorative term for old people in general)."
  "An alternative possibility is that the word is connected with the practice of fagging in British private schools, in which younger boys performed (potentially sexual) duties for older boys, although the word faggot was never used in this context, only fag. There is a reference to the word faggot being used in 17th-century Britain to refer to a "man hired into military service simply to fill out the ranks at muster", but there is no known connection with the word's modern usage."
  "The Yiddish word "faygele", lit. "little bird", has been claimed by some to be related to the American usage. The similarity between the two words makes it possible that it might at least have had a reinforcing effect."
  "There is an urban legend, called an "oft-reprinted assertion" by Douglas Harper, that the modern slang meaning developed from the standard meaning of faggot as "bundle of sticks for burning" with regard to burning at the stake. This is unsubstantiated; the emergence of the slang term in 20th-century American English is unrelated to historical death penalties for homosexuality."
  "Some gay men have reclaimed the term as a neutral or positive term of self-description."
  EARLY PRINTED USE:
  «The word faggot with regard to homosexuality was used as early as 1914, in Jackson and Hellyer's A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, with Some Examples of Common Usages which listed the following example under the word, drag:
      "All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight."
The word fag is used in 1923 in «The Hobo»: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson:
    “Fairies or Fags are men or boys who exploit sex for profit.”
«The word was also used by a character in Claude McKay’s 1928 novel Home to Harlem, indicating that it was used during the Harlem Renaissance. Specifically, one character says that he cannot understand: "A bulldyking woman and a faggoty man."
  USAGE BY YOUTH: «Through ethnographic research in a high school setting, CJ Pascoe examined how American high school boys used the term fag during the early 2000s. Pascoe's work, culminating in a 2007 book titled Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, suggested that these boys used the fag epithet as a way to assert their own masculinity, by claiming that another boy is less masculine; this, in their eyes, makes him a fag, and its usage suggests that it is less about sexual orientation and more about gender. One-third of the boys in Pascoe's study claimed that they would not call a homosexual peer a fag, leading Pascoe to argue that fag is used in this setting as a form of gender policing, in which boys ridicule others who fail at masculinity, heterosexual prowess, or strength.»
  «Because boys do not want to be labeled a fag, they hurl the insult at another person. Pascoe felt the fag identity does not constitute a static identity attached to the boy receiving the insult. Rather, fag is a fluid identity that boys strive to avoid, often by naming another as the fag. As Pascoe asserts, "[the fag identity] is fluid enough that boys police their behaviors out of fear of having the fag identity permanently adhere and definitive enough so that boys recognize a fag behavior and strive to avoid it".»
  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(slang).
  [4]. A LESBIAN - "Is a homosexual woman. The word lesbian is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction."
  "The concept of "lesbian" to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation evolved in the 20th century. Throughout history, women have not had the same freedom or independence as men to pursue homosexual relationships, but neither have they met the same harsh punishment as homosexual men in some societies. Instead, lesbian relationships have often been regarded as harmless, unless a participant attempts to assert privileges traditionally enjoyed by men. As a result, little in history was documented to give an accurate description of how female homosexuality was expressed. When early sexologists in the late 19th century began to categorize and describe homosexual behavior, hampered by a lack of knowledge about homosexuality or women's sexuality, they distinguished lesbians as women who did not adhere to female gender roles. They classified them as mentally ill—a designation which has been reversed since the late 20th century in the global scientific community."
  "Women in homosexual relationships in Europe and the United States responded to the discrimination and repression either by hiding their personal lives, or accepting the label of outcast and creating a subculture and identity. Following World War II, during a period of social repression when governments actively persecuted homosexuals, women developed networks to socialize with and educate each other. Gaining greater economic and social freedom allowed them to determine how they could form relationships and families. With second wave feminism and the growth of scholarship in women's history and sexuality in the late 20th century, the definition of lesbian broadened, leading to debate about the term's use."
  "While research by Lisa M. Diamond identified sexual desire as the core component for defining lesbians, some women who engage in same-sex sexual activity may reject not only identifying as lesbians but as bisexual as well. Other women's self-identification as lesbian may not align with their sexual orientation or sexual behavior. Sexual identity is not necessarily the same as one's sexual orientation or sexual behavior, due to various reasons, such as the fear of identifying their sexual orientation in a homophobic setting."
  "Portrayals of lesbians in the media suggest that society at large has been simultaneously intrigued and threatened by women who challenge feminine gender roles, as well as fascinated and appalled with women who are romantically involved with other women. Women who adopt a lesbian identity share experiences that form an outlook similar to an ethnic identity: as homosexuals, they are unified by the heterosexist discrimination and potential rejection they face from their families, friends, and others as a result of homophobia. As women, they face concerns separate from men. Lesbians may encounter distinct physical or mental health concerns arising from discrimination, prejudice, and minority stress. Political conditions and social attitudes also affect the formation of lesbian relationships and families in open."
  ORIGIN AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE TERM
  "The word "lesbian" is derived from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos, home to the -th-century BCE poet Sappho. From various ancient writings, historians gathered that a group of young women were left in Sappho's charge for their instruction or cultural edification. Little of Sappho's poetry survives, but her remaining poetry reflects the topics she wrote about: women's daily lives, their relationships, and rituals. She focused on the beauty of women and proclaimed her love for girls. Before the mid-19th century, the word lesbian referred to any derivative or aspect of Lesbos, including a type of wine."
  "In Algernon Charles Swinburne's 1866 poem Sapphics, the term lesbian appears twice but capitalized both times after twice mentioning the island of Lesbos, and so could be construed to mean 'from the island of Lesbos'. In 1875, George Saintsbury, in writing about Baudelaire's poetry, refers to his "Lesbian studies" in which he includes his poem about "the passion of Delphine" which is a poem simply about love between two women which does not mention the island of Lesbos, though the other poem alluded to, entitled "Lesbos", does."
  "Use of the word lesbianism to describe erotic relationships between women had been documented in 1870. In 1890, the term lesbian was used in a medical dictionary as an adjective to describe tribadism (as "lesbian love"). The terms lesbian, invert and homosexual were interchangeable with sapphist and sapphism around the turn of the 20th century. The use of lesbian in medical literature became prominent; by 1925, the word was recorded as a noun to mean the female equivalent of a sodomite."
  "The development of medical knowledge was a significant factor in further connotations of the term lesbian. In the middle of the 19th century, medical writers attempted to establish ways to identify male homosexuality, which was considered a significant social problem in most Western societies. In categorizing behavior that indicated what was referred to as "inversion" by German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, researchers categorized what was normal sexual behavior for men and women, and therefore to what extent men and women varied from the "perfect male sexual type" and the "perfect female sexual type."
  "Far less literature focused on female homosexual behavior than on male homosexuality, as medical professionals did not consider it a significant problem. In some cases, it was not acknowledged to exist. However, sexologists Richard von Krafft-Ebing from Germany, and Britain's Havelock Ellis wrote some of the earliest and more enduring categorizations of female same-sex attraction, approaching it as a form of insanity (Ellis' categorization of "lesbianism" as a medical problem is now discredited)."
  "Krafft-Ebing, who considered lesbianism (what he termed "Uranism") a neurological disease, and Ellis, who was influenced by Krafft-Ebing's writings, disagreed about whether sexual inversion was generally a lifelong condition. Ellis believed that many women who professed love for other women changed their feelings about such relationships after they had experienced marriage and a "practical life"."
  "However, Ellis conceded that there were "true inverts" who would spend their lives pursuing erotic relationships with women. These were members of the "third sex" who rejected the roles of women to be subservient, feminine, and domestic. Invert described the opposite gender roles, and also the related attraction to women instead of men; since women in the Victorian period were considered unable to initiate sexual encounters, women who did so with other women were thought of as possessing masculine sexual desires."
  "The work of Krafft-Ebing and Ellis was widely read, and helped to create public consciousness of female homosexuality. The sexologists' claims that homosexuality was a congenital anomaly were generally well-accepted by homosexual men; it indicated that their behavior was not inspired by nor should be considered a criminal vice, as was widely acknowledged. In the absence of any other material to describe their emotions, homosexuals accepted the designation of different or perverted, and used their outlaw status to form social circles in Paris and Berlin. Lesbian began to describe elements of a subculture.
  "Lesbians in Western cultures in particular often classify themselves as having an identity that defines their individual sexuality, as well as their membership to a group that shares common traits. Women in many cultures throughout history have had sexual relations with other women, but they rarely were designated as part of a group of people based on whom they had physical relations with. As women have generally been political minorities in Western cultures, the added medical designation of homosexuality has been cause for the development of a subcultural identity."
  SEXUALITY AND LESBIAN IDEBTITY:
  "The notion that sexual activity between women is necessary to define a lesbian or lesbian relationship continues to be debated. According to feminist writer Naomi McCormick, women's sexuality is constructed by men, whose primary indicator of lesbian sexual orientation is sexual experience with other women. The same indicator is not necessary to identify a woman as heterosexual, however. McCormick states that emotional, mental, and ideological connections between women are as important or more so than the genital. Nonetheless, in the 1980s, a significant movement rejected the desexualization of lesbianism by cultural feminists, causing a heated controversy called the feminist sex wars. Butch and femme roles returned, although not as strictly followed as they were in the 1950s. They became a mode of chosen sexual self-expression for some women in the 1990s. Once again, women felt safer claiming to be more sexually adventurous, and sexual flexibility became more accepted."
  "The focus of the debate often centers on a phenomenon named by sexologist Pepper Schwartz in 1983. Schwartz found that long-term lesbian couples report having less sexual contact than heterosexual or homosexual male couples, calling this lesbian bed death. However, lesbians dispute the study's definition of sexual contact, and introduced other factors such as deeper connections existing between women that make frequent sexual relations redundant, greater sexual fluidity in women causing them to move from heterosexual to bisexual to lesbian numerous times through their lives—or reject the labels entirely. Further arguments attested that the study was flawed and misrepresented accurate sexual contact between women, or sexual contact between women has increased since 1983 as many lesbians find themselves freer to sexually express themselves."
  "More discussion on gender and sexual orientation identity has affected how many women label or view themselves. Most people in western culture are taught that heterosexuality is an innate quality in all people. When a woman realizes her romantic and sexual attraction to another woman, it may cause an "existential crisis"; many who go through this adopt the identity of a lesbian, challenging what society has offered in stereotypes about homosexuals, to learn how to function within a homosexual subculture."
  "Lesbians in western cultures generally share an identity that parallels those built on ethnicity; they have a shared history and subculture, and similar experiences with discrimination which has caused many lesbians to reject heterosexual principles. This identity is unique from gay men and heterosexual women, and often creates tension with bisexual women. One point of contention are lesbians who have had sex with men, while lesbians who have never had sex with men may be referred to as "gold star lesbians". Those who have had sex with men may face ridicule from other lesbians or identity challenges with regard to defining what it means to be a lesbian."
  "Researchers, including social scientists, state that often behavior and identity do not match: women may label themselves heterosexual but have sexual relations with women, self-identified lesbians may have sex with men, or women may find that what they considered an immutable sexual identity has changed over time. Research by Lisa M. Diamond et al. reported that "lesbian and fluid women were more exclusive than bisexual women in their sexual behaviors" and that "lesbian women appeared to lean toward exclusively same-sex attractions and behaviors." It reported that lesbians "appeared to demonstrate a 'core' lesbian orientation."
  "A 2001 article on differentiating lesbians for medical studies and health research suggested identifying lesbians using the three characteristics of identity only, sexual behavior only, or both combined. The article declined to include desire or attraction as it rarely has bearing on measurable health or psychosocial issues. Researchers state that there is no standard definition of lesbian because "[t]he term has been used to describe women who have sex with women, either exclusively or in addition to sex with men (i.e., behavior); women who self-identify as lesbian (i.e., identity); and women whose sexual preference is for women (i.e., desire or attraction)" and that "[t]he lack of a standard definition of lesbian and of standard questions to assess who is lesbian has made it difficult to clearly define a population of lesbian women". How and where study samples were obtained can also affect the definition."
  FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY WITHOUT IDENTITY IN WESTERN CULTURE:
  GENERAL:
  "The varied meanings of lesbian since the early 20th century have prompted some historians to revisit historic relationships between women before the wide usage of the word was defined by erotic proclivities. Discussion from historians caused further questioning of what qualifies as a lesbian relationship."
  "As lesbian-feminists asserted, a sexual component was unnecessary in declaring oneself a lesbian if the primary and closest relationships were with women. When considering past relationships within appropriate historic context, there were times when love and sex were separate and unrelated notions. In 1989, an academic cohort named the Lesbian History Group wrote:
  "Because of society's reluctance to admit that lesbians exist, a high degree
  of certainty is expected before historians or biographers are allowed to use
  the label. Evidence that would suffice in any other situation is inadequate
  here... A woman who never married, who lived with another woman, whose friends
  were mostly women, or who moved in known lesbian or mixed gay circles, may
  well have been a lesbian. ... But this sort of evidence is not 'proof'. What
  our critics want is incontrovertible evidence of sexual activity between
  women. This is almost impossible to find."
"Female sexuality is often not adequately represented in texts and documents. Until very recently, much of what has been documented about women's sexuality has been written by men, in the context of male understanding, and relevant to women's associations to men—as their wives, daughters, or mothers, for example. Often artistic representations of female sexuality suggest trends or ideas on broad scales, giving historians clues as to how widespread or accepted erotic relationships between women were."
  "Lesbian community flag introduced in social media in 2018, with the dark orange stripe representing gender variance."
The notion that sexual activity between women is necessary to define a lesbian or lesbian relationship continues to be debated. According to feminist writer Naomi McCormick, women's sexuality is constructed by men, whose primary indicator of lesbian sexual orientation is sexual experience with other women. The same indicator is not necessary to identify a woman as heterosexual, however. McCormick states that emotional, mental, and ideological connections between women are as important or more so than the genital. Nonetheless, in the 1980s, a significant movement rejected the desexualization of lesbianism by cultural feminists, causing a heated controversy called the feminist sex wars. Butch and femme roles returned, although not as strictly followed as they were in the 1950s. They became a mode of chosen sexual self-expression for some women in the 1990s. Once again, women felt safer claiming to be more sexually adventurous, and sexual flexibility became more accepted."
  "The focus of the debate often centers on a phenomenon named by sexologist Pepper Schwartz in 1983. Schwartz found that long-term lesbian couples report having less sexual contact than heterosexual or homosexual male couples, calling this lesbian bed death. However, lesbians dispute the study's definition of sexual contact, and introduced other factors such as deeper connections existing between women that make frequent sexual relations redundant, greater sexual fluidity in women causing them to move from heterosexual to bisexual to lesbian numerous times through their lives—or reject the labels entirely. Further arguments attested that the study was flawed and misrepresented accurate sexual contact between women, or sexual contact between women has increased since 1983 as many lesbians find themselves freer to sexually express themselves."
  "More discussion on gender and sexual orientation identity has affected how many women label or view themselves. Most people in western culture are taught that heterosexuality is an innate quality in all people. When a woman realizes her romantic and sexual attraction to another woman, it may cause an "existential crisis"; many who go through this adopt the identity of a lesbian, challenging what society has offered in stereotypes about homosexuals, to learn how to function within a homosexual subculture. Lesbians in western cultures generally share an identity that parallels those built on ethnicity; they have a shared history and subculture, and similar experiences with discrimination which has caused many lesbians to reject heterosexual principles. This identity is unique from gay men and heterosexual women, and often creates tension with bisexual women. One point of contention are lesbians who have had sex with men, while lesbians who have never had sex with men may be referred to as "gold star lesbians". Those who have had sex with men may face ridicule from other lesbians or identity challenges with regard to defining what it means to be a lesbian."
  ".....esearchers, including social scientists, state that often behavior and ide ntity do not match: women may label themselves heterosexual but have sexual relations with women, self-identified lesbians may have sex with men, or women may find that what they considered an immutable sexual identity has changed over time. Research by Lisa M. Diamond et al. reported that "lesbian and fluid women were more exclusive than bisexual women in their sexual behaviors" and that "lesbian women appeared to lean toward exclusively same-sex attractions and behaviors." It reported that lesbians "appeared to demonstrate a 'core' lesbian orientation."
  "A 2001 article on differentiating lesbians for medical studies and health research suggested identifying lesbians using the three characteristics of identity only, sexual behavior only, or both combined. The article declined to include desire or attraction as it rarely has bearing on measurable health or psychosocial issues. Researchers state that there is no standard definition of lesbian because "[t]he term has been used to describe women who have sex with women, either exclusively or in addition to sex with men (i.e., behavior); women who self-identify as lesbian (i.e., identity); and women whose sexual preference is for women (i.e., desire or attraction)" and that "[t]he lack of a standard definition of lesbian and of standard questions to assess who is lesbian has made it difficult to clearly define a population of lesbian women". How and where study samples were obtained can also affect the definition."
  [5]. PINK: - SEXUALITY: «As noted above, pink combined with black or violet is commonly associated with eroticism and seduction. In street slang, the pink sometimes refers to the vagina.»
  «In Russian, pink ("розовый", "rozovyi") is used to refer to lesbians, and light blue («голубой», «goluboy») refers to gay men.»»
  «In Japan, a genre of low budget, erotic cinema is referred to as Pink films (Pinku Eiga).»
  «In India, Pink coloured turban are worn at Hindu weddings.»
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#Sexuality.
  PINK  - «The vagina, in expressions such as "two in the pink, one in the stink»."
  EMINIST FLAGS:
  [1]. "Дesbian feminist flag consisting of a labrys (a double-bladed axe) within the inverted black triangle, set against a violet-hue background. The labrys represents lesbian strength."
  [2]. "Lesbian flag derived from the 2010 Lipstick Lesbian flag design."
  [3[. "Lesbian community flag introduced in social media in 2018, with the dark orange stripe representing gender variance."
  PHOTOS ON THE SITE:
  PHOTO 1: "Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene by Simeon Solomon, 1864."
  PHOTO 2: "Sappho of Lesbos, depicted here in a 1904 painting by John William Godward, gave the term lesbian the connotation of erotic desire between women."
  PHOTO 3: "Lesbianism and hermaphroditism, depicted here in an engraving circa 1690, were very similar concepts during the Renaissance."
  PHOTO 4:"Gender masquerade as a dramatic device was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, such as this scene of Viola and Olivia from Twelfth Night by Frederick Pickersgill (1859)."
  PHOTO 5: "Intimacy between women was fashionable between the 17th and 19th centuries, although sexuality was rarely publicly acknowledged. (Photograph circa 1900.)."
  PHOTO 6: "The Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby.
The two women had a relationship that was hailed as devoted and virtuous, after eloping and living 51 years together in Wales."
  PHOTO 7: "Berlin's thriving lesbian community in the 1920s published Die Freundin magazine between 1924 and 1933."
  PHOTO [7]. "Radclyffe Hall's image appeared in many newspapers discussing the content of The Well of Loneliness."
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian.


"Auf Franz;sisch hei;t Fellatio - ein Geschlechtsakt ausgef;hrt an einem Mann - „fellation“, was ein wenig wie Inflation klingt, welches dasselbe Word im Englischen und Franz;sischen ist".
Source: https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/fellatio.