some people want lesbian to be a label that includes all WLW identities

not a WLW myself, but as a bi/pan guy I can feel where they're coming from

I'll often identify as gay in situations where my attraction to men is what's relevant, but I don't want to bother explaining how I'm pansexual or NB-inclusive bisexual or whatever

we are also subject to much of the same homophobia, it doesn't matter to most homophobes whether you're also attracted to the opposite gender, but on the other hand it is easier for us to have relationships that pass socially in a heteronormative culture

there are many lesbians and gay men who believe these labels should only apply to exclusively homosexual people, and I'm sympathetic to their desire for exclusively homosexual spaces

so I'm a bit conflicted about it