For the sake of clarity, and in the the spirit of reclaiming lesbian heritage and grammatical correctness - neoPolitical Correctness be damned (I never signed on for that, anyway):
female/woman (noun) = sex/biology
male/man (noun) = sex/biology
lesbian (noun) = a woman of same sex, sexual orientation
feminine/masculine (adj.) = gender
femme (noun) = female lesbian
butch (noun) = female lesbian who expresses female "masculinity"
transgender (verb) = moving along a gender continuum.
transgender person (noun) = a person of either sex, who may be lesbian, gay or straight.
Using adjectives as nouns is not good grammar, nor is it good politics. It just muddies the water. Non-lesbians, who lay claim to lesbian descriptors, are the ones obliged to clarify through expanded labeling.
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