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terms lesbian until graduation (LUG),Rimer, Sara (June 5, 1993)
"Campus Lesbians Step Into Unfamiliar Light"
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''. gay until graduation (GUG), and bisexual until graduation (BUG) are used to describe women primarily of

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age who are assumed to be experimenting with or adopting a temporary

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bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whic ...

identity, but who will ultimately adopt a

heterosexual Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" ...

identity.

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In a 1999 article in the ''

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'', A. Davis related her experimentation with

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s, and how as a result, she experienced hostility from

friends who pressured her to identify as a

, including one friend who urged her to do so as a political statement, despite the fact that Davis identifies as a

who merely experimented with women for a brief period. Davis said that women who experienced same-sex relationships are more attuned to LGBT issues, and more likely to oppose discrimination. She also said that if the same degree of acceptance were extended to men who experimented with

homosexuality Homosexuality is Romance (love), romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romant ...

, it would promote greater acceptance of the

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.Davis, A. (September 15, 1999)
"Confessions of a college lesbian"
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''.

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*Sohn, Amy (February 10, 2003)
"Bi For Now"
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''. * Lewin, Tamar (March 17, 2011)
"Study Undercuts View of College as a Place of Same-Sex Experimentation"
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''. * Lewin, Tamar (September 16, 2005)
"Nationwide Survey Includes Data on Teenage Sex Habits"
''The New York Times''.
"More women experimenting with bisexuality"

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. * Clark, Jessica (May 30, 2007)
"Bisexual healing"
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"The Vagina Dialogues"
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''. * Baumgardner, Jennifer (October 9, 2007)
"Lesbian After Marriage"
'' The Advocate''. * Donaldson James, Susan (August 16, 2007)
"Young Women Defy Labels in Intimacy With Both Sexes"

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