Meanings
noundykedom (uncountable)
- slanguncountableThe state or sphere of dykes, or lesbians.
With her "half queer, half punk" hairstyle, her battered copy of Kerouac's On the Road, she's kind of a Madonna of dykedom.
1986 February 15, Patricia A. Roth, “Desperately Seeking Lila: Kerouac Goes LF”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B21 more example
One thanked Murphy and Weiss for giving her a good laugh by exemplifying the absurdity of the identity debates. The other documented her own journey from political lesbian feminist dykedom[…]
1995, Paula Rust, Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics, page 21
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