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"Move over, Ellen DeGeneres, and make way for the younger girls," declared a January 4 Washington Post story. "Way younger, actually, and way different from what most people think of as lesbians."
"You can see this new trend on Friday nights outside Union Station [in Washington, D.C.], sweethearts from high schools around the Washington area, some locking lips, others hanging out in their tight blue jeans and winter parkas, talking on their cell phones. You can see them in the hallways of high schools like South Lakes in Reston, Magruder in Rockville, or Coolidge in the District."
Referring to popular music acts noted for their Sapphic sympathies, the story continues: "These girls pack Ani DiFranco concerts and know tATu lyrics by heart. Their attention is usually directed exclusively at each other but not always: A group of girls at a private school in northwest Washington charges boys $10 to watch the girls make out in front of them. At one school dance earlier this year, a chaperon had to ...