Why do so many lesbians have tattoos? Is it a sign to attract other lesbians? Is it a self-destructive tendency?
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This is a tough question. Why does anyone get a tattoo? We think that there are probably just as many reasons for getting a tattoo as there are people with tattoos, and this article by the BBC seems to back us up. People get tattoos as acts of rebellion, to feel sexy, to display their individuality, to display their affiliations, to get back at an ex, to show devotion, to mark their adulthood, to mark their youth, and everything else in between.
Like you, though, we have noticed that a larger percentage of our gay and lesbian friends have tattoos than our straight friends and when we went online to check that out we found that, at least according to vanishingtattoo.com, indeed, gays and lesbians do have a higher instance of tattoo than their straight counterparts.
As for why gays seem to have a higher instance of having tattoos, our guess is that it may have a lot to do with the fact that we are already breaking the boundaries of common society by being gay, so it isn't that much more of a reach to break other norms. And when we do select a tattoo, often it is a going to be an image or symbol that announces our sexual orientation to others. That's not always the case, though. Between us, The Lesbos, have five tattoos and none of them are lesbian or gay symbols. Some of the more popular lesbian tattoos are rainbow anything, two female signs, nautical stars, and the labrys.
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| Two Female Symbols |
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| Nautical Stars |
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| Tattoo of a Labrys |
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