How do you define lesbian? Johns Hopkins University criticized over 'non-man' glossary entry

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A leading university in the U.S. is facing a firestorm of criticism over how it defined the word lesbian in an online glossary of LGBTQ terms. 

Per the glossary that was on the Johns Hopkins University website until Tuesday, lesbian is described as a “non-man attracted to non-men.” 

Critics are accusing the renowned institution of misogyny and attempting to “erase” women in its apparent effort to be inclusive of non-binary and transgender people and those assigned female at birth but who do not identify as a woman. 

The university has temporarily removed the entire glossary from its website while it works “to determine

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