Citations:lesbro

Noun: "(slang) a male friend or companion of a lesbian"

 * 2008, Ben Cartwright, "Lesbros", FlawLes Magazine, July 2008, page 17:
 * Isaac, a 20-year-old gay male who lives with a lesbian and her bi-sexual girlfriend, did not realize he was a "lesbro" until he moved in with these two women.
 * 2008, "Grandma Eunice", "Grandma Eunice Knows", Ampersand (Kansas City Art Institute), Winter 2008, page 18:
 * Also, bring cutely-decorated frosted desserts to church functions, and, most importantly, you must find a "lesbro." A lesbro is a completely platonic male friend that a lesbian keeps.
 * 2009, Details, Volume 27, Issue 11, page 164:
 * And while he may seem similar on paper to the much-maligned "fag hag," the lesbro is a real bro: a guy whose other interests are likely to include beer, partying, football, and breasts.
 * 2010, Nicole Vermeer, "Student poets perform in Berkeley", The Campanil (Mills College), 1 February 2010, page 3:
 * Tilahun, described by X as the “dyke-tyke lesbro,” went next. Tilahun said he is interested in "not just romantic relationships, [but] also friendships and how we negotiate the spaces between each other."
 * 2013, Chris Reed, quoted in Alley Hector, "LGBTQ Allies", Just Out, January 2013, page 29:
 * Oh and I'm a lesbro. Let's not forget that.
 * 2013, Amy Alkon, "Advice Goddess", Metro (Silicon Valley), 2 January - 8 January 2013, page 44:
 * If you're content to remain a lesbro—a straight guy who's friends with lesbians—your lesbian friends can provide you with priceless beneﬁts: unlimited insight into the bizarre thinking and behaviour of women.
 * 2014, Sarah Bricker-Hunt, "The Man Behind The Beard", Between the Lines, 5 June 2014, page 51:
 * The "we," of course, includes his large gay following, particularly lesbians. It's so extensive that, in 2011, an AfterEllen writer affectionately gave him the moniker of "lesbro."
 * 2014, Lucia Chappelle, "California Dispatch: Queering The Village", September 2014, EILE Magazine, page 30:
 * I first heard the word “lesbro” from him – it's how some of his friends referred to him, not always in a complimentary fashion, but often (especially with potential girlfriends) with amused exasperation.
 * 2016, Paul Schindler, "Lesbian Political Action Committee All In For Hillary", Gay City News, 26 May - 8 June 2016, page 10:
 * The group expects to see a lot of women turn out, but is optimistic that Town Hall will draw a good number of "our lesbros, as well."

Noun: "(slang) a lesbian friend or companion"

 * 2008, Maddy Dwertman, "Gay Pimpin' at Baltimore Pride: An Interview with Jonny McGovern", Gay Life, 2 May - 15 May 2008, page 15:
 * The most pleasurable thing for me is to perform for a gay audience or an audience that gets what I'm doing. I mean the ladies to...I love my lesbros.
 * 2014, B. Marshall, "There's No Place Like Home", I Don't Do Boxes, Number 1 (2013), page 58:
 * My (platonic) other half is Kiara. She's my Broham, my lesbro, my best friend, you know–just...everything.