Duniya baki daya, al’ummar lesbian suna amfani da alama da al’adu daban-daban don nuna jama’a, farin ciki, da kishin kai. Daya daga cikin alamomin da aka fi sani shine alamar mace biyu da ke kumbura (⚢), wanda ke wakiltar lesbian.
Alamar violet, wanda aka ambata a wasiyyar Sappho, ya zama alama mai mahimmanci ga lesbian da mace mai jinsi biyu. A shekarar 1926, wasan kwa gidan wasan kwa Édouard Bourdet mai suna *La Prisonnière* ya amfani da bukka na violet don nuna soyayya tsakanin mace da mace. Parisian lesbians suna sanya violet don nuna goyon bayansu ga batun lesbian na wasan.
Lesbian manicure, wanda kuma ake kira queer manicure au lez nails, ya zama salon na zamani wanda ke baiwa lesbian da sauran mutane na al’ummar LGBTQ damar amincewa da jinsi suke son zama a cikin rayuwarsu na kuma nuna alamar jama’arsu. Salon din ya hada da dogon ƙarshen ƙafafu a kowane yatsa ishirin da aka bari index finger, middle finger, da kuma thumb na hannun da ke iko, haka ya kare daga rauni ko kishin kai a lokacin jima’i.
A cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980, lesbian feminists suna da ra’ayoyi daban-daban game da matsayin su a cikin al’ummar LGBTQ. Wasu suna ganin cewa ya fi dace su raba al’umma daban-daban daga wadanda ba su da jinsi maza, yayin da wasu suke ganin cewa hadin kan al’umma zai taimaka wajen samun ‘yanci da haƙƙi.
