Kugonana kwa akazi ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kumadziwika kuti lesbianism (komwe sikudziwika kawirikawiri kuti sapphism kapena tribadism). Mawuwa amachokera ku chilumba cha Lesbos ku Greece, komwe kunabadwira wolemba ndakatulo wakale wachi Greek Sappho, yemwe ndakatulo zake zimanena za chikondi pakati pa akazi. Poyerekeza ndi kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kugonana kwa akazi okhaokha sikunaphunzire mokwanira. Ubale wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha pakati pa akazi chibadwa chake ndi wochepa kwambiri ndipo umabweretsa mavuto ochepa, kotero palibe chifukwa choyang'ana kwambiri kafukufuku m'derali. Komabe, zochepa zomwe zimadziwika za akazi omwe amachita maubwenzi a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha sizikuwonetsa chithunzi chabwino. Akazi ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso amuna kapena akazi okhaokha amakhala ndi vuto la matenda amisala ndipo amawonetsa mavuto osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi moyo wawo, kuphatikizapo maubwenzi osakhalitsa, mowa, fodya, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo , nkhanza kwa abwenzi, komanso chiopsezo chowonjezeka cha matenda opatsirana pogonana. Akazi okalamba ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu cha kunenepa kwambiri ndi khansa ya m'mawere kuposa anzawo ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ndipo nthawi zambiri amanena za nyamakazi, mphumu, matenda a mtima, sitiroko, kuchuluka kwa matenda osatha, komanso thanzi loipa.