Kugonana kwa akazi kumatchedwa kuti lesbianism (nthawi zambiri sapphism, tribadism). Mawuwa amachokera ku dzina la chilumba chachi Greek chotchedwa Lesbos, pomwe ndakatulo yakale yachi Greek ya Sappho idabadwira ndikukhalamo, m'ma aya momwe muli malingaliro achikondi pakati pa azimayi. Poyerekeza ndi kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kugonana kwa akazi okhaokha sikunaphunzire kwambiri. Maubwenzi ogonana amuna okhaokha pakati pa akazi, mwachilengedwe, sakhala owononga kwambiri ndipo amakhala ndi mavuto ocheperako, chifukwa chake palibe chifukwa chofunikira chofotokozera zomwe zikuchitika mderali. Komabe, kuyambira zazing'ono zomwe zimadziwika kuti azimayi omwe amagonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, chithunzicho sichitanthauza utawaleza. Amayi ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha amakhala ovutikirapo matenda amisala ndikuwonetsa zovuta zingapo zokhudzana ndi moyo wawo: maubale apafupi, uchidakwa, fodya ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, nkhanza za anzawo komanso chiopsezo chowonjezeka cha matenda opatsirana pogonana. Amayi achiwerewere achikulire, kuposa anzawo ogonana amuna kapena akazi anzawo, kumvera chiopsezo chotenga kunenepa kwambiri ndi khansa ya m'mawere, и nthawi zambiri Nenani za kukhalapo kwa nyamakazi, mphumu, kugunda kwa mtima, sitiroko, kuchuluka kwamatenda operewera komanso kudwala kawirikawiri.