âŚwell, i mean, a quick Google search turns up the 2012 Autostraddle article â20 Lesbian Slang Terms Youâve Never Heard Beforeâ which includes among its terms:
BAMBI-SEXUALITY: Physical interaction centered more about touching, kissing, and caressing than around genital sexuality. Not to be confused with bestiality, a very different concept.
the author of the article cites the term as being from âthe 1989 Alyson Almanacâs âDictionary of Slang and Historical Termsââ, even linking directly to the almanac on Amazon.com.
a quick Google search for Alyson Almanac turns up a complete PDF scan of the January-March 1994 edition of the Alyson Womenâs Book Catalog which, besides being an interesting read in and of itself (cw: for explicit sexual content), includes an advertisement for the Alyson Almanac on page 10.
moreover, on the following page is the very âDictionary of Slang and Historical Termsâ cited in the Autostraddle article.
[ purple highlights added for emphasis, blurring added for explicit content. ]
noteworthy is that bambi-sexuality is listed with the same definition, word-for-word, as given in the Autostraddle article.
meaning that regardless of how prevalent the term was or was not the past, there is precedent for bambi-sexuality (or, in other words, âbambi lesbiansâ) being a thing at least as far back as 1994â if not further back into the late 80â˛s, as the Autostraddle writer and OP have stated.
also, you know, this post by @queerasfact.
long live bambi lesbians, be they ace-identified or not.