women have been calling their besties "girlfriends" since the 1800s. it was used even more frequently by black women in the 1990s and early 2000s which led to the show "Girlfriends" which TRACEE ELLIS ROSS was on. then fell out of favor as white women destroyed it by being ANNOYING about it. and now young queer girls are like "WHY ARE YOU CALLING YOUR FRIEND A GF; DO YOU MAKE OUT".

FELLOW QUEER GIRLS. LEARN SOME HISTORY ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. It wasn't even that long ago.