The termsapphism has been used since the 1890s,[5] and derives fromSappho, a Greek poet whose verses included her accounts of sexual and romantic love between women.[6] She was born on the Greek islandLesbos, which also inspired the termlesbianism.[7][8]
Sappho's work is one of the few ancient references to sapphic love. Her poetry, significant in quality, is a rare example of a woman speaking of her love for other women in ancient history.[9][10]
Using the term more broadly, some sapphic individuals may be non-binary.[15][16] There are also equivalent terms for relationships between men (Uranian,Achillean),[17] between a man and a woman (duaric)[18] and involving at least one non-binary person (diamoric orenbian).[19]
Sapphic is also used inLesbian literature for works involving at least one relationship between women, regardless of whether they are lesbian or not.[20][21][22]
^Breetveld, Robin Rose (2023).Bisexual (Un)belonging: Exploring the Socio-spatial Negotiation of Plurisexual Individuals in LGBT+ and Queer Spaces (doctoral thesis).University of Kent.doi:10.22024/UniKent/01.02.105513.
^Klein, Ula Lukszo (2023). "Sapphic Relations". In Eron, Sarah; Aljoe, Nicole N.; Kaul, Suvir (eds.).The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literatures in English.Routledge. pp. 287–298.doi:10.4324/9781003271208-30.ISBN978-1-003-27120-8.
^Dyer, Harriet (2021).The Little Book of LGBTQ+: An A–Z of Gender and Sexual Identities. Summersdale Publishers.ISBN978-1-78783-974-8.[page needed]
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