Sapphic
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| Orientation: | Any |
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| GxG Format: | F/NB x F/NB |
| Genders: | Women, Women Aligned, Non Binary |
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| Attracted To: | Women, Women Aligned, Non-Binary |
The term Sapphic, also known as woman loving woman (WLW), girls loving girls (GLG), LMQ(Lesbian, M-spec, Queer), QLW/WLQ (queer loving women or women-loving queer), difemina, or sapphist, describes a woman and/or genderqueer/Non-Binary individual who is attracted to, whether exclusively or not, to other women and/or genderqueer/Non-Binary individuals.
It can be used as the non-exclusive counterpart to lesbian.
Another term that Non-Binary individuals may use is Trixic.
History
Etymology
The word sapphic comes from the name of the Greek poet Sappho. The island she was born on, Lesbos, is where the word lesbian is derived from.[1]
Sapphic is also a type of poetry comprised of four line stanzas of similar meter.[2]
