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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, refers to a woman or genderqueer/non-binary individual who is attracted at least to women/enbys, exclusively or not. They may or may not be attracted to other genders as well. This attraction does not need to be exclusive, as the label is used as a way to unify all women or women-aligned individuals who love other women such as lesbians, pluralian women/enbies (including those who are bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, queer, and other m-spec women/enbys), femaric a-spec women/enbies, promoting solidarity among women/enbys of all identities who are attracted to other women/enbys.

The term can be used as a modifier combined with other identities to show that one emphasizes or prioritizes their attraction to and relationships with other women/enbys. It may also be used as an identity on its own, and may be found particularly useful for individuals who know they are attracted to women/enbys but may be uncertain if they are attracted to other genders. It can also be used to describe a relationship between two women.

It can be used as the non-exclusive counterpart to lesbian. Lesbian and sapphic are the woman-loving-woman counterparts to faunic and daunic, which are non-men-loving-non-men.

The non-binary counterparts are diamoric and enbian. The mascic counterpart is julietian. The male counterpart is romeric. The MLM counterpart is achillean or vincian.

There is also sapphixic, which is the overlap between trixic and sapphic.

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.

Sapphic is also a type of poetry comprised of four line stanzas of similar meter.^[1] Sapphic poems are historically popular and written by individuals of all genders.

Use in History

Although historians use the term sapphic retrospectively,^[2]^[3] the first use of sapphic as a sexual orientation was by sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld in his pamphlet "Sappho and Socrates: Or How is the Love of Men and Women for Persons of Their Own Sex Explained?"^[4]

Up until the late 2000s and early 2010s, sapphic was used primarily as an adjective version of lesbian.^[5]^[6] The first known use of sapphic as an independent identity is by Tumblr user sapphicseekingsapphic on February 23, 2012.^[7]

Flag

The original sapphic flag was created by Tumblr user lesbeux-moved on August 14, 2015.^[8] The sapphic flag has two pink stripes on the top and bottom, symbolizing love. In the center there is a violet, which was historically given between women to symbolize their sapphic love. In the center of the original flag is a realistic pair of violets.

As a response to the difficulty of replicating the violets in the center, Tumblr user pride-color-schemes simplified the flag and created the modern sapphic flag on June 25, 2017.^[9]

The demi-sapphic flag was created by an anonymous wiki user on August 3, 2021. It is the sapphic flag in the demi- flag format. The dark grey stripe stands for a-spec attraction. This flag can be used for sexual, romantic, and tertiary attraction.

Gallery

The original sapphic flag.
An alternate version of the original sapphic flag.
The midnight sapphic flag by @wintermidnight_ .
An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
An alternate inclusive sapphic flag by Gay Breakfast.
An alternate of the original sapphic flag by Milky jirin aeris.
An alternate sapphic flag by a-marianra-sauce.
The demisapphic flag

References

[1] Poets.org entry on sapphic.

[2] The Sexuality of History: Modernity and the Sapphic, 1565-1830, Susan S. Lanser, University of Chicago Press.

[3] "Reviewed Work: English Sexualities 1700-1800by Tim Hitchcock" by Dennis A. Rubini for scholarly journal Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies.

[4] Digitally archived version of "Sappho und Sokrates: Oder wie erklärt sich die Liebe der Männer und Frauen zu Personen des eigenen Geschlechts?" (in German).

[5] "A Sapphic Victory, But Pyrrhic" by Frank Bruni from November 2009 for The New York Times.

[6] A list of Natalie Stein's "Sapphic Salon" op-ed series from November 2009 to March 2010 for B*tchmedia.

[7] First Tumblr post written by user sapphiclovingsapphic which appears to use the term sapphic as as an identity.

[8] Tumblr post with the original flag.

[9] Tumblr post with the new, simplified sapphic flag.

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+{{Sexuality Info|image1=Sapphicflag.png|caption1=The sapphic flag.|gender(s):=Woman/woman-aligned/non-binary|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Woman/woman-aligned (exclusively or not)}}
-[[Category:Sexuality]]
-[[Category:Gender-Loving-Gender]]
-{{Sexuality Info|image1=Sapphicflag.png|caption1=The sapphic flag.|gender(s):=Woman/woman-aligned|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Women/women-aligned (exclusively or not)}}
-'''Sapphic''' (also known as '''Woman Loving Woman''' ('''WLW'''), '''Girls Loving Girls''' ('''GLG'''), '''LBPQ''' ([[Lesbian]], [[Bisexual]], [[Pansexual]], [[Queer]]), and '''Difemina''') refers to a [[woman]], or woman-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]] person who is attracted to other women or woman-aligned people. They may or may not be attracted to other genders as well. This attraction does not need to be exclusive, as the label is used as a way to unify all women or women-aligned people who love other women such as [[Lesbian|lesbians]], [[bisexual]] women, [[pansexual]] women, etc., promoting solidarity among women of all identities who are attracted to other women.
+'''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''', refers to a [[woman]] or [[genderqueer]]/[[non-binary]] individual who is [[attracted]] at least to women/enbys, [[Suptilic|exclusively]] or [[Amplusic|not]]. They may or may not be attracted to other [[genders]] as well. This attraction does not need to be exclusive, as the label is used as a way to unify all women or women-aligned individuals who love other women such as [[lesbian]]s, [[pluralian]] women/enbies (including those who are [[bisexual]], [[pansexual]], [[omnisexual]], [[queer]], and other [[Multisexual|m-spec]] women/enbys), [[femaric]] [[a-spec]] women/enbies, promoting solidarity among women/enbys of all identities who are attracted to other women/enbys.
-The term is most commonly used as an [[Umbrella Term|umbrella term]]. It's typically used in combination with another identity to specify that one prioritizes their attraction to and relationships with other women. It is sometimes used as an identity on its own for people who know they are attracted to women but may be uncertain if they're attracted to other genders. The term can also be used to describe a relationship between two women.
+The term can be used as a modifier combined with other identities to show that one emphasizes or prioritizes their attraction to and relationships with other women/enbys. It may also be used as an identity on its own, and may be found particularly useful for individuals who know they are attracted to women/enbys but may be uncertain if they are attracted to other genders. It can also be used to describe a relationship between two women.
+It can be used as the non-exclusive counterpart to [[lesbian]]. Lesbian and sapphic are the woman-loving-woman counterparts to [[faunic]] and [[daunic]], which are non-men-loving-non-men.
+The [[non-binary]] counterparts are [[diamoric]] and [[enbian]]. The [[mascic]] counterpart is [[julietian]]. The male counterpart is [[romeric]]. The MLM counterpart is [[achillean]] or [[vincian]].
+There is also [[sapphixic]], which is the overlap between [[trixic]] and sapphic.
+== 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.
+Sapphic is also a type of poetry comprised of four line stanzas of similar meter.<ref>[https://poets.org/glossary/sapphic Poets.org entry on sapphic.]</ref> Sapphic poems are historically popular and written by individuals of all genders.
+==Use in History ==
+Although historians use the term sapphic retrospectively,<ref>[https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo18991225.html ''The Sexuality of History: Modernity and the Sapphic, 1565-1830'', Susan S. Lanser, University of Chicago Press.]</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4053569 "Reviewed Work: ''English Sexualities 1700-1800''by Tim Hitchcock" by Dennis A. Rubini for scholarly journal ''Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies''.]</ref> the first use of sapphic as a [[sexual orientation]] was by sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld in his pamphlet "Sappho and Socrates: Or How is the Love of Men and Women for Persons of Their Own Sex Explained?"<ref>[https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0008/bsb00089681/images/index.html?id=00089681&groesser=&fip=qrsxsxsyztsxdsydxdsydxdsydxdsydeayaxs&no=3&seite=5 Digitally archived version of "Sappho und Sokrates: Oder wie erklärt sich die Liebe der Männer und Frauen zu Personen des eigenen Geschlechts?" (in German).]</ref>
+Up until the late 2000s and early 2010s, sapphic was used primarily as an adjective version of lesbian.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/15bruni.html "A Sapphic Victory, But Pyrrhic" by Frank Bruni from November 2009 for ''The New York Times''.]</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchmedia.org/search/site/sapphic%20salon A list of Natalie Stein's "Sapphic Salon" op-ed series from November 2009 to March 2010 for ''B*tchmedia''.]</ref> The first known use of sapphic as an independent identity is by Tumblr user sapphicseekingsapphic on February 23, 2012.<ref>[https://sapphicseekingsapphic.tumblr.com/post/18103471963/brand-new-site First Tumblr post written by user sapphiclovingsapphic which appears to use the term sapphic as as an identity.]</ref>
-The [[masculine]] counterpart to sapphic is [[achillean]]. The [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] counterparts are [[diamoric]] and [[enbian]].
 == Flag==
-The sapphic flag has two pink stripes on the top and bottom, symbolizing love. In the center there is a violet, which was historically given between women to symbolize their sapphic love.
+The original sapphic flag was created by Tumblr user lesbeux-moved on August 14, 2015.<ref>[https://lesbeux-moved.tumblr.com/post/126717498095/sapphic-wlw-sga-women-flag-pink-love-violets Tumblr post with the original flag.]</ref> The sapphic flag has two pink stripes on the top and bottom, symbolizing love. In the center there is a violet, which was historically given between women to symbolize their sapphic love. In the center of the original flag is a realistic pair of violets.
+As a response to the difficulty of replicating the violets in the center, Tumblr user pride-color-schemes simplified the flag and created the modern sapphic flag on June 25, 2017.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162230388064/sapphic Tumblr post with the new, simplified sapphic flag.]</ref>
-The original sapphic flag had the same two pink stripes on the top and bottom representing women as the current flag. In the center was a realistic pair of violets, but this flag was too complicated for many, leading to the creation of the current flag.
+The [[Demisexual|demi]]-sapphic flag was created by an anonymous wiki user on August 3, 2021. It is the sapphic flag in the demi- flag format. The dark grey stripe stands for [[A-Spec|a-spec]] attraction. This flag can be used for [[Sexual Attraction|sexual]], [[Romantic Attraction|romantic]], and [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary]] attraction.
-The midnight sapphic flag has royal purple, violet, white, light indigo, and dark indigo with a violet in the middle. The royal purple represents love, the violet represents freedom and pride, the white represents gender nonconformity, the light indigo represents peace, and dark indigo represents serenity and self acceptance.
-==Etymology==
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="200" mode="nolines" class="center">
-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.<gallery widths="185">
+File:Tumblr oiicogKkOW1vgrjllo1 1280.png|The original sapphic flag.
-Sapphicflag.png|Sapphic flag
-Tumblr oiicogKkOW1vgrjllo1 1280.png|The original sapphic flag
+File:Download (1).jpeg|An alternate version of the original sapphic flag.
-B1-B9FC-46BD-B32F-51507986CB6E.jpg|The Midnight Sapphic Flag by @wintermidnight_ on Twitter
+File:840155B1-B9FC-46BD-B32F-51507986CB6E.jpg|The midnight sapphic flag by @wintermidnight_ .
-Sapphic 1.png|Alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew
+File:Sapphic 1.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
-Static-assets-upload17632410360388193122.png|Another alternate by Cryptocrew
+File:Static-assets-upload17632410360388193122.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
+File:Sf.png|An alternate inclusive sapphic flag by Gay Breakfast.
-Download (1).jpeg|Yet another alternative Sapphic flag
+File:Screenshot 2021-04-25 9.52.12 PM.png|An alternate of the original sapphic flag by Milky jirin aeris.
-Sf.png|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKrVC2ilW6m/|Alternate inclusive Sapphic flag by Gay Breakfast
-File:Screenshot 2021-04-25 9.52.12 PM.png
+File:6 23 2021 8 24 43 PM.png|An alternate sapphic flag by a-marianra-sauce.
+File:Demisapphic.png|The demisapphic flag
 </gallery>
+==References==
+<references />
+[[Category:Sexuality]]
+[[Category:Gender-Loving-Gender]]
 [[Category:Fia/Fin Attraction]]