Sappho
Americannoun
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The word lesbian is derived from the island of Lesbos, the birthplace of Sappho, who was a homosexual.
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Koyel Ghosh, who uses "they" and "them" as personal pronouns, is the managing trustee of Sappho for Equality, the first Lesbian-Bisexual-Transmasculine people rights collective in eastern India that started two decades ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
And what does it mean to be Sappho?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Kjartansson and his wife, the artist Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdottir, took the lyrics from the Greek poet Sappho and from Vivant Denon, whose exquisite 18th-century novella “No Tomorrow” gives the piece its name.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
The collection of stories, poetry and plays will include writings by Homer, Shakespeare and Sappho, among others — and will come marked with an 18+ sticker to indicate only adults should read it.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
Likewise, my grandfather preferred to spend his mornings working on a modern Greek translation of the “restored” poems of Sappho.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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