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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)}}
'''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 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>
== Flag==
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 [[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.
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" mode="nolines" class="center">
File:Tumblr oiicogKkOW1vgrjllo1 1280.png|The original sapphic flag.
File:Download (1).jpeg|An alternate version of the original sapphic flag.
File:840155B1-B9FC-46BD-B32F-51507986CB6E.jpg|The midnight sapphic flag by @wintermidnight_ .
File:Sapphic 1.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
File:Static-assets-upload17632410360388193122.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
File:Sf.png|An alternate inclusive sapphic flag by Gay Breakfast.
File:Screenshot 2021-04-25 9.52.12 PM.png|An alternate of the original sapphic flag by Milky jirin aeris.
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==
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[[Category:Sexuality]]
[[Category:Gender-Loving-Gender]]
[[Category:Fia/Fin Attraction]]
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