minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up70·edit-28 months agoGay women are called lesbians because the woman credited with being the first historically confirmed homosexual woman, the Greek poet Sappho, was from Lesbos.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·8 months agoAnd Sapphire! All those blue gems are gay as fuuuuck
minus-squareEldritchFeminitylinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoI’ve seen Steven Universe, I can confirm.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoProbably not. “Sappho” has Greek origins, “sapphire” is Hebrew is origin. They’re likely not connected.
minus-squaredodgy_bagellinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoAh, so because I am a transgender woman, I am a Roman!
Gay women are called lesbians because the woman credited with being the first historically confirmed homosexual woman, the Greek poet Sappho, was from Lesbos.
See also: sapphic.
And Sapphire! All those blue gems are gay as fuuuuck
I’ve seen Steven Universe, I can confirm.
Probably not. “Sappho” has Greek origins, “sapphire” is Hebrew is origin. They’re likely not connected.
Ah, so because I am a transgender woman, I am a Roman!
Roman, let’s go bowling!