Lesbian

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A lesbian is a homosexual woman. This means a woman who is sexually attracted to other women, and not to men.^[1] A woman who is sexually attracted to both women and men is bisexual or pansexual.

The word lesbian comes from Lesbos (Λέσβος), an island in Greece.^[1] An ancient poet, Sappho, lived on Lesbos. Sappho wrote mostly poems about love. Many of her love poems are written to women. So her name and the island where she lived make people think about women who love women. Sometimes lesbians are also called Sapphists from the name Sappho. Sapphic can be used as an umbrella term for love between women, regardless of their sexual or romantic orientation.^[2][3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Lesbian", Oxford English Dictionary Archived 2006-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Second Edition, 1989. Retrieved on January 7, 2009.
2. ↑ "Sapphic - What is it? What does it mean? - Taimi wiki". Taimi. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
3. ↑ "Sapphic sexuality: lesbian myth and reality in art and sculpture | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2022-02-19.