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Though the word “sapphic” is likely well-understood in many LGBTQ+ circles (mostly likely sapphic ones), there’s still a lot of confusion around the word. Is it a vibe? Is it a label? Who does it include? Where does it apply? As a core team member for Sapphic Writers , I’ve encountered both personal and professional confusion around the term. So, let’s get to the bottom of it. What does sapphic mean?
“Sapphic” comes from the Greek poet, Sappho, of the Greek Island, Lesbos, famously known amongst the queers for her writing of love and desire among women. Yep, the word “sapphic” and “lesbian” both originate here.
Let’s start with the basics. “Sapphic” is an identity term or label generally used to describe women’s attraction to other women. It’s an umbrella term for lesbians, bisexual/pansexual women, and queer women. It’s almost used as a synonym for “WLW” or “women who love women.” However, the term “sapphic” is actually much more expansive than this.
Generally, I think people (sapphic and non-sapphic people) are simply unfamiliar with the term. Here’s a handful of encounters with people who didn’t know what the term meant or simply don’t use it:
Unlike the sapphic’s sister term “WLW”, “sapphic” is gender-inclusive, meaning it expands further than just women, opening the community to nonbinary people who are attracted to women.
Many nonbinary people (especially those assigned female at birth) that are attracted to women(+) have very similar experiences to cisgender sapphics when it comes to dating, relationships, and simply life in general. It makes sense to have an umbrella term that unites everyone under this one experience.
In fact, many of us assigned female at birth thought we were women and lived as women for a large portion of our lives. I knew I was attracted to women when I was 18; I didn’t know I was nonbinary until I was 25.
When I see the word sapphic used, it tells me the space is open to me. It tells me the space is open to my sapphic nonbinary siblings. It sends the message that the person or group has an open idea about gender identity, that my gender is more welcome in a space with that group/person, and that the likeliness of being judged for my nonbinary identity is lower.
When I see the word wlw used (or community languages that centers women-only), it doesn’t tell me much; it just makes me weary. I don’t know if that person knows about the term sapphic, and that’s why wlw is used. I don’t know if that person knows about the term sapphic and chose wlw to deliberately exclude nonbinary identities from the community. Using the term sapphic by default eliminates that possible message entirely.
Yep! It’s not that hard to learn a new word and use it! I have every faith in your ability to expand your vocabulary!
It also helps keep communities open and inclusive especially for queer women who are beginning to question their gender identity. This was really important going through my gender identity crisis, which you can read about here .
I gathered some responses from a bunch of sapphics on the internet. I don’t speak for everyone—so here’s some of what they have to say:
So there you have it! Even amongst the sapphics, the word and it’s bigger implications (beyond purely women) is still waking up and spreading through the community. I would really encourage cisgender sapphics to use the term “sapphic” a little more, and might warn against describing nonbinary sapphic people as “woman-aligned or femme-aligned” as this is not the case for all nonbinary sapphics. The takeaway here is that nonbinary people’s attraction to women fits in with the sapphic experience; it has less to do with how our gender identity is categorized neatly into a definition for the umbrella term.
Thank you for this article! So much!!! I’ve been trying to figure out what terms work for me. I’ve been thinking I am bi. But maybe not bi? Maybe pan? But not pan? “Sapphic” and your discussion of it here feel like a revelation and liberation. (Also, I just love Sappho and this term is so exciting to me!!) Ty!
Aw so happy you found this identity to be most fitting for this point in your life!! sapphic power!
I love this so much! I’ve always loved the term sapphic, but I felt awkward using it because it seems like no one else does. I never realized wlw was excluding nonbinary people though, so I’ll definitely be using sapphic from now on
This is such a good and important post! I love the term sapphic, it just feels a lot better than wlw to me for some reason! But you’re right, we should definitely include non-binary people and sapphic is the ideal term for that! Thanks for this post, I love it!!
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