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minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSo are people from Lesbos all called Lesbians?
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 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-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIt is literally where the word Lesbian comes from. It meant the people of Lesbos way before it were associated with homosexual women.
minus-squareSonnyVabitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBut some people from Lesbos are more lesbian than others.
So are people from Lesbos all called Lesbians?
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.
It is literally where the word Lesbian comes from. It meant the people of Lesbos way before it were associated with homosexual women.
But some people from Lesbos are more lesbian than others.