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{{Orientation|genders=Woman or female-aligned|attracted=Women or female-aligned people|type=[[Juvelic]]|coining_date=2016|image1=Sapphic.png}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is [[juvelic]] a term for a woman/female-aligned person attracted to other women/female-aligned people.
==Definitions==
* ''A woman/female-aligned person attracted to other women/female-aligned people.'' - Ezgender Lists, 2021<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S29RLF8glgA-SzsL79L_-2WDEoAt1kWCV63THrG98fU/edit#</ref>
==Related Terms==
=== See Also ===
* [[Lesbian]]
* [[WLW]]
===Flags===
File:Sapphic.png
File:Sapphic (2).png
==== Combinations ====
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File:Sapphicchillean - @sapphicchillean.png|Sapphichillean
File:Sapphic Guy.png|Sapphic Guy
File:Pluralian Sapphic.png|[[Pluralian]] Sapphic
File:Omni-sapphic.png|[[Omni]] Sapphic
File:Agender Sapphic.png|[[Agender]] Sapphic
File:Male Sapphic.png|Male Sapphic
File:Hetero Sapphic.png|Hetero Sapphic
File:En Sapphic.png|En Sapphic
File:Sapphocupioandro.png|Sapphocupioandro
</gallery>
==Sources==
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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'''), '''LBPQ''' ([[Lesbian]], [[Bisexual]], [[Pansexual]], [[Queer|omnisexual, Queer]]), '''difemina''', or '''sapphist''', refers to a [[woman]], woman-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]] and/or non-binary individual, who is attracted to women, exclusively or 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 individual who love other women such as Lesbians, Bisexual women, Pansexual women, Omnisexual women, queer women, and other [[Multisexual|m-spec]] women, promoting solidarity among women of all identities who are attracted to other women.
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. It may also be used as an identity on it's own, and may be found particularly useful for individuals who know they are attracted to women 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|faunic and daunic]], which are non-men-loving-non-men.
The [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] counterparts are [[diamoric]] and [[enbian]]. The [[mascic]] counterpart is [[julietian]]. The male counterpart is [[romeric]].
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]]<nowiki/>sapphic flag was created by wiki user [[User:Wemrotung|Wemrotung]] 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="185">▼
Tumblr oiicogKkOW1vgrjllo1 1280.png|The original sapphic flag.
▲<gallery>
Download (1).jpeg|An alternate version of the original sapphic flag.
840155B1-B9FC-46BD-B32F-51507986CB6E.jpg|The midnight sapphic flag by @wintermidnight_ .
Sapphic 1.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
Static-assets-upload17632410360388193122.png|An alternate sapphic flag by Cryptocrew.
Sf.png|An alternate inclusive sapphic flag by Gay Breakfast.
Screenshot 2021-04-25 9.52.12 PM.png|An alternate of the original sapphic flag by Milky jirin aeris.
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:Orientation]]▼
[[Category:JuvelicSexuality]]
[[Category:FIA/FIN AttractionGender-Loving-Gender]]
[[Category:FIA/FIN Attraction]]