An adjective for a female-aligned person who feels romantic or sexual attraction to female-aligned people. This applies to female-aligned people who are not only lesbians, but also bisexual, pansexual, etc.

Literally of or for Sappho. Lesbian/ism.

an adjective used to describe a woman or a woman-aligned person who is attracted to other women or women-aligned people. it’s an umbrella term that originates from the name of Sappho, a famous sapphic poet from the 7th and 6th century BCE.

non men who feel romantic or sexual attraction to non men. this applies to all non men who like non men, not only lesbians but also bisexuals, pansexuals, etc

Referring to women who are sexually or romantically attracted to other women. Applies to both lesbians and bisexual women, as it is only the same-sex attraction that matters, not any other attractions the women may have.

Originates from the Greek poet Sappho, a bisexual woman from the Isle of Lesbos, from which we get the term lesbian.