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Most of the women who come for an evening of unabashed sapphism with Skirt Club identify as straight, says LeJeune, a former Bloomberg journalist currently married to a man.—Wednesday Martin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017
Word History
Etymology
Sappho + -ism; from the belief that Sappho was sexually attracted to other women
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