What is True Love?

Dear Sappho,

What is true love? How do you know when you’ve found it? How would you define your true loves? How can you definitively know that your love is true when looking at it from the past, the future, on the side, or in the present? Is such a love destiny or chance? What type of love is truer than true love?

Lesbian Visibility Butch or Fem

Dear Sappho,

What’s the story on butch fem gender roles within lesbian relationships? Is it mandatory, is it discussed, chosen and is it normal? I don’t know if I’m butch or fem, I consider myself androgynous and to tell you the truth I am uncomfortable when I see extreme caricatures of either.

Why Would Anyone Chose to be Gay?

Sappho,

I can’t understand why some people think being gay is a choice. I was born gay. The signs have all been there since I was 3 years old. I was always a tomboy who preferred boy’s toys and games over dolls and make-up. I was compelled to be gay - if I was to continue being true to myself. It’s not like I had a choice. I feel like my sexual orientation was predetermined by my DNA and possibly past lifetime experiences. In fact I enjoy being gay.

Born Gay

Sappho’s Charm School

Dear Sappho,

I understand you operated a finishing school for women on Lesbos in the 5^th century BCE. I am interested in what topics you covered and the finished product of your program. Many young women could use a mentor that could introduce them to achieving a charming life. What did you teach?

Ms Manners

Living is the First Art

Dear Sappho

What lesbian couples have influenced and inspired you in your artistic and literary pursuits?

Pursuing Art

Bisexual Lovers

Dear Sappho,

Do you have any passionate examples of bisexual love between women??

Tell me a good one please.

Honoring the Loss of a Beloved Spirit

Dear Sappho,

How did the ancient world deal with and honor the loss of a loved one who has died? We believe in an afterlife, which many believe is linked to a reward or punishment system. Do you believe in karma or reincarnation? I just lost a beloved pet and am pondering loss, death and mortality.

Grieving

Alice B. Toklas Brownies

Dear Sappho,

What in the world does Alice B. Toklas have to do with marijuana brownies?

Do you have the recipe?


Epicurean 

Lesbian Seagulls and Gay Giraffes

Dear Sappho,

Back in the 70’s I remember hearing about a group of lesbian seagulls from Santa Cruz who had reproduced via parthenogenesis, is there any truth to this legend?

Gullible

Sappho’s Girlfriends

Dear Sappho,

We know that Sappho was the most famous woman writer of the ancient world and that many of her poems were addressed to women. Who were Sappho’s girlfriends and what did she write to them?

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