Sappho and her Friend

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A community dedicated to (mostly) humorous instances of queer erasure.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 94 points 1 month ago

25 years without the person you love the most. That hurts my heart to think of, as I lay next to my wife right now.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh my god, they were medic... no, sorry. Doesn't roll of the tongue as easily.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Well they were also college roommates

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

“And they were colleagues!”

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"never married"? Wasn't that impossible to do at the time?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Never married in this context means never married a man, which is something all women of the time were expected to do

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

I see it now.
The fact I misinterpreted it at first is a good sign for culture changing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 1 month ago

Who didn't do gay stuff in college, medical school, work, life, for decades and decades?