Thread:Luna518/@comment-39024013-20190727110727/@comment-38055140-20190806125512

I’m doing Anicent Civilizations and LGBTQ+.

Greece was NOT gay for everyone. Homosexuality was only considered plausible in men. The Greeks lived in a patriarchy. And as in all other patriarchies, women were told they couldnt have a sexuality. Sappho had a husband. “Lesbos” was not lesbian- women in Sparta had more freedom than her people.

I love Sappho with a fanatical passion. She’s a huge inspiration to me a writer and as a fellow queer female. I’m in love with her. And I want the Civilizations page to describe her times with honesty.

It’s cloying and fanciful to imagine “lesbian paradise.” Maybe my reaction is odd, but saying the ancient Greeks lived in a gay wonderland bothers me.

sorry i needed to rant about that.