If Muslims have Mecca, we lesbians have Lesbos. This lush Mediterranean island has been a popular tourist destination for women with a sapphic bent since the 1950’s. And why not? The word lesbian, after all, was derived from this place where the poet Sappho lived. Her works contain lines that undeniably speak of love for women - many of them, in fact. These poems are the earliest known records of same-sex love between women, having been written between 630 - 570 BC.

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