August 27th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. How old do you have have to be to legally have sex with another woman if you are also female? My friend is 16 like me and has started sleeping with a woman who is 24. This just seems really wrong to me but she said the other woman is a youth worker and would lose her job if she went with someone who is underage. Is this actually right?” Anon, 16, North West (more…)
August 24th, 2010
The number of civil partnerships performed fell twelve per cent over the past year, while dissolutions – equivalent to divorce – have nearly doubled since 2008. The majority of dissolutions were to female couples.
August 23rd, 2010
School officials in Texas have barred Olivia Harrison from attending a local school because her parents are lesbians. (more…)
August 12th, 2010
The company behind the Mystic Tickler has an ad campaign that asks ‘Which Tickler Are You?’ writes Vivien Grey. Apparently if you choose the Mystic, my latest accessory in having orgasms I then document online, it implies that you are both strange and exciting. I’m not entirely sure that I want to be profiled based on my preferred way of getting off, but I’ll take the compliment where I can get it. (more…)
August 11th, 2010
This week’s heroine is: Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968) (more…)
July 29th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. I have been with my partner for five years. She is a lot older than me which has never been a problem, but I feel I have grown in a different direction to her. She hasn’t really changed in the time we have been together, but I have. I’m not sure she is aware of this and I am scared of hurting her as she has been hurt a lot in the past.” Torn, 25, Scotland (more…)
July 26th, 2010
Friday night. You’re lusty and lonely so you pick up your phone, scroll past the takeaways and order an escort. A couple of hours later a woman comes to your house. You pay her, have sex with her, and she leaves.
No gay bars, no pick up lines, no undisclosed expectations – just sex, for cash. As a lesbian or bisexual woman would you do this? Could you do this? Would you pay another woman to have sex with you? (more…)
July 23rd, 2010
A cross-party coalition are demanding legal change to allow gay couples full marriage rights in Scotland, with the backing of senior church officials. (more…)
July 20th, 2010
A gel has been developed which can reduce by the risk of contracting HIV by half. The vaginal gel, which should be applied before sexual intercourse, is the first HIV/AIDs protection available exclusively to women. (more…)
July 14th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. My girlfriend never initiates sex. We have a good sexual relationship but it is always me that starts things up. I tried not coming on to her for a while and we just ended up not doing anything. When I mentioned it to her she just said she thought I did not want to. I know she likes sex as she is fine once we get going. I feel like she does not really fancy me and maybe just does it to please me. I am scared we have got lesbian bed death! Advice please.” Anon, up North
