March 12th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. My best friend came onto me when we had both been out drinking. I love her dearly but am not sexually attracted to her. I laughed it off at the time and we have not spoken about it since. I don’t want to hurt her feelings but I find I am awkward around her now. I’m worried we can never be as close as we once were as it is always at the back of my mind. I really miss the way we were and I don’t know what to do for the best.” Michelle, London (more…)
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March 10th, 2010
New research by the University of Malmo in Sweden has found that young Swedish women are more likely than their peers in other countries to have sex with and have sexual thoughts about other women. Young Swedish men were also found to be “sexually fluid”. (more…)
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March 10th, 2010
West Yorkshire adoption agency Catholic Care have told a High Court judge that they would rather close down than place at-risk children in the care of gay couples. (more…)
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March 5th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. I have fallen out of love with my partner but I can’t leave her family. I don’t really get on with my family. I see them out of duty but her family are great and I would feel lost without them. I love spending time with my partner too but I’m not sure whether I would feel the same if it was just me and her. I have not been unfaithful but I catch myself looking at other women when we are out and sex is just routine now. Do you think it is wrong to stay with her?” Anon, London (more…)
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March 3rd, 2010
The editor of the gay news website Pink News has ‘come out’ as straight. (more…)
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February 26th, 2010
Occasionally, and usually when I’ve been drinking, I like to tell people that I wasn’t born female; I’m trans, writes Ioana Poprowka. I don’t do it all that often, but the reaction is always the same: disbelief. As in “I never would have guessed!”
And you know what? I get a kick out of that. I like the fact that I’m under the radar. Unfortunately, this kind of steps on most of the points I’m about to make, but I’m just putting it out there for the sake of honesty. (more…)
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February 26th, 2010
A senior NHS manager has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for a drunken sex attack on a female colleague in a London hotel room during which she bragged “I’m better than a man”. (more…)
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February 26th, 2010
“Dear Sappho my ex-girlfriend is currently undergoing gender reassignment. I found this out through a friend and I feel really used and insulted. I’ve always been a strong feminist and it sickens me to think she (he!) could have misled me this way. I have written to her for an explanation but she has not replied. Please shed some light on my torment.” Cath, Wales (more…)
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February 24th, 2010
A prison in Surrey has hosted what is believed to be the UK’s first lesbian civil partnership service behind bars. (more…)
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February 19th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. My partner’s ex-boyfriend won’t leave us alone. I trust her and she seems to get fed up with him sometimes. I don’t want to tell her who she can be friends with but it’s like he is jealous and tries to put me down all the time. She doesn’t seem to notice and I don’t know how to bring it up with her.” Sarah, Ipswich (more…)
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