Many of these stories were written (and illustrated) by cis women and included cis-lesbian romances. Coming from the Greek poet Sappho (born on the island of Lésbos), “sapphic” is shorthand for attraction between women. In celebration of this week and her vision for it, I’ve put together a list of sapphic science fiction and fantasy (SFF) books and graphic novels. So this is why during Lesbian Visibility Week, we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people. We want to remove any negative connotations associated with that word. I wanted to help create a narrative that shows once and for all that the vast majority of cis lesbians are inclusive. But many in the LGBTQ+ community were beginning to equate cis lesbians with transphobes, which is fundamentally untrue. I am a proud cis lesbian and a proud trans ally.
In an opinion for The Advocate, she wrote: While “gay” has become the shorthand for the LGBTQ+ community at large, lesbian and queer women also get caught up in hateful backlash and legislation. In 2020, Linda Riley created Lesbian Visibility Week (itself an expansion of Lesbian Visibility Day, founded in 2008) for more time to discuss the L in LGBTQ+.
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