In her debut book, “Lesbian Love Story,” Amelia Possanza explores the lives of seven notable sapphics and the women who loved them.
Possanza said that unmarried women at the time would live together in “Boston marriages” and as “romantic friends” and that questions typically wouldn’t be asked.Possanza said that by the later part of Casal’s life, in the 1920s and ‘30s — when the book’s subsequent love story, between Mabel Hampton and Lillian Foster, began — the general public had significantly wised up.
Leaving the era of obscenity laws and amateur sexology behind, Possanza charts the evolution of lesbian life up until the 1990s, taking a detour midway to visit ancient Greece and the island of Lesbos — home to the poet who became known throughout history for her sensual depiction of female lovers.
Even the author’s approach to what constitutes a lesbian love story defies expectations, expanding to include platonic and familial love. The book’s final chapter centers on the difficult but defining friendship between a lesbian journalist, Amy Hoffman, and her former co-worker Mike Riegle, whom she cared for as he died from AIDS. And much of Sappho’s chapter is dedicated to Possanza’s relationship with her father, a classics scholar whom she credits with her love of reading and words.
When Didrikson — one of the most accomplished athletes in the world in the 1930s through the 1950s — has to feminize her look to find commercial success, Possanza recalls feeling out of place on swim teams, explicitly queer and otherwise, throughout her life. When Sappho takes lovers of various genders at will, Possanza contemplates her relationship with her high school boyfriend, while scrolling through the lesbian dating app Lex and posts seeking “full-blown” lesbians only.
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