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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Stuck for ideas on the lesbian tourist trail? Welcome to Halifax!

Yorkshire town rivals Lesbos as popular destination thanks to TV series Gentleman Jack The Greek island of Lesbos has long been a magnet for gay women, attracted by the poetry of Sappho, literature’s most famous lesbian, who wrote an ode to the goddess Aphrodite in the 7th century BC. Now Lesbos has a rival on the sapphic tourism circuit. Halifax in Yorkshire is rapidly becoming a popular destination for lesbians thanks to the BBC/HBO series, Gentleman Jack. Continue reading...


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