What even is sapphic? The word sapphic carries ancient roots, and while it isn’t always used in everyday language, its legacy is woven through how we speak about love, identity, and desire. Sapphic traces back to Sappho of Lesbos, the Greek poet who wrote of love, longing, and connection between women over 2,600 years ago. Her words have travelled across centuries, shaping language and offering the courage to name what we feel. Today, sapphic holds a wide and generous spectrum. Femme to femme, non-binary to woman, fluid, curious, undefined. It's now a way of being and relating that is felt as much as it is labelled. For some, this word feels natural. For others, they are already living its legacy, just calling it something else. You don’t have to claim a label to step into My Sapphic Valentine - you just need a desire for connection, curiosity, and shared exploration with women. You’re welcome whether you arrive certain, questioning, or simply open. 👭👭 Join is on Valentines Day (details in bio) #sapphic #queermelbourne #events #womenwholovewomen * Sappho of Lesbos lived on a small Aegean island more than 2,600 years ago, where she wrote songs and poems to be shared aloud, woven through gatherings of women, devotion, friendship, and love. Her words carried the textures of intimacy, beauty, and longing between women, at a time when women’s voices were rarely preserved. Though most of her work now survives only in fragments, those fragments became a kind of inheritance, shaping the language we still use to name desire, connection, and the wide, living field we now call sapphic.

Forget HIM (At least for a night...) Spend Valentine’s with us... A space for women who like to play with other women* 💝 MY SAPPHIC VALENTINE 💝 On Valentine’s Day, Melbourne. Check the bio for tickets and details! 👭👭👭 . . . * temple space devoted to love between people who identify as women, non-binary, or gender-diverse and who have a vulva. It is intentionally held without people who identify as male, non-binary, gender diverse and who have a penis. . . . . . #queermelbourne #sapphiclove #valentinesday

Temple Eden: My Sapphic Valentine A women-only temple of embodied sisterhood, feminine devotion, and wild eros ✨️ This Valentine’s Day, Eden opens a temple devoted to love between women. Not the sanitised, sentimental version of Valentine’s Day we’ve inherited, but its older, wilder lineage. Embodied. Pagan. Feminine. Alive. This is a static Eden Event Temple for women and AFAB people only. A space held intentionally without men (without 🍆) and without dynamics that sometimes arise in mixed-gender containers. A place where sapphic desire, feminine intimacy, and embodied curiosity are centred, honoured, and free to unfold. 🌹 Reclaiming Valentine’s Day Long before cards and coupledom, mid-February was a season of embodied, sensual, liberation and renewal. Ancient Rome celebrated Lupercalia, a fertility festival devoted to wild nature, sexual vitality, and purification. Love as eros, not etiquette. This temple is a reclamation of that lineage. A return to love as something lived through the body, through touch, through shared presence and pleasure. 🍎 The temple field An embodied, deep, and sensual Eden temple guided by consent, sovereignty, and choice. You are invited into sapphic sensuality, feminine devotion, and sisterhood, with options for solo, partnered, and communal exploration. The space will be richly curated with Valentine’s textures, roses, chocolate, beauty, and ritual play. Nothing is expected. Nothing is rushed. You choose how you participate. ❤️ Practical details Date: Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14 February 2026 Time: 4–9pm Location: AKA Studios, Brunswick

You may just fall in love with her… Meet Nikkiema — co-creator of Eden, guide of desire, and curator of juicy, heart-opening experiences. Join us inside the garden. 🍎✨ . . . . . . . #StepIntoEden #PleasureAwakening #SolsticeRites #SacredEros #EdenEvents

Women, we’re calling you. ☀️ Temple Eden Solstice Rites is around the corner in Sydney, and we’ve dropped the ticket price for women because we’re really wanting to welcome more of you into the space. If you’ve been craving a breather at the end of a hectic year… If you want a night that feels like a reset button… If you’re curious to explore, connect, or simply be held in good company… This might be the perfect little solstice moment for you, or for a woman you love, who deserves something special. We don’t gender-match at Temple, but we do love creating a balanced room with lots of different energies, and your presence genuinely makes a difference. Think of it as a treat, a night off, or even a Christmas present to yourself. A yes, just for you. What would it feel like to step into a space made to nourish you right now? Xo Nikkiema & Rachel 🌟

Choosing what to wear to Temple can bring up excitement, nerves, or a bit of both. The truth is, there’s no single “right” outfit. What matters is how you feel in your own skin. Think of clothing as part of your personal ritual. Something that helps you drop into presence, express your sensuality, or simply feel cosy and grounded. For some people that’s lingerie or kink-inspired pieces. For others it’s a soft robe, a bra and undies, or staying fully clothed the whole time. Clean, comfortable and intentional is the only guideline. No one needs expensive lingerie or anything from a fetish shop to belong here. If you’d like the full FAQ and our Culture Guide, comment Temple and we’ll send it your way.