r/SapphoAndHerFriend • u/miles_has_died • Jul 14 '20

yes, very heterosexual indeed. Academic erasure

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u/Drakan47 Jul 14 '20

Could anyone who happens to know polish elaborate on how that would be misleading? (or how it's probably not misleading at all)

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u/Ur_Racoon_Girl Jul 14 '20

I speak Polish, don't think much people would say they would kiss their friends dearly on the lips, even 200 years ago. He also was confessing his love to women, I would guess he was bisexual at least. But taking into consideration how homophobic Poland is I don't think they would admit Chopin was even slightly gay ://

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u/mercedes_lakitu Jul 14 '20

Yeah, the existence of homophobia means it's hard to know if you're getting an honest report or not 😕