Lesbians in media

Media featuring lesbian characters, media created by lesbians, and public figures who are lesbians.
==Literature==
===Historic===
*Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1871–1872)
*Idylle Saphique by Liane de Pougy (1901)
===Lesbian pulp fiction===
* Women's Barracks (1950)
* Spring Fire (1952)
* Whisper Their Love (1957)
===Modern===
*Stone Butch Blues, Drag King Dreams, and non-fiction works by Leslie Feinberg
=== Comic books and graphic novels ===
====Marvel====
*Phyla-VellRevealed in Captain Marvel Vol 5 (2002-2004) #25
==Film==
===Live action===
*Bound (1996)
*But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
*Mulholland Drive (2001)
*D.E.B.S. (2004)
*Carol (2015)
*The Handmaiden (2016)
*Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
===Animated===
*Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)
==Television==
===Animated===
*Ruby and Sapphire (Garnet) and Pearl in Steven Universe
*Amity Blight in The Owl House
*Haruka Tenou and Michiru Kaiou in Sailor Moon EternalHaruka is explicitly stated to be Michiru's "beloved partner" at about one minute into the second part of the special. The crowd wonders if Haruka and Michiru got married in secret, due to their matching rings.
*Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel
==Public figures==
*Alison Bechdel, American writer and illustrator, most well known for her comic series "Dykes to Watch Out For"
*Angela Davis (archived excerpt)
*Ann Bannon, American author most well known for writing the Beebo Brinker novels, whose titular character was a butch lesbian herself
*Audre Lorde, African-American poet and civil rights activist
*Clea Duvall
*Jane Lynch
*Jeanette Winterson, English author
*Jenny Shimizu
*Kate McKinnon
*Lauren Morelli
*Lea DeLaria
*Lena Waithe
*Raven-Symoné
*Rita Mae Brown, American author who also campaigned for civil rights, gay rights, and feminism
*Robin Roberts
*Ruby Rose
*Ruth Hunt, CEO of the UK-based Stonewall charity
*Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was posthumously revealed to be the first known gay astronaut
*Samira Wiley
*Sarah Waters, Welsh novelist
*Stormé DeLarverie, civil riots icon and key figure in the Stonewall riots
*Wanda Sykes
==References==
Category:LGBTQIA+ media