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List of lesbian characters in SF

2009-12-26T19:35:40Z

81.106.109.235: /* Fiction */

{{QW}}{{EFCindex}}This is a list of lesbian characters, major or minor, in SF. Lesbianism can be identity or behavior (so including women with bisexual histories).

==Fiction==
* [[Alldera]] in ''[[Motherlines]]'', ''[[The Conqueror's Child]]'', and ''[[The Furies]]'', by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] (also appears in ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' but does not have a female lover in that book)
* Cara in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Cerise]], Trouble's lover, in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Dani Forrest]], protagonit of ''[[Cognate]]'' by [[R. C. Brojim]]
* Dina, minor character in ''Grimspace'' and ''Wanderlust'' by Ann Aguirre.
* [[Dirishi Zuri]] in ''[[Matadora]]'' by [[Steve Perry]]
* [[Friday]] in ''[[Friday (novel)]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (has sex with women)
* [[Gaby Plauget]], Cirocco's lover, in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Gail]] in ''[[Crossfire]]'' by [[Nancy Kress]]
* [[Gilda (vampire)|Gilda]] in ''[[The Gilda Stories]]'' by [[Jewelle Gomez]])
* Grace in ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Philip Slater]] (bisexual)
* [[India Carless]] ("Trouble") in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
* [[Cirocco Jones]] in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Karis]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]
* [[Karolina]] in ''[[Runaways]]''
* Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* [[Milena]] in ''[[The Child Garden]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Norres]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* [[Ren Segura]] ("Jackal") in ''[[Solitaire]]'' by [[Kelley Eskridge]]
* Ruby in ''[[Glass Houses]]'' by [[Laura J. Mixon]]
* Serafina in ''Chimera'' by [[Mary Rosenblum]]
* Shrimp in ''[[334]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]]
* [[Sorren]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* Stefile in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Sutty]] in ''[[The Telling]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
* [[Tabitha Jute]] in [[Colin Greenland]]'s Plenty series
* [[Thenike]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* unnamed friend of main character in ''[[Archangel Protocol]]'' by [[Lyda Morehouse]]
* [[Trouble]] in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Zanja na'Tarwein]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]

==Comics, manga, anime==
* [[Batwoman]] (resurrected character)
* [[Karma]], aka Xi'an Coy Manh, Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #100 (Dec. 1980) (New Mutants; S.H.I.E.L.D.
* [[Sunfire]] (Mariko Yashida), Exiles #2, Sept. 2001 (openly lesbian) (alt. dimension version of Mariko)
* [[Sailor Uranus]] (Haruka Tenoh) and [[Sailor Neptune]] (Michiru Kaioh)
* [[Satsu]], Slayer in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season 8

==Movies and television==
* [[Original Cindy]] and [[Diamond]], Original Cindy's former girlfriend, in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Ida Teeter]] (lesbian entomologist) and her lover (played by Misty Mundae) in "[[Sick Girl]]" dir. by Lucky McKee
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] from "[[Alienated (TV series)]]"
* [[Susan Ivanova]] and [[Talia Winters]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' were lovers
* [[Tara Maclay]] and [[Willow Rosenberg]]; Willow & [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Xena]] and [[Gabrielle]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* Gabby (minor character in [[Lady Shiva (TV episode)]] of ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)]]''

==Games==
* [[Juhani]], ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Knights of the Old Republic]]

==Works by title==
Works which include no particular major or named lesbian characters, that nevertheless include lesbians, include:
* [[Wilhelmina Baird]], ''[[Crashcourse]]''
* [[Alexander Besher]], ''[[Rim]]''
* [[Elizabeth Bear]], ''[[Carnival]]''
* [[Octavia Butler]], ''[[Parable of the Talents]]''
* [[Chris Claremont]], ''[[First Flight]]'' (1981) (bi or lesbian female character)
* [[C. S. Lewis]]. [[Miss Hardcastle]] in ''That Hideous Strength'' (very negative portrayal of a stereotypical sadistic butch)
* [[Jo Walton]]. The mother and her lover in ''[[Farthing]]''.

; need names:
* [[Melissa Scott]]. protagonists in ''[[Night Sky Mine]]''; many more.
* [[Stephen Dedman]], ''[[Foreign Bodies]]'' (1999) (protagonist who changes bodies)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[Black Wine]]'' (1996)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[A Paradigm of Earth]]'' (2001)
* [[Timmi Duchamp]]'s [[Marq'ssan Cycle]]

==See also==
* [[List of SF featuring queer women as protagonists]]

[[category:Character names needed]]
[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]
[[Category:Characters by gender]]
[[Category:Queer]]
[[Category:Lists of female characters]]
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List of lesbian characters in SF

2009-12-26T19:35:02Z

81.106.109.235: /* Fiction */

{{QW}}{{EFCindex}}This is a list of lesbian characters, major or minor, in SF. Lesbianism can be identity or behavior (so including women with bisexual histories).

==Fiction==
* [[Alldera]] in ''[[Motherlines]]'', ''[[The Conqueror's Child]]'', and ''[[The Furies]]'', by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] (also appears in ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' but does not have a female lover in that book)
* Cara in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Cerise]], Trouble's lover, in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Dani Forrest]], protagonit of ''[[Cognate]]'' by [[R. C. Brojim]]
* Dina, minor character in ''Grimspace'' and ''Wanderlust'' by [[Ann Aguirre]].
* [[Dirishi Zuri]] in ''[[Matadora]]'' by [[Steve Perry]]
* [[Friday]] in ''[[Friday (novel)]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (has sex with women)
* [[Gaby Plauget]], Cirocco's lover, in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Gail]] in ''[[Crossfire]]'' by [[Nancy Kress]]
* [[Gilda (vampire)|Gilda]] in ''[[The Gilda Stories]]'' by [[Jewelle Gomez]])
* Grace in ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Philip Slater]] (bisexual)
* [[India Carless]] ("Trouble") in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
* [[Cirocco Jones]] in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Karis]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]
* [[Karolina]] in ''[[Runaways]]''
* Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* [[Milena]] in ''[[The Child Garden]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Norres]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* [[Ren Segura]] ("Jackal") in ''[[Solitaire]]'' by [[Kelley Eskridge]]
* Ruby in ''[[Glass Houses]]'' by [[Laura J. Mixon]]
* Serafina in ''Chimera'' by [[Mary Rosenblum]]
* Shrimp in ''[[334]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]]
* [[Sorren]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* Stefile in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Sutty]] in ''[[The Telling]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
* [[Tabitha Jute]] in [[Colin Greenland]]'s Plenty series
* [[Thenike]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* unnamed friend of main character in ''[[Archangel Protocol]]'' by [[Lyda Morehouse]]
* [[Trouble]] in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Zanja na'Tarwein]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]

==Comics, manga, anime==
* [[Batwoman]] (resurrected character)
* [[Karma]], aka Xi'an Coy Manh, Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #100 (Dec. 1980) (New Mutants; S.H.I.E.L.D.
* [[Sunfire]] (Mariko Yashida), Exiles #2, Sept. 2001 (openly lesbian) (alt. dimension version of Mariko)
* [[Sailor Uranus]] (Haruka Tenoh) and [[Sailor Neptune]] (Michiru Kaioh)
* [[Satsu]], Slayer in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season 8

==Movies and television==
* [[Original Cindy]] and [[Diamond]], Original Cindy's former girlfriend, in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Ida Teeter]] (lesbian entomologist) and her lover (played by Misty Mundae) in "[[Sick Girl]]" dir. by Lucky McKee
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] from "[[Alienated (TV series)]]"
* [[Susan Ivanova]] and [[Talia Winters]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' were lovers
* [[Tara Maclay]] and [[Willow Rosenberg]]; Willow & [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Xena]] and [[Gabrielle]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* Gabby (minor character in [[Lady Shiva (TV episode)]] of ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)]]''

==Games==
* [[Juhani]], ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Knights of the Old Republic]]

==Works by title==
Works which include no particular major or named lesbian characters, that nevertheless include lesbians, include:
* [[Wilhelmina Baird]], ''[[Crashcourse]]''
* [[Alexander Besher]], ''[[Rim]]''
* [[Elizabeth Bear]], ''[[Carnival]]''
* [[Octavia Butler]], ''[[Parable of the Talents]]''
* [[Chris Claremont]], ''[[First Flight]]'' (1981) (bi or lesbian female character)
* [[C. S. Lewis]]. [[Miss Hardcastle]] in ''That Hideous Strength'' (very negative portrayal of a stereotypical sadistic butch)
* [[Jo Walton]]. The mother and her lover in ''[[Farthing]]''.

; need names:
* [[Melissa Scott]]. protagonists in ''[[Night Sky Mine]]''; many more.
* [[Stephen Dedman]], ''[[Foreign Bodies]]'' (1999) (protagonist who changes bodies)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[Black Wine]]'' (1996)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[A Paradigm of Earth]]'' (2001)
* [[Timmi Duchamp]]'s [[Marq'ssan Cycle]]

==See also==
* [[List of SF featuring queer women as protagonists]]

[[category:Character names needed]]
[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]
[[Category:Characters by gender]]
[[Category:Queer]]
[[Category:Lists of female characters]]
{{stub}}

List of lesbian characters in SF

2009-12-26T19:30:17Z

81.106.109.235: /* Fiction */

{{QW}}{{EFCindex}}This is a list of lesbian characters, major or minor, in SF. Lesbianism can be identity or behavior (so including women with bisexual histories).

==Fiction==
* [[Alldera]] in ''[[Motherlines]]'', ''[[The Conqueror's Child]]'', and ''[[The Furies]]'', by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] (also appears in ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' but does not have a female lover in that book)
* Cara in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Cerise]], Trouble's lover, in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Dani Forrest]], protagonit of ''[[Cognate]]'' by [[R. C. Brojim]]
* [[Dina]], minor character in ''[[Grimspace]]'' and ''[[Wanderlust]]'' by [[Ann Aguirre]].
* [[Dirishi Zuri]] in ''[[Matadora]]'' by [[Steve Perry]]
* [[Friday]] in ''[[Friday (novel)]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (has sex with women)
* [[Gaby Plauget]], Cirocco's lover, in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Gail]] in ''[[Crossfire]]'' by [[Nancy Kress]]
* [[Gilda (vampire)|Gilda]] in ''[[The Gilda Stories]]'' by [[Jewelle Gomez]])
* Grace in ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Philip Slater]] (bisexual)
* [[India Carless]] ("Trouble") in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
* [[Cirocco Jones]] in the [[Gaea trilogy]] by [[John Varley]]
* [[Karis]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]
* [[Karolina]] in ''[[Runaways]]''
* Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* [[Milena]] in ''[[The Child Garden]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Norres]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* [[Ren Segura]] ("Jackal") in ''[[Solitaire]]'' by [[Kelley Eskridge]]
* Ruby in ''[[Glass Houses]]'' by [[Laura J. Mixon]]
* Serafina in ''Chimera'' by [[Mary Rosenblum]]
* Shrimp in ''[[334]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]]
* [[Sorren]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* Stefile in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Sutty]] in ''[[The Telling]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
* [[Tabitha Jute]] in [[Colin Greenland]]'s Plenty series
* [[Thenike]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]]
* unnamed friend of main character in ''[[Archangel Protocol]]'' by [[Lyda Morehouse]]
* [[Trouble]] in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Zanja na'Tarwein]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]

==Comics, manga, anime==
* [[Batwoman]] (resurrected character)
* [[Karma]], aka Xi'an Coy Manh, Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #100 (Dec. 1980) (New Mutants; S.H.I.E.L.D.
* [[Sunfire]] (Mariko Yashida), Exiles #2, Sept. 2001 (openly lesbian) (alt. dimension version of Mariko)
* [[Sailor Uranus]] (Haruka Tenoh) and [[Sailor Neptune]] (Michiru Kaioh)
* [[Satsu]], Slayer in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season 8

==Movies and television==
* [[Original Cindy]] and [[Diamond]], Original Cindy's former girlfriend, in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Ida Teeter]] (lesbian entomologist) and her lover (played by Misty Mundae) in "[[Sick Girl]]" dir. by Lucky McKee
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] from "[[Alienated (TV series)]]"
* [[Susan Ivanova]] and [[Talia Winters]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' were lovers
* [[Tara Maclay]] and [[Willow Rosenberg]]; Willow & [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Xena]] and [[Gabrielle]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* Gabby (minor character in [[Lady Shiva (TV episode)]] of ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)]]''

==Games==
* [[Juhani]], ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Knights of the Old Republic]]

==Works by title==
Works which include no particular major or named lesbian characters, that nevertheless include lesbians, include:
* [[Wilhelmina Baird]], ''[[Crashcourse]]''
* [[Alexander Besher]], ''[[Rim]]''
* [[Elizabeth Bear]], ''[[Carnival]]''
* [[Octavia Butler]], ''[[Parable of the Talents]]''
* [[Chris Claremont]], ''[[First Flight]]'' (1981) (bi or lesbian female character)
* [[C. S. Lewis]]. [[Miss Hardcastle]] in ''That Hideous Strength'' (very negative portrayal of a stereotypical sadistic butch)
* [[Jo Walton]]. The mother and her lover in ''[[Farthing]]''.

; need names:
* [[Melissa Scott]]. protagonists in ''[[Night Sky Mine]]''; many more.
* [[Stephen Dedman]], ''[[Foreign Bodies]]'' (1999) (protagonist who changes bodies)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[Black Wine]]'' (1996)
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[A Paradigm of Earth]]'' (2001)
* [[Timmi Duchamp]]'s [[Marq'ssan Cycle]]

==See also==
* [[List of SF featuring queer women as protagonists]]

[[category:Character names needed]]
[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]
[[Category:Characters by gender]]
[[Category:Queer]]
[[Category:Lists of female characters]]
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