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{{EFC}}{{QW}}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]]
* [[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]]
* [[Zanja na'Tarwein]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]]

==Movies and Television==

* [[Batwoman]] (resurrected character)
* [[Diamond]], Original Cindy's former girlfriend, in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Gabrielle]] in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
* [[Ida Teeter]] (lesbian entomologist) and her lover (played by Misty Mundae) in "[[Sick Girl]]" dir. by Lucky McKee
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] from "[[Alienated (TV series)]]"
* [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Original Cindy]] in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Susan Ivanova]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' (affair with Talia Winters)
* [[Talia Winters]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' (affair with Susan Ivanova)
* [[Tara Maclay]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Willow Rosenberg]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Xena]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])

==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]]''

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

[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]
[[Category:Characters by gender]]
[[Category:Queer]]
[[Category:Lists of female characters]]
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