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==Criteria== | |||
* "queer women": Must have publicly self-identified for a significant amount of time as a queer woman. For living people, "queer woman" includes any person who has identified as a woman at the same time that she has openly acknowledged being lesbian, bisexual, queer, or having had primary sexual or romantic relationship(s) with other women. For deceased people, note and describe source: self-identification, historical knowledge of public relationship, etc. Any living writer who wishes to not be listed here will be removed; this list is not intended to [[out]] people. | |||
* "writers of SF": Must be identified by someone, somewhere, as a writer of [[SF]]. This is a judgment involving critical literary faculty and not weighing on personal lives that may implicate social or legal consequences, so feel free to label. | |||
==List== | |||
===A - C=== | |||
* [[Judith Alguire]] | * [[Judith Alguire]] | ||
* [[Dorothy Allison]] | * [[Dorothy Allison]] | ||
* [[Nikki Baker]] | * [[Nikki Baker]] | ||
* [[Sandra Barret]] | |||
* [[Gael Baudino]] | * [[Gael Baudino]] | ||
* [[J. M. Beazer]] | * [[J. M. Beazer]] | ||
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* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] (it's not clear that Bradley identified as a lesbian) | * [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] (it's not clear that Bradley identified as a lesbian) | ||
* [[Toni Brown]] | * [[Toni Brown]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Katharine Burdekin]]<ref>Burdekin had a lifelong female companion.</ref> | ||
* [[Pat Califia]] | * [[Pat Califia]] (formerly identified as female) | ||
* [[Susan C. Coleman]] | * [[Susan C. Coleman]] | ||
===D - F=== | |||
* [[Terri de la Peña]] | * [[Terri de la Peña]] | ||
* [[Jennifer DiMarco]] | * [[Jennifer DiMarco]] | ||
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* [[Katherine V. Forrest]] | * [[Katherine V. Forrest]] | ||
===G - I=== | |||
* [[Sally Gearhart]] | * [[Sally Gearhart]] | ||
* [[Nancy Tyler Glenn]] | * [[Nancy Tyler Glenn]] | ||
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* [[Bertha Harris]] | * [[Bertha Harris]] | ||
* [[B. L. Holmes]] | * [[B. L. Holmes]] | ||
* [[Tanya Huff]] | |||
* [[Janis Ian]] | * [[Janis Ian]]<ref>Ian self-identified her female partner Pat on her website, [http://janisian.com/ephemera.html janisian.com/ephemera.html].</ref> | ||
* [[Abbe Ireland]] | * [[Abbe Ireland]] | ||
===J - L=== | |||
* [[Sarah Orne Jewett]], 1849-1909 | * [[Sarah Orne Jewett]], 1849-1909 | ||
* [[Nancy Johnston]] | * [[Nancy Johnston]] | ||
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* [[Elizabeth Lynn]] | * [[Elizabeth Lynn]] | ||
===M - O=== | |||
* [[Mabel Maney]] | * [[Mabel Maney]] | ||
* [[Susan R. Matthews]] | * [[Susan R. Matthews]]<ref>Biography of Matthews in ''[[Women Writing Science Fiction as Men]]'' (ed. [[Mike Resnick]]) noted that Matthews "and her partner Maggie have been keeping house for nearly twenty-five years".</ref> | ||
* [[Regan McClure]] | * [[Regan McClure]] | ||
* [[Claudia McKay]] | * [[Claudia McKay]] | ||
* [[Lyda Morehouse]] | * [[Lyda Morehouse]]<ref>Self-identified; email to [[Laura Quilter]], March 20, 2001.</ref> | ||
* [[Chris Moriarty]] | * [[Chris Moriarty]] | ||
* [[Lyda Morehouse]]<ref>Self-identified at [http://community.livejournal.com/whileaway/82087.html#cutid1 Whileaway], 2006/3/16</ref> | |||
* [[Anne Moroz]] | * [[Anne Moroz]] | ||
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* [[Kathleen O'Malley]] | * [[Kathleen O'Malley]] | ||
===P - R=== | |||
* [[Severna Park]] (pseudonym for Suzanne Feldman) | * [[Severna Park]] (pseudonym for Suzanne Feldman) | ||
* [[Fiona Patton]] | |||
* [[Rachel Pollack]] | * [[Rachel Pollack]] | ||
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* [[Joanna Russ]] | * [[Joanna Russ]] | ||
===S - U=== | |||
* [[Sarah Schulman]] | * [[Sarah Schulman]] | ||
* [[Melissa Scott]] | * [[Melissa Scott]] | ||
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* [[Delia Sherman]] | * [[Delia Sherman]] | ||
* [[Jacqui Singleton]] | * [[Jacqui Singleton]] | ||
* [[Ali Smith]] | |||
* [[D. T. Steiner]] | * [[D. T. Steiner]] | ||
* [[Jean Stewart]] | * [[Jean Stewart]] | ||
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* [[Susanna Sturgis]] | * [[Susanna Sturgis]] | ||
===V - Z=== | |||
* [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]], 1893-1978. | * [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]], 1893-1978. | ||
* [[Julia Willis]] | * [[Julia Willis]] | ||
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* [[Chris Anne Wolfe]] | * [[Chris Anne Wolfe]] | ||
* [[Virginia Woolf]] | * [[Virginia Woolf]] | ||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Women writers| ]] | ||
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Criteria
- "queer women": Must have publicly self-identified for a significant amount of time as a queer woman. For living people, "queer woman" includes any person who has identified as a woman at the same time that she has openly acknowledged being lesbian, bisexual, queer, or having had primary sexual or romantic relationship(s) with other women. For deceased people, note and describe source: self-identification, historical knowledge of public relationship, etc. Any living writer who wishes to not be listed here will be removed; this list is not intended to out people.
- "writers of SF": Must be identified by someone, somewhere, as a writer of SF. This is a judgment involving critical literary faculty and not weighing on personal lives that may implicate social or legal consequences, so feel free to label.
List
A - C
- Nikki Baker
- Sandra Barret
- Gael Baudino
- J. M. Beazer
- Lisa Ben (pseudonym)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (it's not clear that Bradley identified as a lesbian)
- Toni Brown
- Katharine Burdekin[1]
- Pat Califia (formerly identified as female)
- Susan C. Coleman
D - F
- Terri de la Peña
- Jennifer DiMarco
- Emma Donoghue
- Candas Jane Dorsey
- Lauren Wright Douglas
- Sarah Dreher
- Maureen Duffy
G - I
J - L
- Sarah Orne Jewett, 1849-1909
- Nancy Johnston
M - O
P - R
- Severna Park (pseudonym for Suzanne Feldman)
- Fiona Patton
- Rachel Pollack
S - U
- Sarah Schulman
- Melissa Scott
- Anne Seale
- Delia Sherman
- Jacqui Singleton
- Ali Smith
- D. T. Steiner
- Jean Stewart
- Beatrice Stone
- Susanna Sturgis
V - Z
- Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1893-1978.
- Julia Willis
- Jeanette Winterson
- Monique Wittig
- Chris Anne Wolfe
- Virginia Woolf
Notes
- ↑ Burdekin had a lifelong female companion.
- ↑ Ian self-identified her female partner Pat on her website, janisian.com/ephemera.html.
- ↑ Biography of Matthews in Women Writing Science Fiction as Men (ed. Mike Resnick) noted that Matthews "and her partner Maggie have been keeping house for nearly twenty-five years".
- ↑ Self-identified; email to Laura Quilter, March 20, 2001.
- ↑ Self-identified at Whileaway, 2006/3/16