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


See also:
==Fiction==
* [[List of SF featuring queer women as protagonists]]
* 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]]
==Characters==
* [[Friday]] in ''[[Friday (novel)]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] (has sex with women)
* friend of main character in ''[[Archangel Protocol]]'' by [[Lyda Morehouse]]
 
 
* [[Batwoman]] (resurrected character)
* Cara in ''The Warrior Who Carried Life'' (and Stefile, her lover)
* [[Cerise]] (Trouble's lover) in ''Trouble and Her Friends''
* [[Original Cindy]] ([[Dark Angel]])
* [[Diamond]] (Original Cindy's former girlfriend) ([[Dark Angel]])
* [[Friday]] (sort of) in ''[[Friday (novel)]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]
* [[Gabrielle]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* [[Gail]] in ''[[Crossfire]]'' by [[Nancy Kress]]
* [[Gail]] in ''[[Crossfire]]'' by [[Nancy Kress]]
* [[Gilda (vampire)|Gilda]] (''[[The Gilda Stories]]'' by [[Jewelle Gomez]])
* [[Gilda (vampire)|Gilda]] in ''[[The Gilda Stories]]'' by [[Jewelle Gomez]])
* Grace in ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Philip Slater]] (bi)
* Grace in ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Philip Slater]] (bisexual)
* Jadwiga & Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[India Carless]] ("Trouble") in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by [[Melissa Scott]]
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]''
* Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
* Jadwiga & Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan
* [[Milena]] in ''[[The Child Garden]]''
* [[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]]
* Ruby in ''[[Glass Houses]]'' by [[Laura J. Mixon]]
* Serafina in ''Chimera'' by [[Mary Rosenblum]]
* Serafina in ''Chimera'' by [[Mary Rosenblum]]
* Shrimp in ''[[334]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]]
* Shrimp in ''[[334]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]]
* [[Sutty]] in ''[[The Telling]]''
* [[Sorren]] in ''[[The Northern Girl]]'' by [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]
* [[Thenike]], Marghe's lover in ''Ammonite''
* Stefile in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]]
* [[Xena]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* [[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]]


==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)]]"
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] from "[[Alienated (TV series)]]"
* [[India Carless]] ("Trouble") in ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]''
* [[Kennedy (slayer)|Kennedy]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Susan Ivanova]] (affair with Talia Winters) ([[Babylon 5]])
* [[Original Cindy]] in ''[[Dark Angel]]''
* [[Tabitha Jute]] in [[Colin Greenland]]'s Plenty series
* [[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]])
* [[Tara Maclay]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Willow Rosenberg]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Willow Rosenberg]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])
* [[Ren Segura]] ("Jackal") in ''[[Solitaire]]'' by [[Kelley Eskridge]]
* [[Xena]] ([[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]''
* [[Ida Teeter]] (lesbian entomologist) and her lover (played by Misty Mundae) in "[[Sick Girl]]" dir. by Lucky McKee
* [[Talia Winters]] (affair with Ivanova) ([[Babylon 5]])
* [[Dirishi Zuri]] in ''[[Matadora]]'' by [[Steve Perry]]
 


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


[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]
[[Category:Characters by sexuality]]

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