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==Fiction== | ==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]] | * Cara in ''[[The Warrior Who Carried Life]]'' by [[Geoff Ryman]] | ||
* [[Cerise]], Trouble's lover, in [[''Trouble and Her Friends'']] by [[Melissa Scott]] | * [[Cerise]], Trouble's lover, in [[''Trouble and Her Friends'']] by [[Melissa Scott]] | ||
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* Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan | * Jadwiga in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan | ||
* [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]] | * [[Janet (Whileaway)|Janet]] in ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]] | ||
* [[Karis]] in ''[[Fire Logic]],'' ''[[Earth Logic]],'', and ''[[Water Logic]]'' by [[Laurie J. Marks]] | |||
* Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan | * Kiyoka in ''Woken Furies'' by Richard Morgan | ||
* [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] | * [[Marghe Taishan]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] | ||
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* [[Thenike]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] | * [[Thenike]] in ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] | ||
* unnamed friend of main character in ''[[Archangel Protocol]]'' by [[Lyda Morehouse]] | * 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== | ==Movies and Television== | ||
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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)
- Gail in Crossfire by Nancy Kress
- 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 in The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- Karis in Fire Logic, Earth Logic,, and Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- 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 (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)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy)
- Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
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