Lesbian Media Lesbians Love

*Updated April 2, 2024*

We asked our supporters for their favourite lesbian movies, television shows, video games, apps, podcasts, YouTubers, books, artists, websites, musicians, magazines, and any other lesbian media they love. Because authors at LH haven’t engaged with all of this media, we cannot guarantee the politics or enjoyability behind each suggestion. Some of the media will be Very Very Same-Sex but not explicitly or completely lesbian.

• We are planning on making a list of up-and-comers separately (it would be too long to include in this list) so DM the IG or send an email to contact@lesbianherstory.com with your up-and-coming lesbian media-makers. This list is for beloved known media. Some exceptions will be made for things like podcasts, because it’s a new media genre, but the authors at LH will sniff each suggestion out to decide if it goes in the “up-and-coming” list or this “matured quality” list.
• Warnings are mostly provided by submitters as LH hasn’t consumed all the media listed.
• Some items on this list might only have one lesbian couple. Maybe even only in one episode, in a complete series filled with heterosexuals. Maybe their sexual orientation isn’t stated at all and there’s an argument for bisexuality. Rest assured, most suggestions will be lesbian-heavy. But we urge you to research the media before you consume it to avoid disappointment. Some of it will deal with traumatic or debatable scenes and topics. There will be items that the authors at LH haven’t seen. Some we don’t like or agree with. It’s actually healthy to disagree. Lesbians aren’t a monolith. Female homosexuality is the only criterion for being a lesbian. Moving on!

Books

Disobedience (2006) by Naomi Alderman (warning: many M/F sex scenes)

Patricia Wants to Cuddle (2022) by Samantha Allen

Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature (1994) by Dorothy Allison (NF)

Poppy Jenkins (2016) by Claire Ashton

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (2021) by Emily Austen

Boulder (2022) by Eva Baltasar

Permafrost (2021) by Eva Baltasar

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For (2008) by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006) by Alison Bechdel

The Secret to Superhuman Strength (2021) by Alison Bechdel

Nice Jewish Girls (1989) by Evelyn Torton Beck (NF)

The Founds Trilogy #1: Foundryside (2018) by Robert Jackson Bennett

All the Little Moments (2015) by G. Benson

Her Tale of Shim Chong by Seri Biwan

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care (2022) by Ashley Herring Blake

What Comes Naturally (1986) by Gerd Brantenberg

Set in Stone: butch-on-butch erotica (2001) by Angela Brown

Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) by Rita Mae Brown

Dagger on Butch Women (1994) by Lily Burana & Roxxie Linnea Due (NF)

Afterlove (2021) by Tanya Byrne

That’s Ms Bulldyke to You, Charlie! (1992) by Jane Caminos

The Lesbian Sex Book (1993) by Wendy Caster (NF)

XX (2018) by Angela Chadwick

Black Water Sister (2021) by Zen Cho

Not Vanishing (1998) by Chrystos

A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston (2019) by Robyn Crawford (Non-Fiction)

Cunt Colouring Book (1975) by Tee Corinne (NF)

Galveston 1900: Swept Away (2005) by Linda Crist

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2012) by Emily Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines (2020) by Emily Danforth

In at the Deep End (2019) by Kate Davies

Dykette (2023) by Jenny Fran Davis

Survival Instinct (2018) by May Dawney

Ça raconte Sarah (2018) by Pauline Delabroy-Allard

Chronicle of Alsea #1: The Caphenon (2014) by Fletcher Delancy

The Complete Hothead Paisan: homicidal lesbian terrorist (1999) by Diane DiMassa (NF)

Hood (1995) by Emma Donoghue

By Jennifer Dugan

This is How You Lose the Time War (2019) by Amal El-Mohtar

Don’t Stop Me (2022) by Eden Emory

Odd Girls And Twilight Lovers (2012) by Lillian Faderman (NF)

Stone Butch Blues (1993) by Leslie Feinberg

Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story (1994) by Erica Fischer

Acts of Service (2022) by Lillian Fishman

Cheer Up: Love and Pom Poms (2021) by Crystal Frasier

Annie on My Mind (1982) by Nancy Garden

The Wild Good (1996) by Beatrix Gates (NF)

Another Mother Tongue (1984) by Judy Grahn (NF)

Herland (1915) by Charlotte Perkins Gillman

Ammonite (1992) by Nicola Griffith

What Lesbians Do (1975) by Godiva

Female Masculinity (1998) Jack Halberstam (NF)

The Well of Loneliness (1928) by Radclyffe Hall

The Price of Salt (1952) by Patricia Highsmith

The Girl Who Can’t Get A Girlfriend (2023) by Mieri Hiranishi

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend (2010) by Emily Horner

The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This (2020) by Takashi Ikeda

Just for Show (2018) by Jae

The Professor (2023) by Elia Johnson

The Music and the Mirror (2018) by Lola Keeley

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (1993) by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis (NF)

Read Between the Lines (2021) by Rachel Lacey

The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women (1998) by Sharon Lim-Hing (NF)

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh (2023) by Rachael Lippincott

She Gets the Girl (2022) by Rachael Lippincott

The Grass Widow (1996) by Nanci Little

Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021) by Malinda Lo

Sister Outsider (2007) by Audre Lorde

Hotshot (2023) by Clare Lydon

Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence (1985) by Nancy Manahan & Rosemary Curb (NF)

Elemental Logic #1: Fire Logic (2002) by Laurie J. Marks

The Last Binding #2: A Restless Truth (2022) by Freya Marske

Lesbian Sacred Sexuality (1995) by Diane Mariechild & Marcelina Martin (NF)

A Memory Called Empire (2019) by Arkady Martine

A Desolation Called Peace (2021) by Arkady Martine

Back in Your Arms #1: Back in Your Arms (2021) by Monica McCallan

Afekete: an Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing (1995) by Catherine E. McKinley (NF)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler (2022) by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop (2021) by Casey McQuiston

This is How You Lose the Time War (2019) by Amal El-Mohtar

The Locked Tomb Series #1: Gideon the Ninth (2019) by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb Series #2: Harrow the Ninth (2020) by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb Series #3: Nona the Ninth (2022) by Tamsyn Muir

The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader (1992) by Joan Nestle (NF)

A Restricted Country (1987) by Joan Nestle (NF)

Rebel in Venus (2023) by Marissa Alma Nick

Ask, Tell (2017) [series] by E J Noyes

I saw Mommy Kissing the Nanny (2022) by Shannon O’Connor

The Tea Dragon Society (2017) by Kay O’Neill

Broken Things (2013) by Lauren Oliver

Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson (1973) by Nigel Nicolson (NF)

The Mimicking of Known Successes (2023) by Malka Ann Older

Dream Work (1986) by Mary Oliver

The Girl From the Sea (2021) by Molly Knox Ostertag

Seafire #2: Steel Tide (2019) by Natalie Parker

The Radiant Emporor #1: She Who Became The Sun (2021) by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Verifiers #1: The Verifiers (2022) by Jane Pek

Lesbian Culture: an anthology (1993) by Julia Penelope & Susan Wolfe (NF)

When Katie Met Cassidy (2018) by Camille Perri

Even Though I Knew the End (2022) by C.L. Polk

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017) by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Garden Variety Dykes: Lesbian traditions in gardening (1994) by Irene Reti (NF)

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (2022) by Sonorah Reyes

Lesbian Erotica (1948 onwards) by Cassandra Rios

Honey Girl (2021) by Morgan Rogers

Desert of the Heart (1964) by Jane Rule

Truly Wilde (2021) by Joan Schenkar

After Sappho (2023) by Selby Wynn Schwartz

Sword Of The Guardian (2016) by Merry Shannon

The Roots of Chaos #0: A Day of Fallen Night (2023) by Samantha Shannon

The Roots of Chaos #1: The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019) by Samantha Shannon

SCUM Manifesto (1967) by Valerie Solanas (NF)

Heartstrings (2022) by Rachel Spangler

These Witches Don’t Burn #1: These Witches Don’t Burn (2019) by Isabel Sterling

The Burning Kingdoms #1: The Jasmine Throne (2021) by Tasha Suri

The Burning Kingdoms #2: The Oleander Sword (2022) by Tasha Suri

C+nto & Othered Poems (2021) by Joelle Taylor

Never Anyone But You (2018) by Ruper Thompson

Pushing the Limits: disabled dykes produce culture (1996) by Shelley Tremain (NF)

Crier’s War #1: Crier’s War (2019) by Nina Varela

Kiss Number 8 (2019) by Colleen A.F. Venable

The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker

Missing Dead Girls (2023) by Sara Walters

Affinity (1999) by Sarah Waters

Fingersmith (2002) by Sarah Waters

The Paying Guests (2014) by Sarah Waters

Tipping the Velvet (1998) by Sarah Waters

The Lesbian Love Advisor (1989) by Celeste West (NF)

When Women Were Warriors (2008) series by Catherine M. Wilson

Truth #1: The Brutal Truth (2017) by Lee Winter

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) by Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011) by Jeanette Winterson (NF)

Written on the Body (1992) by Jeanette Winterson

She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat (2020) by Sakaomi Yuzaki

Newspapers, Magazines & Journals

DYKE: A QUARTERLY (1975-1979)

Dykes & Gorgons (1973-1976) [1]

Landykes of the South: women’s land groups and lesbian communities in the South (2015)

Lesbian Connection (1974-?)

Onyx (1982-1984) [1]

Quim Magazine (1989-1994 + 2001) [1]

Sinister Wisdom (1976-?)

Films

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

All Over Me (1997)

Ammonite (2020)

Badhaai Do (2022)

Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013) (warning)

Blue Jean (2022)

Born in Flames (1983)

Bound (1996)

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)

Bye Bye Blondie (2012)

Carol (2015)

D.E.B.S (2004)

Desert Hearts (1985)

The Duke of Burgundy (2014) (warning: disturbing)

Drool (2009)

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)

The Fear Street Trilogy (2021)

Gia (1998)

Go Fish (1994)

The Handmaiden (2016)

If These Walls Could Talk 2 (1996)

Imagine Me and You (2005)

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)

Lizzie (2018)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

Maja Ma (2023)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

Monster (2003)

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)

My First Summer (2020)

Novitiate (2017)

Pariah (2011)

Polarized (2023)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Reaching for the Moon (2013)

Salmonberries (1991)

Saving Face (2004)

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)

Show Me Love (1998)

Snapshots (2018)

Summerland (2020)

Summertime (2015)

Unborn (2022)

Vita & Virginia (2018)

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

When Night is Falling (1995)

The World to Come (2021)

Documentaries

Dyketactics (1974) [another link]

Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)

A Great Ride (2018)

Loving Highsmith (2022)

Outlaw (1994)

Rebel Dykes (2021)

Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary (2004)

The Sally Ride Story: A Woman Space Pioneer (2000)

Sappho: Love and Life on Lesbos (2015)

A Simple Matter of Justice (1993)

Some Ground to Stand On (1998)

Storme: Lady of the Jewel Box (1987)

TV Shows

The 100 (2014-?)

3% (2016-2020) (involves lesbians after the first season)

Acacias 38 (2015-2021)

Arcane (2021-?)

American Horror Story: Asylum (2012-2013)

Atypical (2017-2020)

Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016; Season 3 Episode 4)

Bottoms (2023) (warning: distasteful depictions of lesbianism)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) *Specifically between Willow and Tara later in the seasons

Deadloch (2023-?)

Derry Girls (2018-?)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Everything Sucks (2018)

Feel Good (2020-2021) *not strictly lesbian but very Sapphic*

The Fosters (2013-2018)

Gentleman Jack (2019 – 2022)

Gap: The Series (2022-2023)

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023) *not explicitly lesbian*

Grey’s Anatomy (2005-?)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Hoochie Daddies (2023-?)

Killing Eve (2018-2022)

The L Word [OG] (2004-2009)

The L Word [Gen Q] (2019-2023)

Las Pelotaris 1926 (2023-?)

The Last of Us (2023-?)

A League of Their Own (2022)

Les de l’hoquei (2019-2020)

Mine (2021-?)

The Morning Show (2019-?)

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989-1990)

Orange is the New Black (2013-2019)

Orphan Black (2013-2017)

The Other Love Story (YouTube)

Paper Girls (2022)

Portrait of a Marriage (1990)

Princess Charming (2021-?)

Ratched (2020-?)

The Real L Word (2010-2012)

Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)

Sailor Moon (1995-2000)

Saving Face (2004)

Second City Firsts: Episode “Girl” (1974) *First lesbian kiss on British TV

She Makes My Heart Flutter (YouTube)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-2020)

South of Nowhere (2005-2008)

Special Ops: Lioness (2023-?)

Vida (2018-2020)

Warrior Nun (2020-2022)

Wentworth (2013-2021)

Willow (2022)

Wynona Earp (2016-2021)

Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)

Yellowjackets (2021-?)

Musicians

Alix Dobkin (warning: polilez)

Anna Calvi

Becca Mancari

Boygenius

Boyish

Brandi Carlile

Brooke Eden

Chappell Roan

Destroy Boys

Donna Deitch

Dusty Springfield

G-Flip

GA31

Gia Woods

Girl Ray

Giuni Russo

Horse McDonald

Jaime Wyatt

The Japanese House

Javiera Mena

Jen Foster

Joan Jett

Judy Small

Julien Baker

The Indigo Girls

KD Lang

Kehlani

Kerryn Fields

King Princess

Lez Zepplin

Lily Rose

LP

Marilina Bertoldi

Melissa Carper

Melissa Ethridge

MUNA

Nakala

S.G. Goodman

Shura

Sid (from The Internet)

Tegan and Sara

Torres

Tracy Chapman

Tribe 8

Xana

Zolita

Artists

Anne-Sophie Guillet

Azzurro Velluto

Barbara Hammer

Because of My Love For Women

Bettye Lane

Catherine Opie

Chloe Sherman

Donna Gottschalk

Dyke Action Machine

Emily Witham

Harmony Hammond

Helena Janecic

Jenifer Prince

Jennifer Camper

Jessica Tanzer

Joan E. Biren (JEB)

Kay Turner

Lulu Belliveau

Maxine Harlow

Meadow Muska

Morgan Gwenwald

Nazareth dos Santos

Patricia Cronin

Ree Artemisia

Roman Manfredi

Roxana Halls

Sarah Joy Ford

Shelby Sharie Cohen

Suzanne Shifflet

Tina Fiveash

Websites

TheLChat.Net

LesbianHerstory.com

LesbiansOverEverything.com

YouTube

Abbie & Julia

Alayna Joy

Alexis and Lilian

AmbersCloset

Ashley Gavin

Camper Vibe

Chey & Erica

Chloe Lukasiak

Jade Fox

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard

Julia Zelg

Living Rosa

Lovebrook

Magdalen Berns

Mandie & Danae

The No Homo Show

P&J TV

Paige and Holly

Precious Law

Sam & Alyssa

Sapphic Underground

Stevie Boebi

Vanwives

Willow Faith

Podcasts

Blocked and Reported (a host is a lesbian)

Chosen Family

Dyking Out

Gayotic

Handsome

Lez Hang Out

We’re Having Gay Sex

Comedians

Ali Kolbert

Arielle Isaac Norman

Ashley Gavin

Chaunté Wayans

Gina Yashere

Hannah Gadsby

Irene Tu

Tig Notaro

Video Games

Butterfly Soup (1&2)

Gone Home

The Last of Us (1&2)

Life is Strange

Apps

Club Monocle