Media featuring lesbian characters, media created by lesbians, and public figures who are lesbians.
Literature
Historic
- Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1871–1872)
- Idylle Saphique by Liane de Pougy (1901)
Lesbian pulp fiction
- Main article: Lesbian pulp fiction
- Women's Barracks (1950)
- Spring Fire (1952)
- Whisper Their Love (1957)
Modern
- Stone Butch Blues, Drag King Dreams, and non-fiction works by Leslie Feinberg
Comic Books
- Kate Kane and Renee Montoya aka The Question in DC Comics
- Doctor Aphra in Star Wars comic books
- Jen in Magical Boy by The Kao
Film
- Bound (1996)
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- D.E.B.S. (2004)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- Carol (2015)
- The Handmaiden (2016)
Television
Animated
- Adora (aka She-Ra) and Catra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- Ruby and Sapphire in Steven Universe[1]
- Amity Blight in The Owl House[2]
- Suzy Sheep in Peppa Pig[3]
Live-action
- Many characters in The L Word and Generation Q, such as Bette Porter, Dana Fairbanks, and Shane McCutcheon
- Many characters in Orange is the New Black
- Kate Kane and Ryan Wilder from Batwoman
- Bill Potts in Doctor Who
- Binnie Roberts and Della Alexander in EastEnders
- Carol Willick and Susan Bunch in Friends
- Dr. Lauren Lewis in Lost Girl
- Cosima Niehaus in Orphan Black
- Emily Fields in Pretty Little Liars
- Nomi Marks in Sense8
- Alex Danvers in Supergirl
Video games
- Veronica Santangelo and Christine Royce in Fallout: New Vegas
- Juhani in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Kasmeer Meade and Marjory Delaqua in Guild Wars 2.
Public figures
- Angela Davis[4]
- Audre Lorde[5]
- Clea Duvall[6]
- Jane Lynch[7]
- Jenny Shimizu[8]
- Kate McKinnon[9]
- Lauren Morelli[10]
- Lea DeLaria[11]
- Lena Waithe[12]
- Raven-Symoné[13]
- Robin Roberts[14]
- Ruby Rose[15]
- Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was posthumously revealed to be the first known gay astronaut[16]
- Samira Wiley[10]
- Stormé DeLarverie, civil riots icon and key figure in the Stonewall riots[17]
- Wanda Sykes[18]