Quote by Ann Bausum

“I guess lesbianism wasn't so rampant in those days, they would've gotten a bunk with each other and just left me alone, you know.…

— Charles Bukowski

“I made sure we fucked whenever the conversations got too emotional or too long - we weren't lesbians, after all.”

— Manil Suri

“So this is what men are like. Well, that's it, then - I am going to be a lesbian.”

— Louise Rennison Angus Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

“Of course there are lesbians. Every piece of media I consume now must have lesbians. This is how lesbianism works.”

— Siera Maley

“Show me the legacy of a lesbian couple.”

— Suzanne Stroh

“I had no issues with lesbians, but I didn't swing the bat that way, and I kind of resented getting molested.”

— Gini Koch

“All this overt heterosexuality amused me. If only they knew.”

— Rita Mae Brown

“I'm a lesbian. I'm not dead.”

— Jill Shalvis

“And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual.”

— Carrie Fisher

“From that moment on I was her butch and she was my femme.”

— Leslie Feinberg

“Well, I guess they aren't gay anymore, Liz," Susan said loudly from the direction of the kitchen doorway. Liz started snickering next to her.…

— Victoria Michaels

“To learn of the existence of other lesbians through the media, no matter how unfortunate those characters were, must have been reassuring to women…

— Lillian Faderman