For international lesbian day… let’s talk about some books in which the main characters uses@the word LESBIAN to describe HERSELF since we aren’t seeing enough of that and lesbians shouldn’t be afraid to use that label on themselves: a thread
Note: if a friend/parent calls them a lesbian, or if the main character uses the word lesbian in a more generic sense and not especially to describe herself; it won’t be added. This thread is to celebrate lesbians only using the word proudly to describe themselves
Hannah Walsh
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36484081">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36484081">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Joanna “Jo” Gordon/Guglielmi
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28003097">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28003097">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Maya
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Far From The Three by Robin Benway
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33830437">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33830437">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Rukhsana Ali
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina khan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36362234-the-love-lies-of-rukhsana-ali">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36362234-the-love-lies-of-rukhsana-ali">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Juliet Milagros Palante
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Juliet takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28648863">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28648863">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Rosalie Bell
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44584622-all-eyes-on-us">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44584622-all-eyes-on-us">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Georgina Fernweh
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35230420-summer-of-salt">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35230420-summer-of-salt">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Kate Cleary
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27158835">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27158835">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Jules Everett
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36039320">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36039320">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Leila Azadi
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Like by Sara Farizan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20312458">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20312458">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Abby Zimit
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> and Janet Jones
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Pulp by Robin Talley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32970644">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32970644">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Freddy Riley
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O& #39;Connell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981020-laura-dean-keeps-breaking-up-with-me">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981020-laura-dean-keeps-breaking-up-with-me">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Sana Kiyohara
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - It& #39;s Not Like It& #39;s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29073707">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29073707">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Madeline (Maddy)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16954370">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16954370">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Alix - Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18607160">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18607160">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Tammy Larson
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Music From Another World by Robin Talley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44900349">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44900349">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Margot Nielsen
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Powers
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52748041">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52748041">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Brynn Harper
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35795929">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35795929">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Saoirse Clarke
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - The Falling In Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Nishat Ahsan
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - The Henna
Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286258">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286258">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Sideways Pike
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clark
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51885014">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51885014">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Taylor Garland
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50915029
Warning:">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... this book is heavy with internalized lesbophobia and fatphobia, please check out the reviews to see if it sounds interesting
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50915029
Warning:">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... this book is heavy with internalized lesbophobia and fatphobia, please check out the reviews to see if it sounds interesting
Quinn Ryann
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41941612
NOTE:">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... this is added as overview NOT AS RECS, The author has been called out for biphobia inside the book and interacting with a biphobic tweet, than removing the reviews, read 1-star reviews to judge yourself
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41941612
NOTE:">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... this is added as overview NOT AS RECS, The author has been called out for biphobia inside the book and interacting with a biphobic tweet, than removing the reviews, read 1-star reviews to judge yourself
Jessica Perez
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37655502-the-meaning-of-birds">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37655502-the-meaning-of-birds">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Brynn McNally
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> - Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37859646">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37859646">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
This thread is mostly focused on mainstream(ish) YA as that’s what I read, so if you want some adult and smaller publishers lesbian or lesbian love interest who use the word lesbian please check out this post by @bookishsappho https://sashaandamberread.home.blog/2020/08/30/loud-lesbians/">https://sashaandamberread.home.blog/2020/08/3...