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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 
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36484081
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36484081
Joanna “Jo” Gordon/Guglielmi - Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28003097
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brownhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28003097
Rukhsana Ali The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina khan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36362234-the-love-lies-of-rukhsana-ali
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina khanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36362234-the-love-lies-of-rukhsana-ali
Juliet Milagros Palante - Juliet takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28648863
- Juliet takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28648863
Rosalie Bell - All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44584622-all-eyes-on-us
- All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44584622-all-eyes-on-us
Georgina Fernweh - Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35230420-summer-of-salt
- Summer of Salt by Katrina Lenohttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35230420-summer-of-salt
Kate Cleary - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27158835
- You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27158835
Jules Everett - This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36039320
- This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36039320
Leila Azadi - Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Like by Sara Farizan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20312458
- Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Like by Sara Farizanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20312458
Freddy Riley - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981020-laura-dean-keeps-breaking-up-with-me
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connellhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981020-laura-dean-keeps-breaking-up-with-me
Sana Kiyohara - It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29073707
- It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29073707
Madeline (Maddy) - Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16954370
- Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16954370
Tammy Larson - Music From Another World by Robin Talley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44900349
- Music From Another World by Robin Talleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44900349
Saoirse Clarke - The Falling In Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661
- The Falling In Love Montage by Ciara Smyth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661
Sideways Pike - The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clark
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51885014
- The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarkhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51885014
Taylor Garland - We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50915029
Warning: this book is heavy with internalized lesbophobia and fatphobia, please check out the reviews to see if it sounds interesting
- We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproulhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50915029
Warning: this book is heavy with internalized lesbophobia and fatphobia, please check out the reviews to see if it sounds interesting
Quinn Ryann - Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41941612
NOTE: 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
- Girl Crushed by Katie Heaneyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41941612
NOTE: 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 - The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37655502-the-meaning-of-birds
- The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brownhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37655502-the-meaning-of-birds
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/
