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

Joanna “Jo” Gordon/Guglielmi - Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28003097

Maya - Far From The Three by Robin Benway

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33830437

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

Juliet Milagros Palante - 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

Georgina Fernweh - Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

https://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

Jules Everett - 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

Abby Zimit and Janet Jones - Pulp by Robin Talley

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32970644

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

Sana Kiyohara - 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

Alix - Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18607160

Tammy Larson - Music From Another World by Robin Talley

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44900349

Margot Nielsen - Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Powers

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52748041

Brynn Harper - Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35795929

Saoirse Clarke - The Falling In Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661

Nishat Ahsan - The Henna
Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286258

Sideways Pike - The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clark

https://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

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

Jessica Perez - The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37655502-the-meaning-of-birds

Brynn McNally - Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37859646

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/