lesbian romance
Women loving women
Lesbian romance is a genre of fiction centered on romantic relationships between women.
The term covers novels, films, and other media where the central love story involves two female characters.
It ranges from sweet to explicitly erotic: She reads lesbian romance almost exclusively.
The genre has expanded significantly since the mid-20th century, moving from pulp paperbacks to mainstream publishing.
- sapphicWomen attracted to women
- wlwLesbian umbrella term
- queerUnusual or non-normative
- love storyNarrative of romantic involvement
- loveIntense fond attachment
girlfriends · kissing · tenderness · longing · desire · coming out · first love · butterflies · heartache · intimacy · soft butch · devotion · passion · slow burn · enemies to lovers · pining · confession · soulmates
- LGBTQ+ TVqueer TV, queer representation, gay characters, trans characters, trans visibility
- LGBTQgay, bisexual, transgender, queer, nonbinary
- lesbian culturesapphic, wlw, dyke, femme, Sappho
- queer storiescoming out story, transition story, self-acceptance, first love story, same-sex love
lesbian, romance, lesbians, lesbianism, romances, romanced, romancing, romantic, romantically