The Long List of Lesbians

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Dutee Chand – Professional Sprinter ( B: 1996 )
Yulimar Rojas – Professional Triple Jumper, Olympic Medalist ( B: 1995 )
Lynn Gunn – Singer, Songwriter, Musician ( B: 1994 )
Merel van Dongen – Footballer ( B: 1993 )
Cara Delevingne – Model, Actress, Singer ( B: 1992 )
Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft – Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Dancer, Director ( B: 1991 )
Alicia Cargile – Personal Assistant, Post Producer, Post-Production Manager ( B: 1991 )
Erika Linder – Model, Actress ( B: 1990 )
Kristen Stewart – Actress, Director, Model ( B: 1990 )
Stella Maxwell – Model ( B: 1990 )
Anastasia Bucsis – Professional Speed Skater, Podcast Host ( B: 1989 )
Ashley Benson – Actress, Model ( B: 1989 )
Mary Lambert – Singer, Songwriter, Spoken Word Artist, Activist, Poet ( B: 1989 )
Ana Romero – Footabller ( B: 1987 )
Melissa Reid – Golfer ( B: 1987 )
Ellen Loo (Rockmui) – Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Committed Suicide ( B: 1986 )
Ruby Rose – TV Presenter, DJ, Actress, Model, VJ ( B: 1986 )
Megan Rapinoe – Professional Soccer Player, Entrepreneur ( B: 1985 )
Stephanie Sokolinski (SoKo) – Singer-songwriter, Musician, Actress, Dancer ( B: 1985 )
Desiree Akhavan – Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actress ( B: 1984 )
Anja Edin – Professional Handball Player, Conference Speaker ( B: 1983 )
Annie Clark (St. Vincent) – Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer ( B: 1982 )
Charline Labonté – Professional Ice Hockey Player ( B: 1982 )
Anja Pärson – Alpine Skier, Olympic Gold Medalist, Alpine Skiing World Cup Champion ( B: 1981 )
Helen Richardson-Walsh – Field Hockey Player, first same-sex married couple to win Olympic Gold together ( B: 1981 )
Gro Hammerseng – Professional Handball Player ( B: 1980 )
Kate Richardson-Walsh – Field Hockey Player, Coach, first same-sex married couple to win Olympic Gold together ( B: 1981 )
Sharice Davids – MMA Fighter, Attorney, First Openly Gay Native American in Congress ( B: 1980 )
Sue Bird – Professional Basketball Player ( B: 1980 )
Gigi Chao Sze Tsung – Heiress, Businesswoman, Advocate, Philanthropist ( B: 1979 )
Marielle Franco – Politician, Feminist, Human Rights Activist ( B: 1979 )
Katja Nyberg – Professional Handball Player ( B: 1979 )
Suran Dickson – CEO of Diversity Role Models, School Teacher ( B: 1977 )
Tasya van Ree – Artist, Photographer ( B: 1976 )
Ana Brnabić  – First woman and openly gay Prime Minister of Serbia ( B: 1975 )
Lisa Raymond – Retired Tennis Player, 11 Grand Slam titles ( B: 1973 )
Portia de Rossi – Actress, Model, Philanthropist ( B: 1973 )
Leisha Hailey – Actress, Musician ( B: 1971 )
Anna Richardson – Television Presenter, Writer, Producer, Journalist ( B: 1970 )
Denise Ho Wan See (HOCC) – Cantopop Singer-Songwriter, Actress, Activist ( B: 1970 )
Anne Heche – Actress, Director, Screenwriter ( B: 1969 )
Sue Perkins – Comedian, Broadcaster, Actress, Writer ( B: 1969 )
Margaret “Marge” Bellisario – Owner of Forest View Lounge Bar and Grill in Forest View, Illinois ( B: 1968 )
Christina Marinoni – Education Activist, Partner of Cynthia Nixon ( B: 1967 )
Cynthia Nixon – Actress, Breast Cancer Survivor, Mum of Transgender Child, Partner of Christina Marinoni ( B: 1966 )
Alison Goldfrapp – Musican, Record Producer, Partner of Lisa Gunning ( B: 1966 )
Petra Rossner – Professional Cyclist ( B: 1966 )
Daniela Mercury – Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Producer, Actress, Host ( B: 1965 )
Rhona Cameron – Comedian ( B: 1965 )
María Galindo – Bolivia’s first ‘out’ lesbian, Psychologist, Radio Presenter, Host, Author, Screenwriter, Anarchist ( B: 1964 )
Sonia Deraniyagala – Economist, Tsunami Survivor, Partner of Fiona Shaw ( B: 1964 )
Wanda Sykes – Actress, Comedian, Writer ( B: 1964 )
Lori Lightfoot – Chicago Mayor, Attorney ( B: 1962 )
Mary Portas – Retail Consultant, Television Presenter, Author, Businesswoman ( B: 1960 )
Jeanette Winterson – Writer, Journalist, Professor at Manchester University ( B: 1959 )
Ellen DeGeneres – Comedian, Television Host, Actress, Writer, Producer, etc ( B: 1958 )
Susanna Kwan – Actress, Singer ( B: 1958 )
Fiona Shaw – Actress, Director, Partner of Sonia Deraniyagala ( B: 1958 )
Ginny Dougary – Interviewer, Feature Writer ( B: 1956 )
Rachel Wahba – Psychotherapist, Writer, Arab Jew, Founder of Olivia Travel (lesbian travel company) ( B: 1946 )
Susie Orbach – Psychotherapist, Writer, Social Critic ( B: 1946 )
Billie Jean King – World No.1 Tennis Player ( B: 1943 )
Mariasilvia Spolato – Mathematician, 1st Italian Woman To Come Out As Gay, Homeless ( B: 1935 )
Renee Taylor – Writer ( B: 1929 )
Lilly Wust – German Housewife, Rescued Jews ( B: 1913 )
Vita Sackville-West – Poet, Novelist, Lover of Virginia Woolf ( B: 1892 )
Virginia Woolf – Novelist, Essayist, Publisher, Critic ( B: 1882 )
Anne Lister – Landowner, Diarist, Mountaineer, Traveller ( B: 1791 ) Heather Kemesky – Model, Dating Erika Linder ( B: ? )
Oya Noire – Singer, Songwriter ( B: ? )
Judy Dlugacz – Founder of Olivia Travel (lesbian travel company) ( B: ? )
Carlie Hanson – Singer ( B: ? )
Eboné F. Bell – Founder of Tagg Magazine ( B: ? )
Judy Appel – President of Berkeley Unified School District board ( B: ? )
Sara Dinkin – Stylist, Host, Blogger ( B: ? )
Caroline Vreeland – Singer, Model, Actress, Influencer ( B: ? )
Romina Bernardo (Chocolate Remix) – Reggaeton Artist ( B: ? )
Victoria Escobar – Married in first Jewish same-sex wedding in Latin America ( B: ? )
Romina Charur – Married in first Jewish same-sex wedding in Latin America ( B: ? )
Malu Verçosa – Journalist, Wife of Daniela Mercury ( B: ? )
Marta Álvarez – Murderer, Prisoner, Victim of LGBT Discrimination ( B: ? )
Laura Flórez-Estrada – Married to woman due to clerical error though same-sex marriages prohibited ( B: ? )
Jazmín Elizondo – Married to woman due to clerical error though same-sex marriages prohibited ( B: ? )
Milica Djurdjic – Doctor and same-sex partner of Prime Minister, Ana Brnabić  ( B: ? )
Ruth Gates – Coral Reef Scientist ( B: ? )
Melanie Rickey – Fashion Editor ( B: ? )
Sean Eav – Businesswoman ( B: ? )
Fisher Yu Jing-Ping – Cinematographer ( B: ? )
Mayu Otaki – LGBT Rights Activist (6-month marriage tour) ( B: ? )
Misato Kawasaki – LGBT Rights Activist (6-month marriage tour) ( B: ? )
Alex Niedbalski – Sales and Marketing Professional, Partner of Wanda Sykes ( B: ? )
Lisa Gunning – Film Editor, Director, Writer, Partner of Allison Goldfrapp ( B: ? )

Last updated: 12 Mar 2020
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