Favourite Lesbian Couples from TV and Film

Lesbian cinema and television are particular interests of mine and a selection of talented writers, directors and actors have lead me to compiled a broad list of appealing lesbian couples from those films and shows.

(In no particular order.)

See also Least Favourite Lesbian Couples from TV and Film

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Willow and Tara
(Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Who wasn't delighted when the Willow Rosenberg came out as a lesbian witch. After a hint of a bisexual side when we saw a sexually charged evil Willow from a parallel dimension, viewers were routing for the character to demonstrate further lesbian tendencies. In series four we saw a blossoming, beautiful romance between Willow and fellow witch Tara, before Tara was accidentally shot by an enemy who was trying to assassinate Buffy.

Shane McCutcheon and Carmen de la Pica Morales
(Katherine Moennig and Sarah Shahi)
"The L Word"

After a somewhat unlikely romance with Jenny (Mia Kirshner), beautiful DJ Carmen finally confessed her love for Shane. We see a softer side of Shane as she goes from being a wild player to a someone who proposes marriage and craves the approval of potential in-laws.

Elin Olsson and Agnes Ahlberg
(Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecka Liljeberg)
"Show Me Love"

Providing hope for all those teenage misfits who long to kiss the most popular girl in school, are the heroines of Lukas Moodysson's "Show me Love", (AKA "Fucking Åmål"). After playing a cruel trick on Agnes, Elin realises that she has some making up to do and before too long the girls end up in a crunch situation which leads to my all time favourite moment in lesbian cinema - watch it, you'll see.

Megan Bloomfield and Graham Eaton
(Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall)
"But I'm a Cheerleeder"

It's offensive, it's ludicrous and it's hilarious - "But I'm a Cheerleader" traces the personal development of a group of adolescents sent to "True Directions", a summer camp designed to teach gay people how to be heterosexual.

Unaware of her lesbian tendencies, Megan is sent away by her suspicious family, friends and boyfriend. No sooner does she admit that she's a homosexual, does she fall for another girl at the camp, Miss Attitude - Graham.

Kim and Sugar
(Olivia Hallinan and Lenora Crichlow)
"Sugar Rush"

Anyone who's had a teenage lesbian crush on a friend will be able to relate to Kim's obsession with her best mate Sugar. Despite Sugar's deceitful and selfish nature, you can't help smiling when the two wind up in a hot bath together.

Lucy Diamond and Amy Bradshaw
(Jordana Brewster and Sara Foster)
"D.E.B.S"

Four female spies running around in school uniforms - just as you think it can't get any better, in walks Jordana Brewster as arch villain, Lucy Diamond. Amy, the perfect student struggles with her feelings for her lesbian enemy and some underhand manoeuvres from Lucy Diamond ensure that the two get to spend a lot more time together.

Edith Tree and Abby Hedley
(Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes)
"If These Walls Could Talk Too "1961")

The most touching story of the three lesbian themed tales featured in "If these walls could talk too" has to be the 1961 segment. When Edith loses her life long partner Abby, she finds herself alone and then to pour salt in the wound, Abby's nephew and his money-grabbing wife stand to inherit the house that the two elderly lesbians bought and lived in together.

Nikki Wade and Helen Stewart
(Mandana Jones and Simone Lahbib)
"Bad Girls"

They've tried many lesbian story lines on ITV's prison drama "Bad Girls" but nothing could ever top the sexual tension between prison guard Helen Stewart and inmate Nikki Wade in the very first series. Helen struggles with her feelings for Nikki for almost an entire series before a big love confession sees Helen resigning from her job - only to spur a subsequent break out from Nikki so that they can spend a night together.

Least Favourite Lesbian Couples from TV and Film

Sometimes a good lesbian couple with bubbling chemistry can save an otherwise faltering film but every now and then I stumble across a pair of women who make me glad I'm bisexual, just so that I can avoid winding up like them. Below are some of my least favourite lesbian couples from TV and film.

See also Favourite Lesbian Couples from TV and Film

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Jessica Stein and Helen Cooper
(Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen)
"Kissing Jessica Stein"

Anyone who's watched that last ten minutes of "Kissing Jessica Stein" will relate to my frustration. Why spoil us with 82 minutes of routing for Jessica and Helen just for the ending to reveal that lesbianism was just a phase that Jessica needed to go through in order to become a more chilled human being and ultimately get back to sucking the cock off her ex Josh (Scott Cohen.)

Suzie Marie Toller and Kelly Lanier Van Ryan
(Neve Campbell and Denise Richards)
"Wild Things"

Lesbian movie my arse. Suzie and Kelly's kiss followed by dodgy threesome with Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) are blatantly designed to attract a mainstream male audience, specifically timid wankers who are too shy to buy real porn. It's painful.

Clodagh Unwin and Alice Jordan
(Kerry Fox and Sophie Ward)
"A Village Affair"

Repeat after me: "I should die without you, I should die." Only do so with a pretentious upper class accent, an appalling haircut and a complete lack of charisma; then perhaps you'll look a little like the character Clodagh in "A Village Affair."

When an outspoken stranger, Clodagh, becomes friendly with the Jordon family in a small English village, you're supposed to suspect she's after the man of the house, Martin (Nathaniel Parker) but her attention quickly switches to his wife Alice. Alice is less irritating but even Sophie Ward can't make up for the overstated script. When they start to get it on, they are faced with the disapproval of the villagers apparently because they were lesbians but I think it's because they are just naff.

This is the first (and possibly the only to date) lesbian movie to feature Kiera Knightly but then she was playing a 9 years old, so that's not even a legitimate bonus.

Bet Porter and Tina Kennard
(Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman)
"The L Word"

At least Bet's infidelity momentarily brightens up "The L Word's" most boring couple but in general, Bet and Tina's romance is just a selection of dull or depressing events one after the other. They experience baby loss, job loss and parent loss before Tina finally decides that she'd like to jack in her life partner in favour of a bit of cock.

Cheryl and Diana
(Cheryl Dunye and Guinevere Turner)
"The Watermelon Woman"

Guinevere Turner rocks, she's had writing and acting roles in greats such as "The L Word", "Go Fish" and even "American Psycho." But unfortunately not even Gwen's presence as Diana in "The Watermelon Woman" is enough to brighten up one of the most insipid films I've seen in a long time.

Cheryl indulges in a film project: to make a video about her search for a black actress who appeared in 1930s films and was always credited as "The Watermelon Woman." During the course of the film she dates Diana but apart from the fact that their bodies contrast beautifully in the bedroom scene, their relationship is about as dull as the rest of the film.

Corky and Violet
(Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly)
"Bound"

I didn't enjoy a moment of "Bound." I felt that the lesbian relationship was just stuck on in order to increase the ratings. The mafia story line was unoriginal. Violet's character was irritating beyond belief and Corky was a nasty stereotype. Apart from that, great movie.

Mature Content

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Mature content in my diary?

Chance would be a fine thing.

Misportrayal of manic depressives in the media

I am sick of the inaccurate portrayal of manic depressives on television and in film.

I bit my tongue when "Six Feet Under" revealed that their manic depressive character was a violent arsonist. I refrained from making a complaint when a counsellor in "Nip Tuck" used her son's diagnosis of bipolar disorder to imply that he was lying about a sexual affair but the final straw was watching the Christmas special of "Doc Martin."

At the best of times "Doc Martin" is responsible for a slightly unfavourable portrayal of the Cornish but that doesn't even begin to rival the offensive depiction of manic depressives in the episode they aired this Christmas. The character who suffered from bipolar disorder came off his medication then tied up three people at knife point. It was implied that if the assailant took his lithium, everything would be instantly all right again. If only life were that simple.

The use of such extreme and unlikely examples in the media only serves to make the public fear mental illness and behave in a prejudice way towards us.

I've never set fire to a house, attempted to chop someone's tattoo off or held people at knife point but trust me, if I get hold of the people that let these scripts get produced, that might well change.

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Four Views - Panellist Biogs

A selection of people have kindly offered their views on lesbianism and mental health. Each question has been treated as a separate post and are linked to below, followed by panellist biogs.

Questions

1. In your experience, how can you tell whether or not a girl is gay?
2. Everybody is bisexual. Discuss.
3. Sexuality and mental health are closely related. Discuss.
4. How do lesbians have sex? Does it even count?

Biogs

Andie* – Bisexual Female, Maths and Philosophy Student (20)

Mathematical philosopher Andy, cares about the environment and feminism. In her spare time she enjoys windsurfing and gardening. You may have spotted her in Cherwell's "Fit of the Week" when lesbians suffered a most unjust defeat against gay men, in the context of who looks the hottest. Rumours that Andy is a naturist have yet to be confirmed but may well have helped to swing voting in our favour, had Cherwell taken a less tolerant attitude toward clothes.

Jimbo* – Straight, Male Football Hooligan (23)

A 23 year old Welsh history graduate has kindly collaborated the opinions of a small group of straight, male adults living in London. Jimbo is a fan of trendy priests, Liverpool FC and eating dry pasta. Despite the fierce exterior, there are signs that he has a sensitive soul, for example his Facebook profile suggests a deep concern about the wellbeing of a friend's liver.

Megan* – Straight female computer scientist (25)

Despite being mistaken for a lesbian on a semi-regular basis, short haired, Punky-Fish wearing, sparkly Megan is straight. Perhaps the clue here is that she's pretty and has a dainty bone structure. Whilst this is good news for her boyfriend, Megan is to a gaydar, what a magnet is to a compass. In her spare time, she does a little acting and sells tea, as well as going down as one of the best student bar managers in history.

Kit Roskelly – Bisexual, Genderqueer English and Classic Student (22)

This panellist started the Facebook group ' Bisexuals and the Otherwise Indefinable' but if forced to categorise, Kit would define as 'Bisexual Genderqueer'. The 22 year old English and Classics student is from Oxford's former all girls college, St Hilda's. Kit is interested in books, cricket, writing, music, transvestism, Christianity and gin as well as being involved with The Oxford Union.

Mrs X – Straight female housewife and mother of an alleged lesbian (53)

Having devoted most of her working life to bringing up children, Mrs X has recently had to deal with the fact that her only daughter claims to be a lesbian. She is a member of her local church's 'Wives Group' and was this year's winner of her village flower show. Mrs X is a hypothetical panellist based on an amalgamation of mothers we know.

Lucy Trinder – Lesbian Linguist and former president of LGBsoc (20)

As a former president of Oxford Univeristy Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Society (LGBsoc), Lucy is wise beyond her years and has kindly offered to share some of her wisdom. She is a language student who enjoys sleeping, Eddie Izzard and films.

Robert Jubb – Straight, Male Political Therorist (25)

Rob is a keen blogger from London whose interests include novels, football and Test Cricket. He's a graduate Political theory student at St Catherine's College, which he joined as a wee 18 year old, many moons ago. He is straight and gender-secure but did once play a witch in the Stoppard play "Dogg's Hamlet and Cahoot's Macbeth."

*name changed for reasons to do with national security

Four Views - Is everybody bisexual?

Everybody is bisexual. Discuss.

This is part of a series of questions about lesbianism and mental health, answered by a varied selection of panellists.

Andie* - Bisexual, Female, Maths and Philosophy Student (20) - says…
I certainly don’t think that everyone is bisexual. I trust people who claim to be exclusively interested in one sex. However I think there is a lot more fluidity to sexuality than many people realise or care to admit. Since coming out as bisexual I have found myself attracted to women far more frequently and powerfully than prior to coming out. I think that being open to the possibility of being drawn to another sex makes it far more likely that it will happen.

Jimbo* - Straight, Male Football Hooligan (23) - says…
I have a friend who maintains that all a lesbian needs is a damn good male-imparted seeing-to. This probably isn’t true, but it is every man’s fantasy that they could turn a gay woman straight. Since this is invariably based on a sense of their sexual prowess out of all proportion with reality I’m sure it is completely unfounded. It’s an interesting question though, and I think it’s partially a cultural thing. Women, from my own experience, are far more willing to admit to having flings with other women, whereas if a man did, he would probably get a kicking. Men are not allowed to be so open minded, that is if they want to retain male friends, football buddies and functioning private parts. I have a friend who proclaims his willingness to “never rule it out”, but I wonder how much this is part of putting forward his ‘new man, liberal, free minded’ image he has tried so hard to create. A bit like that guy who wears dresses in Hollyoaks. I suppose ultimately you have to go with personal experience. Having never succumbed to sexual tendencies towards another man, I must say no, not everyone is bisexual. However, after last years FA Cup final, I must admit to having some pretty complicated feelings towards Steven Gerrard.

Megan* - Straight female computer scientist (25) - says…
Whilst there are people who are exclusively gay or exclusively straight, I think sexuality is on a sliding scale. If it were possible to measure sexuality I think you'd find that while most people are predominantly one way or the other, they have had some bisexual feelings at some point in their life. I would be inclined to say that this would be more true of women than men, but perhaps it's just that women report bisexuality more often because it seems more socially acceptable than among men.

Kit - Bisexual, Genderqueer English and Classic Student (22) - says…
Absolutely. My view is that human sexuality works on the scatter-gun principle. We’re not pinned down by biology to fancying the opposite sex, but society imposes the heterosexual/homosexual binary on us. I agree that there’s a continuum, but I don’t believe that everyone who claims to be at one end or the other has never considered the other option. I think there is no one in the world who has never got turned on by someone of the same sex – even if they don’t consciously realise or admit it.

Mrs X - Straight female housewife and mother of an alleged lesbian (53) - says…
What rubbish! I myself am completely straight, as is my husband who hasn't looked at a man since 1972. Some people are obviously gay and are beyond help but I think more often than not, youngsters behave like bisexuals to fulfil expectations placed upon them by fashion. These are sad times when youngsters believe they have to take part in unnatural acts just to seek respect from their peers.

Lucy - Lesbian Linguist and former president of LGBsoc (20) - says…
All women will have sexual contact with women, given the right parties involved and fortuitous circumstances. Even the straightest straight female can always still be 'turned' by that one particular actress or intensely beautiful woman from the tv. There is a sliding scale and we are all on it. We do not always define as bisexual though, because this is often seen not as a statement of fact but as ascribing to a particular approach to sexuality. It is widely regarded as
a political label, not a self-definition. This question itself is a political one. As a point of interest, I have slept with far more self-defining 'straight' women than I have self-defining 'lesbians'. I don't turn anyone - I just remind them of their bisexuality.

Rob - Straight, Male Political Therorist (25) - says…
I think people's sexual preferences are probably formed rather than given, and perhaps always subject to change, so whilst I'm fairly sure most people aren't bisexual right now, that doesn't mean that they always were or always will not be. That said, I find it quite difficult to imagine myself being attracted to a man.

See also:
1. In your experience, how can you tell whether or not a girl is gay?
3. Sexuality and mental health are closely related. Discuss.
4. How do lesbians have sex? Does it even count?

Four Views - How can you tell if a girl is gay?

In your experience, how can you tell whether or not a girl is gay?

This is part of a series of questions about lesbianism and mental health, answered by a varied selection of panellists.

Andie* - Bisexual, Female, Maths and Philosophy Student (20) - says...
You can’t. I frequently find myself absolutely convinced a girl is gay, only to find she is appalled by the idea. Straight girls tend to ‘flirt’ with each other and can be quite touchy feely in a platonic, friendly way… while this comes naturally to me with my established female friends, I often get little crushes on girls I meet for the first time who behave this way with me. On the other hand, I did end up sleeping with the supposedly straight girl I accidentally fell for last year, so maybe my judgements aren’t so off after all!

Jimbo* – Straight, Male Football Hooligan (23) - says...
Short Hair. Broad shoulders. Big muscles. Probably plays tennis. Horribly opinionated. Is either stunningly good looking or incredibly ugly. Listens to KD Lang. Wears stupid hats. A surer sign is when a woman joins you in admiring Scarlet Johannson’s many qualities.

The thing is though, generally lesbians always introduce themselves by their sexuality, so you’re never in the dark for long anyway. I myself would say, “Hi, I’m Jimmy, I’m Welsh/ a student/ 23 years old”, since that’s how I identify myself. A lesbian, invariably will say, “Hi, I’m Tiffany” and inform you of their sexuality within five minutes of your acquaintance. I don’t know why this is; I suppose since lesbians perceive themselves as being ‘different’, they identify themselves as such. I suppose it’s quite similar to being a Wycome Wanderers fan.

Megan* – Straight female computer scientist (25) - says…
Usually, I only guess that a girl is gay if she conforms to a lesbian stereotype – short hair, tank tops, dungarees etc. I don't know which came first, the stereotype or lesbians conforming to it – probably a bit of both.

Another clue is a complete absence of chatter about men. Most girls mention their boyfriend or dating quite soon after you become friends and those who withhold romantic information are usually the ones who come out as lesbians when I get to know them a little better.

I have noticed that the lesbians I know are generally not particularly interested in stereotypically girlie things like vanity but then neither am I and I'm not gay.

Kit – Bisexual, Genderqueer English and Classic Student (22) - says...
I find it very tricky to tell if a girl is gay or not. In my experience, it’s possible to guess that a boyish girl is likely to be gay – things like a mannish haircut or dress sense are a good guide. But that’s slightly out of fashion with lesbians now, and I genuinely have no clue with girls who go for a more femmey look. I tend to ask them straight out if I don’t think it would offend them.

Mrs X – Straight female housewife and mother of an alleged lesbian (53) - says...
Although there are clues, it can be hard to be certain about someone's sexuality when you first meet them. However, when you've known somebody all her life and then she turns around and tells you she's a homosexual, it's easy to realise that your daughter is just going through a troubled phase. A mother would know if her child was gay and can identify a quick dabble when she sees it. Just because my daughter looks a little masculine, has a few tattoos and a girlfriend, does not make her gay. Personally I blame the labour government and university.

Lucy – Lesbian Linguist and former president of LGBsoc (20) - says...
She has sexual relations with women. Self-defining gay is generally easier to
spot because of the bad shoes.

Rob – Straight, Male Political Therorist (25) - says...
In the absence of any physically identifying marks - horns, a smell of
sulphur, that kind of thing - with difficulty. But then, I'm not particularly
interested in distinguishing lesbians, since, so far as I'm concerned, they fall
into the broader category of women who are not attracted to me, which is
slightly easier to pick out.

See also:
2. Everybody is bisexual. Discuss.
3. Sexuality and mental health are closely related. Discuss.
4. How do lesbians have sex? Does it even count?

Four Views - Are sexuality and mental health related?

Sexuality and mental health are closely related. Discuss.

This is part of a series of questions about lesbianism and mental health, answered by a varied selection of panellists.

Andie* - Bisexual, Female, Maths and Philosophy Student (20) - says…
Having a sexuality that deviates from the norm is a head-f---. I feel that perhaps being bisexual is the hardest of all, though obviously have no way of verifying this since I have no point of reference. Most heterosexuals never have to really examine their sexual thoughts and impulses, having been raised to expect them. When your attractions and feelings don’t accord with what is constantly presented as being normal, it can be confusing and upsetting to interpret, made all the harder if you don’t fit either of the relatively well-defined categories of straight and gay. This is the only sense I can see in which your sexuality might directly bear on your mental health.

Jimbo* - Straight, Male Football Hooligan (23) - says…
I’m sure there are people who’s sexuality affects their mindset, but generally there is no close relation. You can be gay and be pretty grounded, or be gay and be completely fruit loop. You can be crazy and be straight, and crazy and be a raging homo. The one does not lead to the other. No correlation at all. So there.

Megan* - Straight female computer scientist (25) - says…
I've never seen any evidence that gay people are more likely to have mental health disorders. Mind you, I don't know enough gay people to make a statistically sound argument. Genetically speaking, it is conceivable that if there is a genetic component to sexuality and a genetic component to mental health, they could be close together on the genome and so often be inherited together.

Kit - Bisexual, Genderqueer English and Classic Student (22) - says…
I’ve got very little experience of this personally, but as sexuality is such a basic
part of one’s personality, it must be have an influence on mental health. I wouldn’t say that gay people will definitely be more subject to mental health problems, but considering the stresses of dealing with being gay or bi, even today, I wouldn’t be surprised if that were true. This really isn’t something I know much about, though.

Mrs X - Straight female housewife and mother of an alleged lesbian (53) - says…
I wouldn't go as far as to say that homosexuals are mentally ill but it's certainly abnormal. When I was a girl homosexuality was viewed as a mental health problem but these days it's non-PC to call someone a fag.

Lucy - Lesbian Linguist and former president of LGBsoc (20) - says…
It appears that there are more problems with mental health amongst gays. To be a part of the gay community, you have to renounce the automatically accepted and expected role assigned to you. You must take on the fact that making biological copies of yourself graphed onto your chosen partner is not the point of life - you have to find another one. With this comes the kind of introspection and soul-searching that seems to feed depression. This is not to say that the straight community do nothing but reproduce. It is to say that there is more scope for feeling lost and without goals. See also: discrimination, homophobia & distress.

Rob - Straight, Male Political Therorist (25) - says…
I'm not sure about this. Any linkage is almost certainly contingent, since it surely depends on the social pressures which happen to be attached to any particular sexual preference, and which could presumably be overcome or at least avoided.

See also:
1. In your experience, how can you tell whether or not a girl is gay?
2. Everybody is bisexual. Discuss.
4. How do lesbians have sex? Does it even count?

Four Views - How do lesbians have sex?

How do lesbians have sex? Does it even count?

This is part of a series of questions about lesbianism and mental health, answered by a varied selection of panellists.

Andie* - Bisexual, Female, Maths and Philosophy Student (20) - says…
I’ve had lesbian sex in a fairly experimental, mechanical way, and it never quite felt like I’d had sex in the same way as sleeping with men had. After all, it only involved things I would have called foreplay with a man. I theorized that to really feel I’d had sex I would need to introduce penetrative sex toys. Then I slept with a woman I was in love with, and it was totally different. Cliched but true. I guess it didn’t differ in the technicalities to my previous encounters, but I could not have described it as anything except sex.

Jimbo* - Straight, Male Football Hooligan (23) - says…
Does it ever count? Surely anything that involves the touching/massaging of either person’s sexual organs constitutes sex. If fellatio is sex, then surely so is lesbian sex. If it’s resulting in some lucky lady screaming the house down in ecstasy, then it can’t be far off right? If it turns out it doesn’t count, then a lot of pornographers are going to go out of business.
The other question - ‘How do they do it?’ - is one that most men have spent hours thinking, pondering and probably self-deluding themselves about. I, personally, am certain that it involves hundreds of kinky toys, exotic positions, and the above related screaming the house down, generally in an office or hospital environment. Preferably with a smug looking Welsh man watching on.

Megan* - Straight female computer scientist (25) - says…
I honestly don't know how lesbians have sex. I assume that they do everything that straight people do together, except for the actual penetration and even then I imagine sex toys might be involved. If you define sex as the functional baby-making bit then I suppose lesbian sex isn't real but that's not what sex is. Real sex is the physical expression of what people mean to each other, whether that's love or the feelings that goes with a one night stand. I do wonder however, whether girls who have sex with each other, reach that stage where you feel you desperately want to go all the way and experience frustration that they can't, or is the knowledge that that's not an option enough to stop those feelings arising?

Kit - Bisexual, Genderqueer English and Classic Student (22) - says…
Lesbian sex definitely counts!
Lesbians have sex the way most other people do – with affection, hugging and kissing, nudity, intimacy, manual and oral stimulation. Some lesbians use dildos, but then again some don’t bother. The only major difference is the absence of a penis. That’s why people assume it’s ‘not really sex’, because it doesn’t involve penetration. I personally count ‘sex’ as any genital touching, done to and by either partner, or both. I don’t believe the penis is essential to female pleasure – I count sex with boys the same way.

Mrs X - Straight female housewife and mother of an alleged lesbian (53) - says…
Sex involves equipment that girls simply don't have. I know that women who think they're gay think they're having sex but that is because they are virgins who have no appreciation of what making love actually is. While I'm sure all this cuddling is very enjoyable, it doesn't make grandchildren.

Lucy - Lesbian Linguist and former president of LGBsoc (20) - says…
Lesbians do have sex. How is a mystery to me, but it happens and there is nothing we mere mortals can do about it. No, it doesn't make babies. Yes it counts because surely anything with the kind of emotion lesbians seem to put into everything, we couldn't let it all go to waste.

Rob - Straight, Male Political Therorist (25) - says…
Clearly lesbians have sex. Whether they can f--- is perhaps another matter.

See also:
1. In your experience, how can you tell whether or not a girl is gay?
2. Everybody is bisexual. Discuss.
3. Sexuality and mental health are closely related. Discuss.

Maid in Cornwall

I take it all back – Cornwall is gay, Gay, GAY!

Well, Cornwall Lesbian Line have produced a calendar called Maid in Cornwall featuring cute Cornish girls at a variety of West Country locations. I haven't managed to get my hands on a copy yet but the sample pictures look promising and with money going to a non-profit organisation which supports the lesbian community, it seems like a really good project. As well as being money well spent, the promotion of a lesbian presence in Cornwall is valuable so I hope to see copies of this calendar all over the Dutchy.

Ploughing the fields - Growing lesbianism in Cornwall

Leading lesbian magazine "DIVA" have this month run a feature called "A Village Affair" in which they imply that life in rural Britain is one big lesbian romp.

The article, which fortunately is a lot more interesting and less pretentious than the lesbian film of the same name, is basically a string of anecdotes about gay women living in the less urban parts of the UK.

I was delighted to discover that Cornwall gets a mention and eagerly read on, hoping that perhaps since I left, they'd opened another gay bar or seven. However rather than boasting lesbian orgies like an unnamed village in Shropshire, the tale from Cornwall read:

"David answered a notice I put in Outback, Cornwall's lesbian newsletter. He told me he hadn't slept with his wife for three years, and he often looked through the copies of DIVA and Outback she kept in her underwear drawer. She had a close female friend, and David was pretty sure she was 'more into ploughing the fields than planting the seeds.' A bizarre euphemism, but you get the drift. 'I know another bloke down these ways got a dyke for a wife,' he told me. 'Of course I mind; it's not right, I know. But as long as we still put on a good show for the neighbours and the kids and that – I don't want to rock the boat.'

Euphemisms about farming, a primary desire to keep up appearances and using phrases like "down these ways" are such a ridiculous Cornish stereotype that I had to smile to myself.

Bipolar Happiness Disorder

In an email:

"Hope your Bipolar disorder doesn't make you unhappy."

Seemed a little strange when bipolar disorder is defined as

"A psychiatric disorder marked by alternating episodes of mania and depression."

But I appreciated the concern.