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{{first pic|Bill and Heather kiss.jpg|[[Bill Potts]] shares a [[kiss]] with [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]], her [[sentient oil|alien puddle]] girlfriend. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')}}

A '''lesbian''' was a [[female]] [[homosexuality|homosexual]]. A common [[stereotype]] for lesbians was short hair. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'') [[Homophobia|Homo- and lesbophobia]] were a huge issue in [[human]] culture before [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s home era of the [[26th century]]. By Benny's time, though she couldn't understand why people had made such a big deal of such things. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'')

Even by [[2030]], though there was an air of passivity, at least among some. [[Fiona (Warchild)|Fiona]], or Fee, commented, "Fine, if that's what turns them in," after being told two women were lesbians. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warchild (novel)|Warchild]]'')

According to the [[thought]]s of [[Man at telephone|a man using a telephone]], as taken in by [[Toshiko Sato]] with the [[telepathy pendant]], [[Marcus Farrer]] had [[sex]] with two lesbians. "How would it work? I mean, does one of them sort of have to sit..." ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')

[[Charles Peters|Charles "Chick" Peters]] specifically did not identify as a lesbian, despite his "[[female]]" body and attraction to [[woman|women]], because he [[gender identity|identified]] as a [[man]]. Chick was in fact born with [[chromosome|XY chromosomes]], and did not have a [[womb]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Box (novel)|Blue Box]]'')

According to one account, [[Iris Wildthyme]] was a lesbian novelist from late [[20th century]] [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') In a universe where she was a [[Time Lady]], Iris had a lesbian companion named [[Jenny Winterleaf]]. She described her to the [[Third Doctor]] as "the [[butch (slang)|butch]] dyke [[traffic warden]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'')

[[Bill Potts]], a companion of the [[Twelfth Doctor]], was [[homosexuality|attracted exclusively]] to women. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]'', ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'', ''[[The Eaters of Light (TV story)|The Eaters of Light]]'') She eventually ended up with a girlfriend, [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]], [[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]])''

[[Angstrom]], an [[Albarian]], was apparently married to [[Angstrom's wife|another woman]] until she was killed by the [[Stenza]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'')

[[Horl]] and [[Katta]] were a lesbian couple. [[Barbara Wright]] taking a coy delight in pointing this out to an oblivious [[Ian Chesterton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'')

[[Shawna Thompson]] commented that "[[Harry Styles]] [was] an honorary lesbian as far as [she was] concerned". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hysteria (audio story)|Hysteria]]'')

When [[Geoff Paynter]] called [[Tegan Jovanka]] a lesbian, she denied this. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') However, the [[Mara]], which knew all of Tegan's thoughts, implied that she did indeed harbour passionate feelings for [[Nyssa]] and it tried to use this to tempt her. ([[WC]]: [[The Passenger (webcast)|The Passenger]]) When Nyssa settled down on Earth, Tegan entered into a relationship with her. ([[WC]]: ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]'')

[[Yasmin Khan|Yasmin Khan's]] mother, [[Najia Khan|Najia]], suspected her daughter was a lesbian, ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'') and Yasmin ultimately admitted to having feelings for the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. However, Yaz never specified if she was solely attracted to women or not. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eve of the Daleks (TV story)|Eve of the Daleks]]'')

Whilst searching for [[Sea Devil|Sea Devils]], [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] met [[Kat (Defenders of Earth)|Kat]] and [[Alex (Defenders of Earth)|Alex]], who were a young lesbian couple. ([[WC]]: ''[[Defenders of Earth (webcast)|Defenders of Earth]]'')