Question for the Lesbians

Roseanne.

Peta Wilson and Amelie Mauresmo

Frances Gall

Vivian Vance

The young Katherine Hepburn.

Julie Newmar as cat woman. I was in grade school.

Claire Huxtable. Cher 'If I could turn back time' vid lol.

The very earliest was an actress in an Australian Soap opera in the eighties when was a youngling.

I must have known pretty young because the first three that came to mind were:

She-Ra

Cheetara from Thundercats

Rogue from the X-Men cartoon

The first real person was probably Jo on Facts of Life. To this day, I still like women with dark hair.

Kate Smith

Carol Channing

Ethel Merman singing “What I Did For Love” on The Love Boat

I'm totally off-topic., but I'm so grateful for our Lesbian sisters. I don't always know that you're posting here, so when I see something like this, I feel very gratified. I worry that some of the mean posts will scare you away, and your voice of reason will leave us, too.

R12 try visiting a lesbian bar and see if they welcome you with those same open arms lol

agree with R12 - there are a handful of nasty gay men on this board who say the most inappopriate and juvenile shit about women and lesbians.

I hope the women on this board know that this is a handful of damaged men and doesn't represent the general gay male population. I LOVE lesbians - always loved their down-to-earth quality and sense of humor.

And as I wrote this, R13 chimes in...sigh. I wish I could vote out some gay men from our community.

Reason? Lesbians? LOL!!!

[quote]this is a handful of damaged men and doesn't represent the general gay male population.

Of course it does. The damaged, nasty, bigoted, racist, misogynist on DL are indicative of the "general gay male population".

Joan Crawford.

Can we please let this thread be returned to the lesbians. I was a very scared young boy when I came out, and lesbians gave me so much kindness and comfort. I'm old now. But the lesbians who watched out for me are always on my mind.

my first "celebrity crush" was kristin kreuk. i loved the show smallville when i was a little girl and whenever she came on screen i couldn't take my eyes off her. it really sucks that she turned out to be a creep and got involved with that cult.

Gabriella Sabatini and Sigourney Weaver.

Marie Dressler

The Bionic Woman.

R14, yes

Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel

I’m fascinated in who the lesbians like, too. Like.. what is it about her? Sometimes they like really weird shit, though.

"Weird shit"

Yeah, like gays like Bomer.

Jodie Foster

‘Weird shit’ like how sexy Cherry Jones is. There’s other examples but I could never come up with them on my own. Jackie Warner.. Marlee Marlin? I don’t know you tell me..

As a gay I don’t like Bomer. #1 his butt is flat and tanned and then he seems animatronic and I would be too jealous and possessive over someone with those eyes.

Weird shit = saying how hot Alia Shawkat or Gabby Hoffman is. Good examples of ‘weird shit’, own it lesbians

Monica Belucci

Second here for Diana Rigg/Emma Peel. That leather cat suit, her whole attitude, everything about that woman. It was mostly her ability to hold her own with anyone in the room that was the big turn on. Intellect and hutzpuh with legs that went on forever.

Nice pic and piece about her for the younger ones who don't remember the hokey, cold war days of spy comedies

I saw Julie Newmar in the movie "Lil Abner" as "Stupefyin' Jones", a countrified version of her perfection as Catwoman. And Cher...

There were numerous celebrity women in the 60s and 70s who were gorgeous. I would have been happy with most girls next door, if I could have been honest with myself back then.

If I were a lesbian, it would've been Kate Jackson for me.

Scully, from the X-Files.

I could tell that Kristy McNichol and Jodie Foster were gay, before I could even reflect on it in myself. In my teens I got super aroused watching 'Domino' with Brigitte Nielsen. Those breasts :O

[R12] I welcome gay men in lesbian bars I wish we had more spaces for both gay men and lesbians. However when it’s creepy straight men, straight couples, or “trans women” is where I draw the line.

Oftentimes when I travel oversees most of the gay bars I find usually cater to the gay community as a whole with both gay men and sprinkling of of lesbians. I’ve had nothing but positive experiences in these establishments.

Angelina Jolie was it for me I know cliche but 90s early 2000s she was incredible. She was truly in a league of her own even with her craziness.

jodie foster on silence of the lambs

Lynda Carter

Janet. She looked so good in That’s the Way Love Goes.

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R20 - I was racing through my childhood memory to remember who mine was when I saw your post. Those two were top on my list as well. So many hours wasted day-dreaming about Gabriella.

Joey Heatherton from The Dean Martin Show. Who knew she was/is fucking crazy.

Thank you R12, R14, R18

I’m a lesbian and get along best with gay men

Me: Gillian Anderson, Lauren Holly, and Ellen (more as a role model)

Anyone for Debra Winger? Ava Gardner? I think she might have had a fling with Lana Turner.

R37, you probably know that Brigitte, at 54, is expecting (a baby).

Oh please, R47. Ava had a fling with R43.

And then they had that threeway.

I was a child of the '70s & a teen of '80s. Like R37, I felt a certain simpatico with Jodie Foster & Kristy McNichol (who were my age) that I couldn't quite describe. I was also very drawn to Lindsay Wagner, Kate Jackson, and Stephanie Zimbalist....and then later (early 20's) Dana Delany & Marg Helgenberger. They were all screaming "Lesbian!" at me (not that *they* were, but *I* was......)

When I was 13 my two big crushes were Sporty Spice and Courteney Cox.

None, it was the neighbor girl across the street.

First time Jodie admits she’s married to Alex.

Oh, wait...

This just means I'm back in Reno (g)

.....

Ruth Buzzi.

Carol Brady in th camping episode and Olivia Newton John at the end of Grease

I knew something was up at six years old when I first heard Stevie Nicks sing ‘Rhiannon.’ Simply her voice in that particular song was way too interesting.

I’d say the deal was sealed a couple of years later when my father and I went to see King Kong on the big screen. I could not get JESSICA LANGE out of my head. She was first. Then came

Lindsay Wagner

Lynda Carter

Jacyln Smith

Every elder gay woman I’ve known have this bionic crush in common.

Lindsay Wagner💘

I like her in The Paper Chase.

Olivia de Havilland

I never paid much attention to celebrities, but when I was five True Lies was on, and just as I was getting ready for bed, the strip scene came on, and I found myself entranced. My parents ushered me out of the room, but I pleaded with them that I was mature enough to handle it. They didn't buy it. I definitely knew I wouldn't be straight from that point on, but I wasn't sure yet if I would be bi or lesbian.

Then when I was ten, I was watching Man on the Moon with my parents, and there was a scene where he's with some women (I think they were hookers) and they're bouncing around on a bed and the women's breasts are bare. I got so red in the face that my parents commented on it, saying that I must be getting embarrassed and turned to something else. Um, embarrassed wasn't it. I ended up excusing myself anyway. It was kind of like that scene from the Seinfeld episode The Contest, when after seeing the naked woman Kramer leaves Jerry's apartment and returns a few minutes later, no longer a contender.

Ann B. Davis

Rachel McAdams in the Notebook. I remember all my gf were fancying Gosling while I was having a huge crush on Rachel. I wasn't out then so I pretended that I was into the Gos.

R46 mentioned Lauren Holly and Gillian Anderson, which were both my first two female crushes. I think I first realized I liked girls when I was 12 or 13 watching the tv show PICKET FENCES when it was first on, I think it was the episode when she had to find the Cupid killer and was wearing a tight dress or something ...I realized I liked redheads too lol. Next year thought the same thing when I saw Gillian on X FILES. Something about those two back in 90s. My gaydar totally went off even both have been married to men in real life. Current celebrity crushes: Emma Stone and Christina Hendricks.

Grade school- definitely took notice to Christina Ricci in Now and Then ( I was a tomboy and so was she) and Reese in Man on the Moon. High school- Courtney cox in scream 2. Then came Angelina and I was a goner. She takes the most credit. PS love this thread and appreciate the kind comments upthread about being nice to lesbians who are usually bashed here.

Can someone explain why so many women are attracted to Cate Blanchett? Am I missing something?

R67 ...well she is talented, beautiful in a “handsome” way, is aging well & naturally, seems like a decent person...she’s also played a man (bob bylan) which is hot and a lesbian in CAROL, making out with a hot Rooney Mara. As a lesbian I am attracted to classy actresses who have a “butch” side but are mostly fem.

R67 ,Well, she has had some androgynous looks, is not a bimbo type, has been in some good movies, and is Australian.

I’m also attracted to Tilda Swinton, Sarah Paulson, Gillian Anderson & Jodie Foster... for similar reasons.

I like that look, too, R70

I’m also a woman and saw Carol. I guess everyone has a different type.

Who are you into actress wise then R72? It’s okay...I’m just speaking for myself, of course.

Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles.

Greta Garbo

She’s mostly a singer but I like Janelle Monae.

Suzanne Pleshette in a trashy 80s TV movie that I recorded on VHS and probably still have somewhere.

This is a great thread.

Kelly Clarkson. I masturbated to the American Idol finale and then realised straight women probably don't do that.

Jennifer Aniston sealed the deal after Kelly. But i never masturbated to Friends, oddly enough.

R76 I think Janelle is hot too, even though I’m not that into her music.

R79 LMAO!! Girls didn’t talk about masturbation at all in my day and I spent my early teen years flicking it to the underwear section of my moms catalogues before finally realising this was not how the other girls were spending Friday nights.

For me it was Adrienne Barbeau during Maude.

Charlize Theron in Sweet November made my loins ache. Jodie Foster in Foxes... WoW.

Another turning point for me was Robin Wright yea she was married for years to a complete disgusting sleazeball. But she went from the beautiful girl next door to a seriously hot older woman. She kind has that tomboyish look for working for her now.

Was living in England and crushed like mad over Suzi Quatro, who was racking up the hits and on TV all the time. Part badass, part girl next door, and all-American! Liked Joan Jett later and even got to meet her, but Suzi was sexier and more fun.

I never noticed Robin until HOC. I like her with short hair.

Brigitte Bardot

Streisand in Funny Girl.

Debra Winger

Mine was Judith Ivey in The Woman In Red. Kelly LeBrock was the "It" girl in the movie, but Judith's scene with her in the bedroom talking with Gene Wilder's character in her mom top and panties did it for me.

I was 5, and I had just seen the Superman movie with Christopher Reeve. I bought some Superman baseball cards, and I kept staring at the "Superman's Mom" card featuring actress Susannah York. Something about her, but I didn't know what. Then, when I was 12, I watched Dynasty, and became enamored with Joan Collins (who didn't?). I guess it's always been older women for me.

Lesbians were and are our comrades in the struggle. They belong here on Datalounge!

Thank you R92, sincerely.

[R92] I appreciate your sentiments

Why Cate Blanchett?

She is tall and definitely pretty enough. She is very funny and quick which makes her that much more attractive. Ironically, she did not look her best in Carol — the hair and make-up were not becoming imo. Her Blue Jasmine performance just blew me away. Totally amazing.

Speaking of tall, Nicole Kidman comes to mind. I don’t know too many women into Nicole K, but wow her body does not quit.

Not too hard to be ok with ourselves, but it seems it will be some time before others can deal with our cakes and weddings.

Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina was, for me, the turning point of knowingness.

Lucy Lawless as Xena of course!

R95 I was so attracted to Cate in BABEL. That was the movie that did it for me .Nicole K—you are right, I don’t hear a lot of lesbians mention her. Something about her attitude and acting never did it for me. Looks wise, she was always a little too made up for me since the 90s but I guess she looked her best in TO DIE FOR and BATMAN FOREVER.

[95] Nicole Kidman 20 years ago she’s completely ruined her face with fillers, surgery, and everything in btw.

Kate Smith

Garbo in Camille makes me wish I were a lesbian.

She makes me swoon.

Courtney Love. I would have let her wreck me.

R95 Nothing appealing about Nicole. Her body is not something one would lust after or even want to have. At least she is not overweight.

Janet "Butch" Reno did it for me!

I agree r12 and was going to post something similar. I always read the lesbian threads.

Kind of a palate cleanser I guess. (Hope that's not offensive.)

Bump, only because there is not enough lesbian therads. I want to hear more answers !

Sig!

Candice Bergen, SNL

Rachel Weisz. Then, now, and tomorrow.

None. I just knew from the girls around me at school. That's who I had the hots for, celebrities didn't register much although I did like to watch stories on TV and at the movies. Celebrities were way older than me, that could also have been why. There were plenty of girls to pick from at school.

The first person in a movie that got me feeling "something", not really knowing what it was, but like she was communicating with me across space, was Kelly McGillis in Witness. That was my gaydar working, I guess.

Very funny that you should mention that episode R65, I remember it so well. Also, strangely, I remember figuring out the gay storyline very early on. And watched that lesbian date with Lauren Holly (whole 30 seconds of it!) over and over and over again (we had taped that episode). Lauren Holly was very cute then.

Another special lady that fascinated me as a youngling and was amazingly attractive was the one and only "Honey West", Anne Francis.

Charlie's Angels were second runners.

The earliest gay memory I have is when I was a child, and I saw Jodie Foster in that Mark Twain movie, was it Huckleberry Finn? I just can't remember. She was a spirited tomboy, same age as myself, and I can still remember how my heart sped up when she was onscreen. God, what was the name of that movie?

Later on I followed up with Barbara Feldon from Get Smart, Doris Day, Betty Jo Bradley, Ann-Margret, Dyan Cannon, Carol Burnett, Julie Andrews, Diane Lane, Alfre Woodard, Bette Davis and that Brit from Laugh-In.

Donna Reed!

R111 yes she was! And I remember that scene when the lesbian showed up at the restaurant lol. And Holly Marie Combs was cute too. I didn’t get the lesbian reference on the Cupid episode until the episode when Kimberly kisses another girl—I think that was when I figured out that being a lesbian was still sort of scandalous back then.

But yeah anyways...

I still remember the line! "I came to find out about the big 'what if'" and then Holly sipped her cocktail nervously.

Christ, I must have seen that a thousand times. This was over 25 years ago.

oh cate blanchett is a goddess that's why we love her

Roseanne Roseannadanna

R116 you & I sound a lot alike ... I used the watch that show every Friday night at 10 pm I think it was on. My mom thought it was too much of an “ adult” show for me to watch but she couldn’t stop me from watching it. And The Cupid/Be My Valentine episode was the best episode of that show, but there were so many good episodes. It was disappointing to me years later to see Holly on NCIS & she was starting to fuck around with the fillers & now she looks nothing like she once did. The characters of Max and Gillian’s Scully on X FILES stood out to me as a budding lez because both were sort of butch, but not. Strong, tough female characters, but hot too lol.

Gina Gershon in Bound was one of the first. Angelina Jolie in Gia.

Leslie Jones is the only beauty who matters.

Dolly Parton - and another vote for Lynda Carter

Parton aka the Grand Tetons.

Lynda Carter

The question should be: What female celebrity made you realize you were gay? For me, Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman

R121 = Milo

Patricia Charbonneau in “Desert Hearts”

[quote] Well, she has had some androgynous looks, is not a bimbo type, has been in some good movies, and is Australian.

R68/R69 I fell for Emily Browning for much the same reasons. She can shift so easily between 'dreamy soft-butch', 'down-to-Earth chapstick', or 'cute-glam femme'. She's played in some intelligent films, too.

My earliest romantic crushes: Christina Ricci (loml when I was 5 years old); Joanne Whalley; Amber Benson; Alicia Silverstone (especially in the drag for the 'Crazy' Aerosmith video); and the 'Reckless Chick' in all those Bryan Adams' videos (internet says she is Brit and her name is Lysette Anthony. He's gay anyway, right?).

When older, I would jones less for cute perky girls and more for witchy divas & curvaceous dark-goddess-y types with more overtly seductive or sexual qualities. Strangely Ange J. was never really my deal though, except in Lara Croft which I first saw on a tv in my aunt's house uncomfortably squirming the entire movie. Perhaps the British accent and the body-fat above 0% made her seems sexier to me than usual, idk.

Eva Longoria and Monica Belluci challenged my assumptions about my sexuality, though I usually don't notice celebrities that much.

Someone on another thread called Eva overrated as a sex symbol. I disagree, though she's more pretty than beautiful.