i’m so glad (tv show) heartstopper explicitly said that tara and darcy were lesbians multiple times because it’s so rare to actually see women on screen CALL themselves lesbians instead of just being ambiguous about their sexuality

lesbians in media are always made to be ambiguously queer and it’s so rare that a character will actually use the word lesbian to describe themselves. some characters in movies and tv are so SO lesbian coded. they never state that they like men, they only get into relationships with women, but they will never use the word lesbian. it’s gotta stop getting the ‘dirty word’ treatment because it isn’t a dirty word it’s literally just a sexuality

lesbian is not a dirty word, it’s okay for people to call themselves lesbians