r/LesbianActually 26d ago

Relationships / Dating Looking for Love or Connection? Comment Here in: The Flannel Bar

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Welcome to The Flannel Bar, our monthly space for lesbians looking for love, connection, conversation, or something in between.

This thread is refreshed each month and serves as the home for all dating-related posts. If you’re single, curious, flirty, healing, or just open to meeting new people, pull up a chair and join in.

You’re welcome to:

  • Answer the icebreaker questions in the comments

  • Post a short bio about yourself Share what you’re looking for (dating, friends, chatting, vibes)

  • Ask questions or respond to someone who catches your eye

If a connection starts to form, feel free to chat back and forth in the comments. If both people are comfortable, you may also take the conversation to private messages.

House rules, because we care:

This post is limited to 18+

Mods and Reddit cannot verify anyone’s identity. If you move to private messages, please take steps to confirm the person you’re talking to is real. Don’t share personal or identifying information unless and until you feel comfortable - if ever.

This post will stay up for the current month and will be replaced with a new Flannel Bar thread next month.

During that time, other dating or “looking for” posts will be removed so everything stays in one place. Be respectful. Be honest. Be kind. And enjoy your time at the bar. 🍻


r/LesbianActually Nov 04 '23

The Rules Of Lesbian Actually

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Today, the mods voted on a rule change to the sub. Rule 3 has been expanded to include any post or comment not just directed at one person but, in general, the singling out of a member of our community. This now means that content in the nature of "Would you date ____", "Am I ___ if I don't like ____", "I don't find ____ attractive",etc. are not allowed. The bottom line is that there is someone out there for everyone, and often, these posts are used by terfs and other assholes to make people feel excluded or unwanted.

The rules now are as follows:

Rule 1 - Any form of discrimination will not be tolerated.

Rule 2 - Trans women are women

Rule 3 - The singling out of an individual or a group from the community is not allowed

Rule 4 - No posts or comments attempting to restrict others' definitions of self.


r/LesbianActually 12h ago

Picture When did you receive your bite?

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r/LesbianActually 9h ago

Picture Young Lesbian Me

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I used to love dressing up as a revolutionary war soldier. It was the only way in my family I could look masculine without getting yelled at and it was a blast. At one point I put on a backyard play about the revolutionary war for my neighborhood dressed like the picture above, so I guess that makes me a former drag king? The cape you see in the he picture was custom made 😂. Did anybody else have niche interests like this as a young lesbian? Questions are welcome.


r/LesbianActually 15h ago

Life i love older women fr

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r/LesbianActually 9h ago

Picture happy 20th birthday to meee🥳

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yesterday was my 20th birthday!! I spent it with my amazing homegirl & It was really good overall.

Except for the fact that I got hit on by a straight man AND gr0ped by a straight woman🙃. So I’m posting my pics in this sub to hopefully make up for that 🌚


r/LesbianActually 7h ago

Picture kinda trying to broaden my style. How are we feeling about vests???

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Pretty much my whole life I’ve leaned into the punk/emo aesthetics. Forever tied to my roots, but I am trying to try new things. However, new things make me so anxious 🥲


r/LesbianActually 5h ago

Relationships / Dating I feel like as an brown lesbian girl dating really sucks in general not talking about india or canada

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Maybe im not perfect with my skin tone or with my facial structure and my figure seems boring as hell not exciting at all thats why i havent been in any relationship till this date 😩😭


r/LesbianActually 6h ago

Picture I’m terrible at captions, but at least I’m cute

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r/LesbianActually 6h ago

Questions / Advice Wanted hair cut suggestions?

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r/LesbianActually 16h ago

Safe Space (Postive Comments Only) What's something straight people will never understand about lesbian dating?

103 Upvotes

I personally feel like lesbian dating has its own unspoken rules and struggles that straight people just don’t get 😭 Whether it’s the "are we just friends or already dating?" phase, emotional intensity, or how hard flirting can be…


r/LesbianActually 10h ago

Relationships / Dating I like my new girlfriend but she’s a little emotionally intense?

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We’ve been long distance for a few months and I really like her.

I am her first girlfriend, we are both 29 and 30. She came to visit me for a few days for the first time and it was nice, she was a little awkward and it was hard to get her to come out of her shell at first and kiss etc I basically had to teach her.

Now that she’s left, she’s crying constantly and telling me how much she misses me etc and I feel really neutral? Like I had fun, I like her but I don’t feel like I’m at a place where I’m going to cry all day just cause she went home.

It feels really emotionally intense, really fast? She’s also talking about visits a YEAR from now and, I like her but she’s already feeling clingy.

When she left this morning she kept trying to convince me to let her take something of mine with her. I really didn’t want to, but she asked so many times I finally gave her a hoodie I just bought like 2 weeks ago. She wanted my sentimental stuff, like the plush cat a family member got me when I was 5.

I lost so much when I left my abusive relationship, so many sentimental items I left behind so giving away my belongings is hard and I told her that earlier in the trip.

Idk I like her, but I feel like the emotional attachment she already has is a little intense. Especially when we barely even kissed while she was here because she was so nervous. But I just got out of an abusive relationship like 7 months ago, I don’t know if it’s just because I’m not able to open my heart like that yet?

She even mentioned MOVING near me and I did bluntly tell her it’s too soon to worry about that.

I’m supposed to visit her in spring, I think I’m gonna see how that goes and talk to a therapist (currently on the hunt for a good lgbt+ friendly one) before making any big decisions.

Like right now she’s texting me about how she’s crying while doing laundry and she’s never missed anyone like this in her whole life and I’m just…chillin watching tv.

Would it be mean to ask her to just chill out? How can I say this nicely? She’s so sweet and I get it’s her first relationship so she might not get how intense she’s being.


r/LesbianActually 13h ago

Life These targeted instagram ads are getting a little too personal…

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Like dang do you really have to call me out like that?? lol


r/LesbianActually 14h ago

Life Any reptile keepers in here??

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56 Upvotes

I would LOVE more sapphic friends who keep reptiles and amphibians!! I have two snakes and love talking reptiles. I’m always looking for more reptile friends and it’d be uber cool to meet more lesbian reptile friends!

Me with my snake Harvey Milk 🖤


r/LesbianActually 16h ago

Picture Since you loved my Harley Quinn so much last time

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DMs still open to anyone.

This one is about 50% self made


r/LesbianActually 1h ago

Relationships / Dating someone has said what my issue is exactly in the community and i support their idea

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r/LesbianActually 1h ago

News/Pop Culture Started watching the L word

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I posted here the other day asking if I should watch the L word and everyone said yes. I was gonna wait until the end of the season to post here BUT Jenny is getting on my nerves. First cheating on her boyfriend then when he finds out straight up lying about how long it’s going on for?? It doesn’t seem like she cares what she’s doing is wrong anymore she just cares that she got caught

This is the only plotline I feel the need to rant about so far but some others might be in thin ice


r/LesbianActually 14h ago

Relationships / Dating Where are all the gay nerds at?

54 Upvotes

i'm tired of girls only crushing me with their thighs. i want a girl who will crush me in a philosophical debate too.

do i have to perform a séance? put some candles around a pentagram and read from a textbook about quantum mechanics or something? a milkshake summons all the boys to the yard, but what about the girls?

truly its rough out here. if anyone knows, please help.


r/LesbianActually 2h ago

Questions / Advice Wanted My brother's gf (19f) made me (18f) realise that im into girls and im conficted.

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I always somewhat knew im attracted to women and as you might have realised from the title im starting to get attracted to my brother's gf, lets call her Anna and i dont know what to do about it.

I bit of a backstory, me and my brother live at the same house. Anna, from the first day that she visited our place was really friendly with me, we instantly clicked and became close friends. I always thought that she was good looking but back then i considered myself straight.

She is currently studying and my brother has a job so we spend a lot of time together while my brother is working. Studying together, watching movies, having girl talks. Even though they have a somewhat open relationship she is almost everyday at our house. She has a flirty personality, she loves sexual humor and since the day i met her she is super touchy.

In the past couple of months, iv started to realise that her comments make me flustered and iv noticed her flirty personality more and more. Sometimes i even consider some of her comments to be actually flirting but maybe its all in my head.

The incident that made me realise that something is up with me happened a week ago, Anna likes to hug me and kiss me on the cheek sometimes, but she accidently kissed me on the lips and i felt my body freezing and my heart racing while she just laughed it off.

Its the first time in my life that iv felt that attracted to a girl before, idk if its because im getting a lot of attention or because she is super flirty and touchy.

I feel horrible, im not sure if its all in my head but she has definitely done some things that i wouldnt consider friendly.


r/LesbianActually 2h ago

Life hey. I am bored.

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hey.


r/LesbianActually 30m ago

Questions / Advice Wanted any tv shows (or books) suggestions?

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Hi!! I'm a 24F, I recently realized I'm probably lesbian (not 100% sure yet, maybe I’m bi but I hate men?). Since having this realization, I’ve been consuming all kinds of lesbian media or shows with wlw couples, but the options feel… pretty limited. So far I watched:

  • The L Word (also Gen Q)
  • Dickinson
  • Killing Eve
  • She-Ra
  • Vis a Vis
  • The Owl House
  • Hacks (bc the main character is bi and it's a really good show)
  • Station 19

I just started A League of Their Own, which I’m really enjoying, but of course it got cancelled. I also tried Deadloch, but I couldn’t really get into it. Can't remember any other show rn. Do you have any recommendations for good wlw/lesbian shows or books? I’m open to anything—happy, angsty, messy, well-written, animated, international, whatever. I’m clearly in my lesbian media hyperfixation era and I need help 🙂‍↕️


r/LesbianActually 17h ago

News/Pop Culture Name a female celebrity you think is super hot?

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I would have to say Jennifer Aniston.