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[bloodstones]

I don't think in_parentheses reads lj much these days, but she's the person I would pose this question too.

[lillibet]

Mercedes Lackey has a whole fantasy series with gay protagonists--it's been long enough since I've read them that I don't remember if any of them have lesbian leads, but there are definitely lesbian characters.

[cos]

Bi or queer women in general, or specifically lesbians?

[cnoocy]

The Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce is more MG than YA, but it has two lesbian mentors/surrogate parents, and a lesbian protagonist by book 9.

[ayelle]

Sadly, there's a relative dearth of these compared to stories with gay male protagonists, but A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend is great. Lisa Jahn-Clough's Country Girl City Girl is okay (and written by a friend of mine). Haven't read Ash by Malinda Lo but it's pretty widely praised (there's also her Huntress). And of course I teach Donoghue's Kissing the Witch, it's one of my all-time favorites. Ellen Wittlinger's Hard Love is about a straight male protagonist in love with a lesbian, but it's a great book and she's a great character, and apparently there's a sequel called Marisol's Story which I MUST READ

[ayelle]

Catherine Gilbert Murdock's "Dairy Queen" -- the main character's best friend comes out as a lesbian and starts dating a girl.