#lesbianswatch

In the Australian movie All About E Elmira and Trish are in love but not all runs smoothly for the couple in this lesbian interest storyline because of cultural differences and levels of maturity. 

Trish challenges Elmira (known as E) about coming out to her family but E feels ashamed and tries to hide who she is from them. 

E makes the fatal relationship mistake of sleeping with someone else and things go downhill from there.

Fast forward a year and E and her gay pal Matt are on the run having inadvertently found a stash of money belonging to Johnny the boss at the nightclub where E is a DJ.

After exhausting all possibilities of places to hide E eventually goes to Trish for help. Trish agrees to let them stay for a couple of days on her farm in the Australian outback.

It is an opportunity for the couple to get back on track and after reconnecting it looks like they might. Unfortunately Johnny who leaves no stone unturned figures out where they are and comes after them.

E has to then decide what is more important to her the money or reconciling with the woman she loves.

Lesbian couple Holly and Karen are in love in the UK TV show True Love (2012) but there is just one problem Holly is Karen’s teacher.

Somewhat aimless in life and unfulfilled as a teacher Holly (Billie Piper) dreams of travelling again. She finds connection, friendship and love with her insightful student Karen (Kaya Scodelario from Skins) who is majorly crushing on her.

It starts with a kiss but pretty soon they are sleeping together. Unfortunately for the lovers it doesn’t take long for the rest of the class to figure out that they are having a relationship.  

Read more about their love story on the Lesbians Watch website

Holly and Karen’s story can be watched on the Lesbians Watch YouTube channel

Mia and Danni hit the big screen back in 1996 in the indie Australian lesbian interest movie Love and Other Catastrophes. 

Starring Frances O’Connor as Mia and Radha Mitchell as Danni. 

I thought it was about time that I brought them back from relative obscurity given that there is a whole generation who may not have seen them before so I created a highlights video of the best parts of their story. 

You can view it on the Lesbians Watch YouTube channel under the Mia and Danni Playlist.

Lorraine and Delphine sizzle as a couple in the lesbian interest movie Atomic Blonde (2017) starring Charlize Theron as Lorraine and Sofia Boutella as Delphine.

Delphine asks Lorraine to join her at a club the next night and Lorraine looking for information goes along. Delphine is ready and waiting with a Dirty on the Rocks and a burning question. 

Delphine: I didn't think that you would show.

Delphine: It's Stoli on the Rocks?

Lorraine: You pay attention.

Delphine: I look for pleasure in the details.

Delphine: I've been dying to ask you a question [kissing Lorraine]

Delphine: Let's go someplace quiet!

Lorraine is not sure who she can trust. When she and Delphine start kissing at the club and she finds that Delphine has a gun she naturally wants answers. 

Dino (Christina Ricci)  is a high school drama teacher from California who takes up a job teaching predominantly aboriginal kids in Redfern, Sydney, Australia. She encourages them to perform the play Hamlet.

Dino is in a straight relationship but finds herself constantly yearning for the relationship she had with Kate (Andrea Demetriades) five years earlier. 

Dino drives by Kate’s workplace and catches glimpses of Kate but struggles to find the courage to go and speak with her. When she breaks up with her BF she goes to a dyke bar and picks up Hannah (Ruby Rose) for a one-night-stand. 

The next day Dino tells Kate that she knows what they had was real and she wants to reconcile.  

Kate, however, reminds her that what they shared was five years ago.  Dino challenges her with 

Dino:  Just tell me you don't feel it anymore and I'll walk away.

Kate:  I chose to stop feeling it.

This is a happy ending story so while we don’t specifically see girl get girl what we do get is an understated ending showing Kate turning up to the play and Dino and Kate sharing a moment at the end of the movie implying of course that it is all back on between them.

Elise and Eryka are LGBT interest  /  lesbian interest characters in the UK TV series The Tunnel Sabotage S2 (2016) starring Clémence Poésy as Elise and Laura de Boer as Eryka. 

Elise, a commander with the French police is investigating a plane crash. Eryka is the only passenger who failed to board the flight. Despite being under suspicion Elise forms a connection with Eryka who has also experienced the loss of a twin at an early age.

Zara and Eve are two LGBTQ+ characters from the Australian TV show called It's a Date (2013).  While attracted to each other they struggle to find any common ground during their blind date. 

Zara and Eve is available to watch on the Lesbians Watch YouTube channel

However later in the date Eve admits she does not have the confidence to enter The Voice and the couple wind up in the "girl's dunnies" (that's Australian for bathroom) singing Burn for You.

Mutual respect, an apology and a couple of kisses grow from there. They reach a decision point to go their separate ways or continue the date.

For this couple there is no bury the gays ending thank goodness. But equally they don't go off hand-in-hand into the sunset either. Instead they make an adult choice to acknowledge they are both "great" people but a "different kind of great."

Layla and Jackie are two LGBTQ+ characters from the Australian TV show called Kick.  While Layla and Jackie appeared on our screens more than a decade ago (2007) their storyline is a strong one and with wide appeal which is why I have been uploading it to my YouTube channel.  

The basic story is that the couple fall for each other but family expectations for Layla prevent them from being out about their relationship. Things come to a head when Jackie attends Layla’s engagement party and afterwards gives Layla an ultimatum: be true to yourself or choose to bow to family demands and we are through. 

Jackie: Ever had a girlfriend?

Layla: No.

Jackie: Would you like a girlfriend?

Layla: Oh why? Do you know where I can get one?

What makes this different from other stories with the same or similar trope is that Layla finds the middle ground: neither giving into Jackie’s demands but also figuring out what she wants.  I am happy to report it all works out in the wash for this couple, who are very cute together by the way, They go on to have one of those rare things in the history of lesbian film - a happy ending.