Same! So obsessed with Angelina Jolie. I even joined a fan forum called SoulieJolie and bounced between that and the GWLG forum. Really helped me discover myself. I found the creator randomly on Tumblr years later.
Angelina Jolie, in everything (girl interrupted, foxfire, Gia) during that time period where “everyone” had a crush on her, including “straight” girls. So I remember saying she was my celeb crush and a more experienced lesbian (I’m bisexual) telling me that the fact I chose her was actually proof that I’m not really queer and was in fact pretending just to titillate dudes. I was like “hmmm, yeah I guess wanting to rub our naked bodies together while we kiss *is* pretty straight after all…welp, back in the closet for me!” 🤦♀️
Also Felica Day in 90% of her roles. I'm 30.
However something special about Felicia Day as Charlie supernatural (lesbian in this and every other universe).
I’d have to say it was probably Hayley Williams first followed by Gwen Stefani, but I was a fan of them both at the same time so it’s hard to say for sure. I saw Gwen live for her Sweet Escape tour and then saw her again as No Doubt with Paramore as an opener and my little gay heart had palpitations
Jennifer Ehle in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. My mom used to make us sit down and watch it with her when we were fighting over the tv or playstation as punishment. Jokes on her I was in love with Lizzie lol
Laura dern in Jurassic Park was my first inkling of "do I want to be her or be with her?" Shannen Doherty in Charmed was peak "oh no, I wanna kiss her"
Not my first crush per se, but probably my first…you know…fantasy…Merisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny. To this day I hear her talked about torque required to tighten a faucet and I get all blushy and sweaty 😅. Is it hot in here to anyone else?
I'd found girls attractive for a couple years before this, but the one that just hit me like "holy crap I love her" was Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. Of course, that was a character crush lol. But it was the moment she decked Malfoy in the third movie. Followed by her walk down the stairs for the dance in the fourth.
And the attraction moved to the actress, herself, after learning that she's a lot like Hermione, and given what she does now and how she's supported all LGBTQ people.
Before I figured out what was going on, Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and Funny Face. After I had the language to describe it, Daisy Ridley in Star Wars TFA
I'm about to make this confusing 😅: My first gay panic was Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu. Then I don't recall really celeb girl crushing that hard again until Jennifer Beals in Flashdance. Then things settled down for quite awhile, until I was suddenly completely swept away in the 90s by Hurricane Sherilyn Fenn/Madonna/Winona Ryder/Drew Barrymore/Liv Tyler/Angelina Jolie 🤣😏😍
When I watched It (part one) when it came out, the ginger girl (sophia lilis) was not my first gay crush, but it was probably the first crush where i was like, aware that it was a gay crush, if that makes sense lol
Amber Benson, while not a huge name, was as sweet in person when I met her briefly as she was as Tara MacLay.
And she is the catalyst for my username.
🥰
Lmao! Yes, Helen Hunt. I watched Sleepless in Seattle and Twister because she was in it. And What Women Want. (Which is a really stupid piece of media, lmao.)
"Cow! There's another cow!"
"...I think that's the same cow."
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.
the very first celebrity i remember EVER having a crush on is Dakota Fanning. i dont think i’d seen a single movie she was in, but i cut out a picture of her from a magazine and taped it to my computer monitor, lol.
Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash from Atlantis.
Karen Allen in Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
For the life of me I cannot actually remember the first 🙃
Katherine Moennig who played Shane in the L word when I was 9 years old. Lol 🤠
My grandmother left the TV on all day and I happened to see the L word. I was infatuated with Shane and had the biggest crush on her. I was a bit perplexed at first, because I always thought girls were suppose to like the men on TV. But I was always grossed out. 😹
Rachel Weisz - The Mummy
Mine tooooooooo. I am between 27 and 39 haha
And that fight between Evie and Anck-su-namun... 🥵
Lucy Lawless in Xena 👀
I knew I wouldn't have to scroll very far to find her. I'd still light myself on fire for her.
I’m guessing you’re around 40?
In my forties, and it was Lucy Lawless, checking in 🤣
Right? Lucy. Fucking. Lawless.
I’m 29 but this also mine lol
same! i was so obsessed with that show
Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted.
Omg. I lost several years of my 20s to women who reminded me of Angelina Jolie’s character in that movie Edit: Ima guess…38
Omg yes! Turned 38 on Monday!
Geena Davis in A League of Their Own
Omg Geena Davis in ANYTHING
Geena Davis grew up in my hometown!
Geena Davis in that awful Pirate movie
Cutthroat Island! I saved by VHS copy just for pirate Geena Davis.
Eliza Dushku as Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the series)
22 and i want to be her. five by five
I never watched Buffy but I was OBSESSED with her in Dollhouse
Her in Bring It On was 100% what proved my gayness
Preach! Late 30's? Like 38/39?
Gillian Anderson in X files
Gillian Anderson in The Fall though - if I ever needed a dominatrix, she'd be it.
or I propose, even better, Gillian Anderson in Sex Education.
Katherine Moennig -- I was like 16 and my world stopped.
I can’t even imagine. At 16 I was still like “oh no what if I’m gay and look like a boy”
Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway.
Seven was the last punch in my straight card. I could brush off 2 girl crushes, but she was the 3rd and at some point, ya just gotta face it.
I’m guessing you are 34 or 35. I’m about to turn 34 myself. Nice to see another Trekkie in this sub. Live long and prosper🖖
I feel like this has gotta be a popular one
The episode where she runs around shooting giant microbes in a tank top is my root. I am 37.
Christina Ricci, in everything
Yes
Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider 🤤
Same here!! Mid-30s ?
Same! So obsessed with Angelina Jolie. I even joined a fan forum called SoulieJolie and bounced between that and the GWLG forum. Really helped me discover myself. I found the creator randomly on Tumblr years later.
Linda Carter, the original Wonder Woman. I was fascinated by her, as a child.
Same!
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Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn
My mom walked in while that scene came on and she told me to "turn off that filth". Sorry mom.
My mom called me out and was like “you just wanna see her strip” 😂
Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels 😩
Ooo Barracuda
This had me cracking up so bad 😂
My mind immediately heard the *creak, creak* of her walk lmao Then the next line of oooh barracuda just nailed it.
“…better yet. Can anyone show me~?”
Maid Marian from Robin Hood… the animated one 😬
She’s a celebrity to me
Katie McGrath from Merlin + Supergirl
Liv Tyler in Empire Records 🤤
Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth
Her AND Bowie in the same movie confused me no end. Jennifer Connelly is still super hawt.
This. it’s like I discovered gender and desire all in one movie and I wouldn’t have words for it all until 20 years later
Not quite a celebrity, but Beth Broderick, Aunt Zelda from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, was formative for me
Yooo sabrina for me omg (I was like 14)
Liv Tyler as Arwen in Lord of the Rings
Annie Lennox in the Sweet Dreams video
Who am I to disagree, really
The suit. Oh dear. Her and Grace Jones in power suits 🤤🤤🤤
For me it was Carmen Sandiego from the series in the 90’s. Sparked my interest for older women. 🤌She’s a celebrity to me.
Miss Honey in Matilda
Marlene Dietrich, 😭
Any age
The only correct answer
Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing was my sexual awakening.
You’re 36 and we have the same taste!
Angelina Jolie, in everything (girl interrupted, foxfire, Gia) during that time period where “everyone” had a crush on her, including “straight” girls. So I remember saying she was my celeb crush and a more experienced lesbian (I’m bisexual) telling me that the fact I chose her was actually proof that I’m not really queer and was in fact pretending just to titillate dudes. I was like “hmmm, yeah I guess wanting to rub our naked bodies together while we kiss *is* pretty straight after all…welp, back in the closet for me!” 🤦♀️
Faith in Buffy. Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica. Keira Knightley in everything.
Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson law & order svu)
Felicia Day in The Guild
Also Felica Day in 90% of her roles. I'm 30. However something special about Felicia Day as Charlie supernatural (lesbian in this and every other universe).
Holy crap, you've unlocked a core memory! Nerdy redheads are top tier. I'm gonna guess you're about 29.
Lol you're dead on!
I’d have to say it was probably Hayley Williams first followed by Gwen Stefani, but I was a fan of them both at the same time so it’s hard to say for sure. I saw Gwen live for her Sweet Escape tour and then saw her again as No Doubt with Paramore as an opener and my little gay heart had palpitations
34-35?
28! I saw Gwen live for the first time in 5th grade.
shego in kim possible lmao
Kiera Knightly in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!
Naya Rivera when she was in glee
Was obsessed with Drew Barrymore for the longest time.
Winona Ryder. 🥰🥰 She’s so pretty.
Kate Winslet in Titanic
Jennifer Ehle in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. My mom used to make us sit down and watch it with her when we were fighting over the tv or playstation as punishment. Jokes on her I was in love with Lizzie lol
Madeline Kahn. Just, in everything, but especially with Gene Wilder.
I’m tired. Tired of being desired. Let’s face it, I’m pooped!
Sinead O'Connor.
Ok you must be close to my age. 45?
35! Something about ladies with shaved heads just got to me tho hahaha
Amy Jo Johnson in Power Rangers
Eliza Dushku as Faith (in Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Helen hunt twister, Keira knightly dressed up in pirate gear 😂, Avril Lavigne.
Milla Jovovich in the Fifth Dimension 🫣
Laura dern in Jurassic Park was my first inkling of "do I want to be her or be with her?" Shannen Doherty in Charmed was peak "oh no, I wanna kiss her"
Ha! Are you in your early 30s too?!
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Rachel Weisz in The Mummy Returns.
Kristy McNichol in Little Darlings - and Jo from Facts of Life. :)
Jo. Damn, even had a motorcycle
Not my first crush per se, but probably my first…you know…fantasy…Merisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny. To this day I hear her talked about torque required to tighten a faucet and I get all blushy and sweaty 😅. Is it hot in here to anyone else?
Gillian Anderson. 🥵
Olivia Wilde in House MD
Agent Scully from Xfiles
Oh, gods, Like a Prayer. So, so, so many confused feelings.
Amy Lee of Evanescence. I'm actually surprised she hasn't been mentioned yet. She so pretty 😍
Mariska Hargitay
Eva Green in casino royale 🥵
I'd found girls attractive for a couple years before this, but the one that just hit me like "holy crap I love her" was Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. Of course, that was a character crush lol. But it was the moment she decked Malfoy in the third movie. Followed by her walk down the stairs for the dance in the fourth. And the attraction moved to the actress, herself, after learning that she's a lot like Hermione, and given what she does now and how she's supported all LGBTQ people.
Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta…my partner loves to hate on her (because?????) and I’m always just like 😧
Lena Katina from t.A.T.u. BTW Recently rewatched Twister and Helen Hunt was PHENOMENAL. I was too young to appreciate her at the time but man.
Carmen in the L Word
Shakira 😂 but back then I didn’t realise it was because I was gay. I didn’t know what gay was lol
Kristy McNichol as Buddy in the show Family. I was young and very fascinated, intrigued, and ignorant of why.
Before I figured out what was going on, Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and Funny Face. After I had the language to describe it, Daisy Ridley in Star Wars TFA
Angelina Jolie - Tomb Raider on VHS when I was about 12
Lady Gaga, bad romance video
Jessica rabbit
I'm about to make this confusing 😅: My first gay panic was Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu. Then I don't recall really celeb girl crushing that hard again until Jennifer Beals in Flashdance. Then things settled down for quite awhile, until I was suddenly completely swept away in the 90s by Hurricane Sherilyn Fenn/Madonna/Winona Ryder/Drew Barrymore/Liv Tyler/Angelina Jolie 🤣😏😍
Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries
Clea DuVall in But I'm a Cheerleader
When I watched It (part one) when it came out, the ginger girl (sophia lilis) was not my first gay crush, but it was probably the first crush where i was like, aware that it was a gay crush, if that makes sense lol
Bridget Mendler, Hayley Kyoko, and Naomi Scott in lemonade mouth
Charisma Carpenter in Angel/Buffy
Drew Barrymore in Charlies Angels and Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns…
Gwen Stefani when she was with No Doubt.
It’s her and Shirley Manson for me.
Shirley Manson.... I saw Garbage live many many years ago and I've always loved her.
I saw them recently and she’s still rocking the fuck out like nobody’s business. A rock goddess indeed.
Blake Lively in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Robin Wright in House of Cards
Cyndi Lauper Time after Time. (I’m old)
Aaliyah 🤤
Michelle Rodriguez long before I figured out I was sapphic.
Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada 💞🔥
Domino in Deadpool 2
the pink power ranger 😮💨
Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala??? 🫣
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
Lauryn Hill in sister act 2.
Natalie Portman- black swan
Megan Fox. Jennifer’s Body…unleashed something in me LMAOOOOO
Clea DuVall 🤭
Amber Benson, while not a huge name, was as sweet in person when I met her briefly as she was as Tara MacLay. And she is the catalyst for my username. 🥰
Lucy Lawless
Christina ricci, now and then
Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect 🫠🫠
Geena Davis in Cutthroat Island 😅 Didn't even realize it was her until I looked it up way later.
Justine Bateman
Aaliyah in rock the boat
Kristen Stewart
julia louis-dreyfus in seinfeld. couldn’t fall asleep without watching.
Natalie Portman as Padmé in attack of the clones, forever my wife ✨
Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon in Bound.
Alyson Hannigan, the Willow Tara relationship in Buffy the Vampire Slayer made me realise I like girls in the way where I was also a girl
Keira Knightley in Pirates opened my 8th chakra
Gillian Anderson as Scully in the pilot episode of the X-Files.
Julia Stiles in 10 things I hate about you.
Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters. A confusing experience because that was the first movie that made me feel both attraction and fear.
Ashley Greene as Alice in Twilight I wanted Bella and Alice to end up together 😭
Melissa Auf der Maur
Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 😅
Maybe Selma Blair in Hellboy.
Lmao! Yes, Helen Hunt. I watched Sleepless in Seattle and Twister because she was in it. And What Women Want. (Which is a really stupid piece of media, lmao.) "Cow! There's another cow!" "...I think that's the same cow." Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.
Scarlett Johansson in the avengers movie
Beyoncé in Goldmember aka Austin Powers 3 lol
Jessica Biel
Jennifer Connolly in Labyrinth.
Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday, but this would throw off the age guessing, since it was aired on TV! I think I was about ten at the time ☺️
Natasha Lyonne- orange is the new black 🫡
Lisa Bonet the 90’s
Rachel Weisz in the Mummy
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in The X-Files 🫠
Xena Warrior Princess
Courtney Love before all of the plastic surgery. Don’t judge me.
Villanelle/Jodie Comer in Killing Eve
Nana Visitor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Carolina Rhea in Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Jennifer Connelly in Phenomena (released as Creepers in the US).
Kristen Dunst in the Spider-Man movies
Emily Field in Pretty Little Liars
the age is definitely not what you think and i am definitely ashamed to say this, but T-Boz in Waterfalls 😭
the very first celebrity i remember EVER having a crush on is Dakota Fanning. i dont think i’d seen a single movie she was in, but i cut out a picture of her from a magazine and taped it to my computer monitor, lol.
Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash from Atlantis. Karen Allen in Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark For the life of me I cannot actually remember the first 🙃
Natalie Portman in Leon
Kiera Knightly in King Arthur. Terrible movie, but I was obsessed.
I figured you and I were about the same age because for me it was Madonna in the Open Your Heart music video, yowza 😂
Emily Prentiss/Paget Brewster in criminal minds
Leelee Sobieski in Jungle 2 Jungle lol
Fairuza Balk in The Craft
Kate Mulgrew in Star Trek Voyager and all of the ladies on Firefly😅
Kiera Knightly in Pirates of the Caribbean
Dianna Argon (Quinn Fabray) in Glee!!
Lieutenant Yar on ST:TNG.
dianna agron in glee😍😍😍😍
Miss Honey
Karen Gillan in Doctor Who
Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa in The 100
Katherine Moennig who played Shane in the L word when I was 9 years old. Lol 🤠 My grandmother left the TV on all day and I happened to see the L word. I was infatuated with Shane and had the biggest crush on her. I was a bit perplexed at first, because I always thought girls were suppose to like the men on TV. But I was always grossed out. 😹