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{{quote|''"And not all basketball players are lesbians -- just the ladies."''|Michael Buckley of the ''What The Buck?'' show}}

Much like [[Hello Sailor|the Navy]], women's sports are really, really gay.

Much like [[Hello, Sailor!|the Navy]], women's sports are really, really gay.

The [[Lesbian Jock]], [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|as her name would suggest]], loves sports and also loves the ladies. Usually, this trope either takes the form of lesbian characters playing sports, or other people assuming (correctly or incorrectly) that a female character is a lesbian because she enjoys sports. There seems to be a sliding scale of which sports are acceptable for girls without questioning their femininity and which are not. Performance-based sports like gymnastics, figure skating, diving, and [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|cheerleading]] are all "okay"; most competitive sports like softball, volleyball, track, soccer, tennis, and basketball are 50/50; but "masculine" sports like wrestling, [[Useful Notes/American Football|American Football]], rugby and, strangely enough, golf are almost a sure bet. One common subtrope is the [[Butch Lesbian]] P.E. teacher.

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A variant, with many of the same stereotypes, is the [[Lesbian Cop]].

== [[Anime|Anime & Manga]] ==

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* Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus from [[Sailor Moon]] is [[The Ojou|Michiru]] [[Elegant Classical Musician|Kaiou's]] [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|girlfriend]], a [[Bifauxnen]], a Sailor Senshi (as well as one half of a [[Battle Couple]] with Michiru/Sailor Neptune) ''and'' a gifted athlete.

* Subverted in ''[[Nyan Koi]]''. Nagi Ichinose is the captain of the school track team, a [[Bifauxnen]] who induces [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] and plays the part of a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] around the other girls. However, she comes to develop a crush on the male main character... While still ogling every other girl in sight.

* Nagisa of ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' tends to get [[Love Letter Lunacy|a bunch of love letters]] from female classmates and underclassmen; it's at least implied that they like her because she's one of the school's star athletes. She wishes she could get letters from boys instead, but there are a lot of instances in which her relationship with Honoka is implied to be a [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship]], likely to please the [[Yuri Fanboy]] [[Periphery Demographic]].

* Nagisa of ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' tends to get [[Love Letter Lunacy|a bunch of love letters]] from female classmates and underclassmen; it's at least implied that they like her because she's one of the school's star athletes. She wishes she could get letters from boys instead, but there are a lot of instances in which her relationship with Honoka is implied to be a [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]], likely to please the [[Yuri Fanboy]] [[Periphery Demographic]].

* ''[[Battle Athletes]]''

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** When Lisa is tempted by a full-ride scholarship to any one of the "Seven Sisters" womens' colleges, she has a dream sequence where an avatar of each of them speaks to her. Smith College is represented by a [[Butch Lesbian]] in a Lacrosse uniform that tells her "Come to Smith... and [[Experimented in College|experiment]]."

* This was used as a throwaway gag on ''[[The Critic]]'' - Jay had a [[Dream Sequence]] where he imagined the first girl who kissed him - who later became a lesbian on the women's golf tour.

* In ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Rainbow Dash's tomboyish, speed-loving personality, mullet, somewhat masculine voice, and rainbow motif leads many fans to assume this.

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Rainbow Dash's tomboyish, speed-loving personality, mullet, somewhat masculine voice, and rainbow motif leads many fans to assume this.

** [[Hate Dumb|A blogger for Ms. magazine]] accused Dash of being this in an attempt to bash the series for perpetuating this stereotype. Lauren Faust responded in her rebuttal that the character's sexuality is never discussed. Meaning that editor had a pot meet kettle moment.

** It's a similar case with Gilda, some even thinking [[Dry Docked Ship|she's Dash's ex-girlfriend]]