There are a host of lesbian web series on YouTube many of them international in origin but working out which ones to watch is becoming harder. Many of the better lgbtq+ / lesbian interest web series offerings are in languages other than English. In order to help you decide take a look at this list of some of the best international lesbian interest web series available to watch free or at low cost.
Starring: Hanna van Vliet as Anne
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes. Season 2 - 8 episodes)
Director and Screenplay: Valerie Bisscheroux
Beth and Mel
Pot Luck is a lesbian web series with a comic twist set in Wellington, New Zealand about a group of three lesbian friends who meet weekly for a pot luck dinner. In the first part they make a pact to work on their respective concerns: Mel challenges her ex Beth to be abstinent from women, Debs must start dating again after a dry spell and Beth must come out to her mother.
Starring: Anji Kreft as Debs and Tess Jamieson-Karaha as Beth and Nikki Si'ulepa as Mel
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Language: English
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes. Season 2 - 6 episodes)
Director: Ness Simons
Luciana Bollina as Mel and Ana Paula Lima as Liz
Country of Origin: Brazil
Language: Portuguese with English and Spanish subtitles
Seasons: 5 (Season 1 - 8 episodes. Season 2 - 8 episodes. Season 3 - 10 episodes, Season 4 - 10 episodes, Season 5 - 10 episodes)
Director and Screenplay: Fernando Belo
Victoria and Christina
The Girls Guide (IMDb 6.6) is a Canadian lesbian web series revolving around the lives of three friends (Lucy, Victoria and Shaun) as they negotiate the dating world post college. Victoria is challenged to settle down with one girlfriend while Lucy is conflicted when she meets Jess about whether to break up or keep trying to make her existing relationship work.
Starring: Briana Rayner as Victoria and Christa Andersen as Lucy
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Seasons: 1 (Season 1 - 8 episodes)
Director and Writer: Justine Stevens
Nick and Benny
LSB The Series is an Italian lesbian web series featuring the lives and loves of a variety of queer women living in Rome. The most constant strand throughout the series is the endearing love story between Nick and Benny which spans the first two seasons while Filo who is looking for love in all the wrong places is the only character who appears in all seasons.
Starring: Paola Rulli as Nick and Stefania Capece as Benny and Denise Sicignano as Filo
Country of Origin: Italy
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Seasons: 3 (Season 1 - 12 episodes. Season 2 - 12 episodes. Season 3 - 2 episodes )
Written and Produced: Geraldine Ottier and Floriana Buonomo
Steph and Emily
Staring From Now (IMDb 7.4) is a lesbian web series set in Sydney, Australia about the lives and loves of four central characters: Steph, Emily, Darcy and Kris. Kris wants nothing more than to start a family but Darcy who is troubled by her past is not ready. Steph forms an attachment to Darcy while at the same time making a connection with Emily from work.
Starring: Sarah de Possesse as Steph and Bianca Bradey as Emily
Lauren Orrell as Kris and Rosie Lourde as Darcy
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English
Seasons: 5 (Seasons 1 - 5 are 6 episodes each)
Director and Writer: Julie Kalceff
Starring: Aysha Daraaui as Helena and Mònica Rius Bonet as Sara
Country of Origin: Spain
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 7 episodes, Season 2 - 7 episodes)
Director and Writer: Alba Guillén and Anna Asensio
Mikka and Shannon Season 1
Til Lease Do Us Part (IMDb 7.2) is a Canadian lesbian web series with a comic twist about two roommates living under the same roof who used to be lovers and are now exes. In Season 1 Mikka and Shannon start dating other people even though clearly they still have strong feelings for each other. In Season 2 the scenario changes to two friends sharing an apartment but when one of them starts dating the other ones ex the living arrangements get more complicated than they could ever have imagined.
Starring: Hannah Hogan as Mikka and Joanne Sarazen as Shannon
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes, Season 2 - 12 episodes)
Director: Sarah Rotella
Starring: Léone François-Janssens as Anna and Ophélie Honoré as Claire
Country of Origin: Belgium
Language: French with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 11 episodes, Season 2 - 10 episodes)
Director and Writer: Caroline Taillet and Martin Landmeters
Starring: Debra Ades as Scarlet and Renee Lim as Alex
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English with French subtitles
Seasons: 1 with 10 episodes
Director and Writer: Julie Kalceff
Starring: Spoorthi Gumaste as Aadya and Shweta Gupta as Aachal
Country of Origin: India
Language: Hinda, English and Kannada with English subtitles
Seasons: 1 with 12 episodes
Director and Writer: Roopa Rao
Starring: Renée Olbert as Simone and Anna Chatterton as Audrey
and Michelle Girouard as Elisa.
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English with French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Polish subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 5 episodes, Season 2 - 5 episodes)
Writer: Rosemary Rowe
Director: Naomi Jaye
Céline and Julie
Féminin/Féminin (IMDb 8.4) is a lesbian web series set in Montreal, Canada featuring the lives and loves of a number of gay women told in part dramatic and part documentary style. Unfortunately this web series is no longer available free but can be watched on vimeo for a modest fee.
Starring: Macha Limonchik as Céline and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as Julie
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: French with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 8 episodes, Season 2 - 8 episodes)
Creators: Chloé Robichaud, Florence Gagnon
Anne+ (Anne Plus) (2018)
Anne and +
Anne+ is a lesbian web series from the Netherlands that follows Anne, a 24 year old woman, as she negotiates various relationships with women in the Amsterdam dating scene.Starring: Hanna van Vliet as Anne
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes. Season 2 - 8 episodes)
Director and Screenplay: Valerie Bisscheroux
Pot Luck (2016)
Beth and Mel
Debs and Zoe
Pot Luck is a lesbian web series with a comic twist set in Wellington, New Zealand about a group of three lesbian friends who meet weekly for a pot luck dinner. In the first part they make a pact to work on their respective concerns: Mel challenges her ex Beth to be abstinent from women, Debs must start dating again after a dry spell and Beth must come out to her mother.Starring: Anji Kreft as Debs and Tess Jamieson-Karaha as Beth and Nikki Si'ulepa as Mel
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Language: English
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes. Season 2 - 6 episodes)
Director: Ness Simons
Red (2014 - 2020)
Mel and Liz
Red (IMDb 9.2) is a Brazilian lesbian web series about actresses Mel and Liz who meet on the set of a film and begin a relationship in real life. However challenges abound for this couple as Liz struggles with drug addiction and Mel is married to a man who initially she is not quite ready to let go of.Luciana Bollina as Mel and Ana Paula Lima as Liz
Country of Origin: Brazil
Language: Portuguese with English and Spanish subtitles
Seasons: 5 (Season 1 - 8 episodes. Season 2 - 8 episodes. Season 3 - 10 episodes, Season 4 - 10 episodes, Season 5 - 10 episodes)
Director and Screenplay: Fernando Belo
The Girls Guide (2013)
Victoria and Christina
Lucy and Jess
The Girls Guide (IMDb 6.6) is a Canadian lesbian web series revolving around the lives of three friends (Lucy, Victoria and Shaun) as they negotiate the dating world post college. Victoria is challenged to settle down with one girlfriend while Lucy is conflicted when she meets Jess about whether to break up or keep trying to make her existing relationship work.Starring: Briana Rayner as Victoria and Christa Andersen as Lucy
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Seasons: 1 (Season 1 - 8 episodes)
Director and Writer: Justine Stevens
LSB The Series (2013 - 2017)
Nick and Benny
Giulia and Martina (Season 1 only)
LSB The Series is an Italian lesbian web series featuring the lives and loves of a variety of queer women living in Rome. The most constant strand throughout the series is the endearing love story between Nick and Benny which spans the first two seasons while Filo who is looking for love in all the wrong places is the only character who appears in all seasons.
Starring: Paola Rulli as Nick and Stefania Capece as Benny and Denise Sicignano as Filo
Country of Origin: Italy
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Seasons: 3 (Season 1 - 12 episodes. Season 2 - 12 episodes. Season 3 - 2 episodes )
Written and Produced: Geraldine Ottier and Floriana Buonomo
Starting From Now (2014 - 2016)
Steph and Emily
Kris and Darcy
Kris and Rachel
Staring From Now (IMDb 7.4) is a lesbian web series set in Sydney, Australia about the lives and loves of four central characters: Steph, Emily, Darcy and Kris. Kris wants nothing more than to start a family but Darcy who is troubled by her past is not ready. Steph forms an attachment to Darcy while at the same time making a connection with Emily from work.
Starring: Sarah de Possesse as Steph and Bianca Bradey as Emily
Lauren Orrell as Kris and Rosie Lourde as Darcy
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English
Seasons: 5 (Seasons 1 - 5 are 6 episodes each)
Director and Writer: Julie Kalceff
Notas Aparte WebSerie (2016)
Helena and Sara
Notas Aparte (IMDb 7.5) is a lesbian web series focusing on the love story between Helena and Sara. Helena is hired to tutor Sara but pretty soon their conversations start to revolve around lesbian life and love along with art history. Helena while falling for Sara can't act on her feelings because of the teacher - student relationship however when Sara finally passes her exam the path to true love suddenly clears.Starring: Aysha Daraaui as Helena and Mònica Rius Bonet as Sara
Country of Origin: Spain
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 7 episodes, Season 2 - 7 episodes)
Director and Writer: Alba Guillén and Anna Asensio
Til Lease Do Us Part (2014)
Mikka and Shannon Season 1
Elliot and Lexi Season 2
Til Lease Do Us Part (IMDb 7.2) is a Canadian lesbian web series with a comic twist about two roommates living under the same roof who used to be lovers and are now exes. In Season 1 Mikka and Shannon start dating other people even though clearly they still have strong feelings for each other. In Season 2 the scenario changes to two friends sharing an apartment but when one of them starts dating the other ones ex the living arrangements get more complicated than they could ever have imagined. Starring: Hannah Hogan as Mikka and Joanne Sarazen as Shannon
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 6 episodes, Season 2 - 12 episodes)
Director: Sarah Rotella
La Théorie du Y (2016 - 2019)
Anna and Claire
La Théorie du Y is a highly watchable lesbian web series (IMDb 7.7) about Anna who begins a relationship with Claire who she meets in a club one night. Anna, who struggles to be open about her relationship and her sexuality, is supported by gay male friend Malik when she decides to explore her sexuality further. In Season 2 they travel to Berlin each looking for love and new experiences.Starring: Léone François-Janssens as Anna and Ophélie Honoré as Claire
Country of Origin: Belgium
Language: French with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 11 episodes, Season 2 - 10 episodes)
Director and Writer: Caroline Taillet and Martin Landmeters
The Newtown Girls (2016)
Scarlet and Alex
The Newtown Girls (IMDb 7.0) is a lesbian web series with a comic twist which follows Scarlet who has just returned to Sydney after an overseas trip designed to mend a broken heart. She calls on her old friend and confidente Alex to help her achieve her happiness goals completely oblivious that Alex is crushing on her.Starring: Debra Ades as Scarlet and Renee Lim as Alex
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English with French subtitles
Seasons: 1 with 10 episodes
Director and Writer: Julie Kalceff
The Other Love Story (2016)
Aadya and Aachal
The Other Love Story is an exceptional lesbian web series (IMDb 8.9) in mostly Hindi and English about Aadya who begins a friendship with fellow student and neighbour Aachal. The young women become close and eventually fall in love but they face many challenges not the least of which is the disapproval of their own families in the context of criminalization of homosexual acts in India at the time the series is set which is the 1990's.Starring: Spoorthi Gumaste as Aadya and Shweta Gupta as Aachal
Country of Origin: India
Language: Hinda, English and Kannada with English subtitles
Seasons: 1 with 12 episodes
Director and Writer: Roopa Rao
Seeking Simone (2009)
Simone and Elisa
Seeking Simone (IMDb 6.1) is a lesbian web series from Canada featuring the exploits of Simone as she navigates the online dating world in Toronto assisted by her Vancouver-based Friend Audrey. Aspiring actress Simone gets herself into some embarassing scrapes along the way but eventually with perserverance she finds a woman to be happy with.Starring: Renée Olbert as Simone and Anna Chatterton as Audrey
and Michelle Girouard as Elisa.
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English with French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Polish subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 5 episodes, Season 2 - 5 episodes)
Writer: Rosemary Rowe
Director: Naomi Jaye
Féminin/Féminin (2014 - 2018)
Céline and Julie
Émilie and Maude
Steph and Sam
Anne and Alex
Féminin/Féminin (IMDb 8.4) is a lesbian web series set in Montreal, Canada featuring the lives and loves of a number of gay women told in part dramatic and part documentary style. Unfortunately this web series is no longer available free but can be watched on vimeo for a modest fee.
Starring: Macha Limonchik as Céline and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as Julie
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: French with English subtitles
Seasons: 2 (Season 1 - 8 episodes, Season 2 - 8 episodes)
Creators: Chloé Robichaud, Florence Gagnon
