Category talk:Lesbian actors

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1 Actresses
2 Ellen Degeneres
3 Why does someone keep removing the names of Liz Smith and Patricia Routledge
4 Actresses again
5 Sandy Dennis
6 WP:CFD

[edit] Actresses

Shouldn't this page be called "lesbian actresses"?

a person who acts is an actor, actress is simply a pc term

Yes, but a lesbian by definition is a woman, so you really don't need a gender neutral title.

An actor can be male or female.

It just sounds silly, imho.Nkm 13:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ellen Degeneres

Why is Ellen in the "gay actor" cat instead of lesbian actor? Has she never identified as lesbian? --JamesB3 08:07, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why does someone keep removing the names of Liz Smith and Patricia Routledge

They are both lesbians according to their own Wikipages??? 70.19.82.80 17:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Actresses again

If they're women, they're actresses, i don't say that, English grammar, mmm, maybe Gaudio 19:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Actress is correct; it has nothing to do with political correctness, it is the English language. Period. (unsigned comment)

This seems to be a contentious issue. The term actor is gender neutral and, in particular with this word, refers to an action that should be devoid of gender (acting). The word ends in 'or', not 'er' and if you consider the myriad of other words ending in or you will find there is no 'ress' equivalent.

e.g.

Doctor Director Supervisor Creator Instructor Constructor

etc

I wonder if it is a feminist thing? I'm not sure.

89.241.160.42 15:10, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Pedantic 31 March 2007