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Hyperborean wrote:

Williukea wrote: This is quite random but what about lesbian hunters? They promised to move away from the company of men but nobody said anything about women. Can they love women or not? :D Artemis protected and surrounded herself with women, but there is no indication of it ever being sexual. It seems she was just celibate, maybe even asexual.

I can see why she may easily be considered a patron of lesbians though. She stands for relationships between women, and said relationships can well be sexual.

The books make it sound that the girls have to remain virgins forever though, so that technically would exclude lesbian relationships as well. So in a way, I don't think it's possible to give a definite answer to your question.

I think that Artemis didn't really consider lesbians very carefully, since the majority of Hunters are probably not lesbian, because you're right, the vow says I turn my back on the company of men, but it also says 'and accept eternal maidenhood,' so I think that lesbian relationships with Hunters aren't allowed either. Artemis only ever disapproved of boys and men, though, but no sexual relationship of any sort is allow within the Hunters.