Erica Friedman

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Lesbian Icon, Yurijin, Speaker, Writer, Editor, Researcher. Looking for opportunities. By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga on sale now! https://yuricon.com/product/bys/

Black and white still featuring two Japanese women in school uniforms from 1930s Japan. Both stare intensely at something, while one holds on to the other.
Among a forest of pastel colors and white and green words, a woman with pale pink hair embraces a woman with purple hair, who looks out at us.
2 girls, one with long blonde hair, the other with not quite as long light brown hair in school uniforms of white blouse and grey plaid, hugging each other and a small plushie of another girl.
In blue silhouette, two women face each other. One wears a fedora and male-styled attire, one is in a dress and heels. Their body language is obscure - they may be dancing, or laughing or fighting. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
Image a bookshelf with of multiple editions of Rica ‘tte Kanji!? by Rica Takashima, surrounded by books to which she contributed art and manga.
On a black background, surrounded by purple staging, a girl in black and purple, get her toenails painted, held in a woman's hands.
A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.
On a bright pink background, an elaborately drawn fantasy image, with two figures on a white horse, one with glowing, flowing blonde hair, the other with dark thick curls, surrounded by an even more elaborate gilded frame.
Poster for GLFes 47, featuring a girl with very long pink hair dressed vaguely as a vampire, embracing a girl in a pink cardigan.
A woman partially draped in a white blouse, shows her tattooed shoulder and back, as she smokes in bed.
Poster of Yoshiya Nobuko exhibit at the Kanagawa Museum of Literature. Seated Yoshiya in a dressy blouse and fashionable short hair, looks at the camera with a slight smile.
In black block letters, YNN Yuri Network News. On the left, in black silhouette, a woman with a broad brim hat and dress stands, a woman in a tight outfit sits against the Y. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
A black-haired, black tentacled Demon girl with a black crown stands back to back with blonde girl in white in front of an elaborate frame.
A view of the cafe and book space for Atelier Lililum. In the front is a table with a pink cloth featuring work and goods by Hirao Auri. Wooden tables on the left, feature gray and white chairs. Bookshelves along the wall are filled with books, in a well-lit white-walled and ceilinged space.
Title image for Revolutionary Girl Utena The Movie: The Adolescence of Utena, a brown-skinned woman with flowing dark hair in a flowing white dress floats diagonally upwards, a pale-skinned woman with flowing pink hair in a white school uniform jacket and shirts floats diagonally downward from the same center.
In blue silhouette, two women face each other. One wears a fedora and male-styled attire, one is in a dress and heels. Their body language is obscure - they may be dancing, or laughing or fighting. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
A dark haired girl wearing a blazer and tie with her mouth open and a shocked expression
From a dark backstage, three girls look out upon a brightly lit stage where a young woman acts as a male character, blindingly bright as she lifts her arm.
Two girls wearing bathing suits, bathed in bright light, look startled at our appearance.
Illustration of Pamela Colman Smith, in a bright red dress and head cover, with white lace over her shoulders, stands at a precipice, holding a rose in her right hand behind her, her left up to her face as if to shout. The sun shines bright and large behind her, a little dog jumps at her side. The pose is in reference to the Tarot card 0 - The Fool.
A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.
A girl in school uniform kneels properly and smiles gently, next to a squatting delinquent in the same uniform, wearing a long skirt, dyed hair and a scowl.
A smiling dark-haired maid, holds a broom aloft as she stands in front of laundry hanging under a bright blue sky. Behind on cover right is blonde girl in a blue dress admiring her, while on the left are two boys, one with long blonde hair and the other with short black hair, both wearing green school uniform jackets, with silver filigree.
Woman with a mean look, blood running down her face, dark hair flying out from her head, a pink blouse and red bow.
In black block letters, YNN Yuri Network News. On the left, in black silhouette, a woman with a broad brim hat and dress stands, a woman in a tight outfit sits against the Y. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
Surrounded by lilies, two young women in old-style Japanese school uniforms hold hands and look at each other with longing.
On a green background, inside a red frame, a scene in yellow. A young woman with pink hair leans through a picture frame, holding a magic wand, while an older woman kneels before her taking a picture. Props of frames and teddy bears are strewn around, cables are visible in the background of this photo shoot.
A woman with medium length light brown hair, wearing a fantasy cleric's robes and a woman with short unruly black hair wearing armor, and a black gauntlet on her left arm, stand under a stone arch looking back at us, as the sun and shadows dapple the ground around them.
A happy Pride wish with a rainbow lily, art by Ali Khan.
Mini black rice cooker from Dash.
Promotional flyer for 20% off sale, with By Your Side cover of two girls in old-fashioned Japanese school uniforms, holding hands, looking longingly at one another, surrounded by lilies.
Pink hand drawn flyer for Yurimart event, picturing a woman pushing another woman in a shopping cart
In blue silhouette, two women face each other. One wears a fedora and male-styled attire, one is in a dress and heels. Their body language is obscure - they may be dancing, or laughing or fighting. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
Title poster for Revolutionary Girl Utena The Movie: The Adolescence of Utena, a brown-skinned woman with flowing dark hair in a flowing white dress floats diagonally upwards, a pale-skinned woman with flowing pink hair in a white school uniform jacket and shirts floats diagonally downward from the same center.
Today on Okazu – Introducing Indonesian Yuri Web Series and Their Significance to the Queer Community Guest Writer Lena Tama discusses three Yuri webcomics by Indonesian creators and highlights some of the barriers they face building local audiences, even while gaining international success. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/05/27/introducing-indonesian-yuri-web-series-and-their-significance-to-the-queer-community/
A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.
A Caucasian woman with short blue hair and a brown-skinned woman with medium length orange hair read books that say "Yuri" in English and Japanese
Cover of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou, Volume 12 / 私の推しは悪役令嬢。Story by inori., art by Aonoshimo. Surrounded by white lilies, a young woman with long blonde curls, in a red fantasy-style school blazer and dark blue skirt with voluminous white petticoats, turns towards us as if to curtsey, her blue eyes and smile very gentle.
Title image of Our Home, My Keeper from Studio Élan and Ebi-hime. A woman with medium brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, reaches up towards a diminutive female figure on a shelf, with long dark brown hair pulled into an Alice band, old-fashioned white long-sleeved blouse and long dark brown skirt.
The title art for Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk. On the left is the title logo, while on the right is a collage of the main characters. One girl has long straight purple hair, wearing a white button front shirt and a slight smile. Below her, a strawberry blong girl with long wavy hair leans chin on hand, looking longingly to the side. Next to her is a girl with pink hair tied up in a pony tail with a black ribbon, tuning a red Yamaha Pacifica guitar. One girl has a wheat-colored bob and is holding a bottle of alcohol, leaning over a railing in the boarding house. One girl in a black knitted sweater dress and sporting medium-short black hair sees herself in a mirrored fireplace mantle, on which there is an assortment of airplane-sized bottles of alcohol. In the foreground of all of these is a girl with long pink hair tied up in dual ponytails with blue ribbons. She is wearing a light blue overcoat over a midnight blue cocktail dress. She's holding a giftwrapped bottle of booze and is sporting a slight smile
In black block letters, YNN Yuri Network News. On the left, in black silhouette, a woman with a broad brim hat and dress stands, a woman in a tight outfit sits against the Y. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
The cover for Volume 7 of Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games. It shows Aya, a teenager with long brown hair and a fringe, looking at the viewer with a small smile.
An angry red-headed girl in a deep blue cape points a wand like a weapon at a girl with silver hair wearing a grey cape. Both wear ornate uniforms of blue with gold embroidery and long white skirts under their capes
On a pale green background, bordered on right and left with decorative white lilies, the word "Prism Garden" in English and Japanese, and "Hikari no niwa ni saku, hitohira no omoi" in Japanese
A blonde woman in pink, whispers into the ear of a woman in a grey suits and white button down shirt, who is visibly cringing with embarrassment, under the words Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko (echoed)
In blue silhouette, two women face each other. One wears a fedora and male-styled attire, one is in a dress and heels. Their body language is obscure - they may be dancing, or laughing or fighting. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu
On a background of fiery flowers, a woman in a blue uniform/dress with long pink hair is back to back with a woman in a blue dress, long pale hair and a tiara of dark crystals, wielding flame.
Two young women dance in the middle of a storm of flowers in Edwardian-esque dove gray school uniforms.
Title image of “Our Home, My Keeper”, Studio Élan’s latest yuri visual novel, released on April 30, 2026. Image by Studio Élan. Two women stand in a library or study, one close to us with brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, another in the distance wearing a white blouse and long black skirt, with long dark hair pulled back by an Alice band.
A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.