Newsbians

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Newsbians is a general ship name (derived from Newsies + lesbians) used in the Newsies fandom to refer to sapphic pairings, especially Katherine Plumber/Sarah Jacobs. The name first appeared as a Tumblr username.[1]

Katherine/Sarah

In posts still online, it begins appearing as a ship name for Katherine/Sarah in mid-2014[2] and can be found on other sites like AO3 and DeviantArt by October[3] and November.[4] Newsbians is still used among fans who headcanon Katherine as bisexual.

References

  1. ^ a request for snuggles from apparently-taken!!! uvu post by newsbians, reblog by kikaiz (seen here in fanart of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, November 2013)
  2. ^ Newsbians mermaid au by letssoakemforcrutchy, reblog by aroskywalker (May 2014)
  3. ^ Possibly, Maybe by xLoveMx (October 2014)
  4. ^ Sarah and Katherine by coffeerack (November 2014)