Diane Obomsawin

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Diane Obomsawin
Obomsawin in 2018
Born	Diane Obomsawin 1959 (age 64–65) Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Author, illustrator, filmmaker
Genre	Lesbian love, graphic novel, animated film

Diane Obomsawin (born 1959) is an Abenaki Quebec-based author, illustrator and animated filmmaker, often known by her pseudonym, Obom. Some of her notable works have explored the issue of lesbian first love, including a 2014 graphic novel, published in French as J'aime les filles by L'Oie de Cravan and in English as On Loving Women by Drawn & Quarterly.^[1][2][3] J'aime les filles was adapted as a 2016 National Film Board of Canada animated short, I Like Girls (J'aime les filles), which received the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the 40th Ottawa International Animation Festival.^[4][5][6][7]