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you probably want to look into shoujo. it's targetted at girls, so it's a lot less horny. it's also usually lower budget and less is made, though
for lesbian anime bloom into you is good. though i think the go-to recommendation for that is Nana, I can't say I've watched it.
more recently, i really enjoyed the apothecary diaries. there's some romance but very little. and i guess there's some sexualization but like, it's not really fanservice as much as there are multiple sex worker characters bc the mc grew up in the pleasure district.
The queerness in Nana is all repressed and closeted, but it's there. Nana's an exceptionally-crafted cautionary tale about the destructive influence of the straight lifestyle.