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transbutchbluess · 29 days

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having to reassure my mother about the fact that i want to medically transition is both funny and sad. i thought making her read stone butch blues would help but it didn’t (i think she still liked it tho). i still have to explain to her that i’m transitioning toward queer masculinities and not toward cishet manhood. it’s exhausting.

she has this weird idea that masculinity is inherently toxic and that i’m betraying women if i want to look like a guy. she keeps telling me about the changes and how male puberty is basically disgusting, just because she is “worried” for me/my body. at this point i find myself laughing about it sometimes.

like, come on. my scars due to past self harm will probably never fade away. i used to starve myself. i’m physically disabled. my body is bad enough already, testosterone doesn’t have anything left to “ruin” !

anyway, i try my best to explain to her how subverting masculinity is important, and how i can want to medically transition without wanting to be a cis man and while still identifying as a lesbian. and when the conversation is over i go sit by my altars and i pray to deities that are very transsexual themselves and very supportive of my queerness

#transness #trans #transsexuality #transgender #queer #queerness #queer masculinity #lesbian masculinity #butch #lesbian #transmasc lesbian #religion & queerness #personal

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bumblingbee1 · 1 year

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As a transmasc lesbian, I find it funny that the only men I’d ever get gender envy from these days are fictional ones. And that’s VERY few ones at that! As for real life (and in general), butches, studs and mascs just do it better 💖💖

#bee bumbles #lesbian masculinity

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womantoday · 5 months

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Shaunese Crawford (photographer, cinematographer, director)

website, Boogie Down Cinema, Facebook, IG, TikTok

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genderqueerdykes · 1 year

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the point of my masculinity and male positivity posts are to underline that masculinity and manhood are seen as a threat or in direct opposition to queerness, and that often times in order to be seen as queer you have to be partially or wholly feminine or gender neutral, or express your manhood in a feminine or gender neutral way in order to no longer be threatening, invasive, or a problem.

it is very difficult to exist in queer spaces as a hyper masculine person & a man. you're made to feel like you need to walk a tight rope feeling like you're inherently out of place, as if you existing and being masculine or a man in queer spaces makes others uncomfortable inherently.. just know that when i make positivity posts it is to remind us all that masculinity/manhood and queerness are not opposites and that you do not have to be a feminine man or masc person to be viewed/seen/heard as queer.

chasing men, masculine people, and masculinity out of queer spaces isn't helping anyone currently and won't help anyone down the line. please accept masc enbies, butches, bears, and masculine trans men with the same kindness, love, and passion that you do neutral and feminine people. that's the point when i make these kinds of posts. thank u

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laurapalmergraduates · 2 years

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butch

alison bechdel / leslie feinberg / nina nijsten / miriam zoila perez / tumblr user queermasculine / karleen pendleton jimènez

#comparatives #web weaving #butch #lesbian #female masculinity #lgbt #fd #L

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gay-fae · 2 years

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hey shout out of recognition and validation to all the queer people who didn’t exhibit many queer behaviors or have queer many experiences when they were young!! shout out to trans women and trans men who didn’t feel bad about or uncomfortable with their AGAB when they were younger and didn’t gravitate toward the “opposite side of things”. shout out to nonbinary and genderfluid ppl who felt content with their AGAB all of their childhood or even teen and adults years. shout out to lesbians who didn’t have any crushes on girls growing up and liked traditionally feminine things and shout out to gay men who didn’t have any crushes on boys growing up and liked traditionally masculine things. shout out to bi and pan and omni people who only had hetero attractions growing up. shout out to aros and aces who thought they experienced crushes or attraction or whatever while growing up and didn’t feel excluded by being surrounded by allo people. shout out to literally any queer people who didn’t “show the signs” growing up because that can make you feel invalidated or worried that you’re faking it and you shouldn’t feel worried about that! When we say that everyone’s journey and experience is different, that includes you!! Happy pride month <3

#pride #pride month #happy pride month #lgbtq #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #pansexual #transgender #nonbinary #genderfluid #asexual #aromantic #aroace #queer #fable’s stuff #i personally exhibited many signs of being aroace but genderfluid? NOPE #when I realized I was genderfluid I worried PROFUSELY that I was faking it for attention or something #because growing up I HATED being referred to as anything REMOTELY masculine and never wanted to “play the dad’’ when playing games & stuff #i was very comfortable w being a cis girl and being feminine and had no desire to be masculine!!#but now I DO experience the desire to be masc and androgynous as my gender shifts and that doesn’t mean im faking it #sometimes our brains can just switch up on us bc they’re developing #or sometiems our childhood influences can affect our development and make things manifest differently #whatever it may be #it’s okay and there is nothing wrong with you

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princessefemmelesbian · 2 months

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Not to be rude but a lot of white lesbians on here will see an attractive white(and especially if they're skinny, conventionally attractive, cis, and feminine) woman and go "omg she's so pretty and gorgeous and elegant, gosh, why are women so beautiful! I want her to hold me and hug me and kiss me!" but the second you see an attractive non-white woman(especially if they are fat, trans, dark-skinned, or butch, but lbr y'all do this to femmes of color as well due to how masculinized we are), suddenly y'all's brains short-circuit and you don't know how to complement us without depriving us of our humanity because you still internalized the idea that woc are wild impure animals and so out comes the "omg I want her to step on me and choke me and slap me across the face and make me her slave!!!" and y'all think it's okay because you're making yourself "subservient" to us but really all you're doing is reinforcing harmful stereotypes of woc as more aggressive, sexual, violent, inhumane, and less feminine, sweet, loving, and/or gentle than white women, and you guys think it's a compliment but it's really fucking not and I'm here to tell you that being a lesbian doesn't invalidate your white privilege if you talk about and fetishize lesbian woc this way. 😡

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dreaming-moondragon · 10 months

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Friendly reminder that butch/masc's don't have to be muscular or be super into workouts or weight lifting. No matter what our body type looks like, it doesn't make us less butch/masc.

#... yeah just saying #I have read some things a while ago ...😒#textpost #sapphic #sapphic textpost #wlw #wlw textpost #lgbtq #lesbian #butch #masc #masculine lesbian #masculine #butch lesbian #masc lesbian #masc woman #wlw masc #saphhic masc

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stonebutchooze · 11 months

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I need to see other butches. I need to see other butches unapologetically masculine and shirtless and relaxed in nature. I need to see other butches on TV and in my books and in my shop and bar. I need butches whose masculinity is not apologised for by feminine or otherwise mainstreamly redeeming qualifiers, like whiteness, thinness, able bodied-ness, attractiveness, feminine faces, earrings, women's jeans and shoes. These things are all okay, but I need to see a butch character who's not been shaped to be acceptable for all audiences with reservations about queerness. I need a butch who's fat, hairy, deep voiced, who's older, who wear shirts and ripped jeans and boots instead of dapper suits. Butches who are on T, or have PCOS, butches who also identify as ftm, or as a woman no matter how they're seen. I need trans fem butches who are fucking ACCEPTED for however they show up in their bodies and clothes.

We need butches not sterilised and redeemed by cis/het normative bounds of expression.

#butch #masculine #trans masc #trans fem #trans femme #butch lesbian #trans butch #trans lesbian #nonbinary #gendernonconforming #cisnormativity #heteronormativity #clearing out the drafts #mine

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autisticcharliecale · 28 days

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Ya know what shout out to butches who wrestle with our butchness because we don’t fit the mold in some way. Butches who aren’t physically strong or naturally caretaking because of physical disability, who need to be cared for, who can’t hold open the door for a femme. Butches with long hair, butches with big hair, butches who express their culture via their hair. Butches who’s masculinity is shaped by their culture, who’s masculinity doesn’t fit the white eurocentric mold. Fat butches, butches with curves viewed as feminine, butches who don’t have skinny, boyish builds. Butches who don’t want to be sexualized, butches on the ace spectrum. Butches who don’t have traditionally masculine interests or mannerisms or whatever. Effeminate butches. Butches who take inspo from gay men. Butches who like the occasional dress or skirt. TRANSFEM BUTCHES!!!!! And any other butches who don’t fit a certain mold!! All butches are good butches and we are all valid.

#I’ve wrestled with butch identity for a long time #Because I’m physically disabled and I am also Jewish and I love my hair and masculinity is Different in the Jewish community #I relate to how gay men do gender and am not traditionally masculine #I am fat and have a “mom bod” type of build #Etc etc #I have put so many standards on myself but why? I know who I am better than anyone. And I know I’m a butch!#It feels right and comfortable on every level #And that is what matters!!! Send post!#Kitty meows #Butch #Butchness #Butch lesbian #Butch identity #butch positivity

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cheriedarliingz · 24 days

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i love u fat butches.

i love u skinny butches.

i love u midsized butches.

i love u butches recovering from eating disorders.

i love u butches with stretch marks.

i love u butches with self-harm scars.

i love u butches with cellulite.

i love u butches with thick thighs.

i love u butches with a thigh gap.

i love u butches who feel like u aren't masculine-enough-presenting.

i love u butches who need to be reassured consistently.

i love u butches who aren't afraid to be vulnerable.

i love u butches who are only vulnerable around trusted people.

i love u butches!!!!!!!!!!!!

- ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵖᵒˢᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᵇʸ ᵃ ᵐᶦⁿᵒʳ, ᵐᵈⁿᶦ ᵃᶜᶜˢ ᵈⁿᶦᵎ

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bratprincedyke · 1 year

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Roman Manfredi We/Us

Butches and Studs from working class backgrounds within the British landscape

Co-curated by Ingrid Pollard

Exhibition: 9 March – 3 June 2023 at Space station 65, Kennington, London

Opening hours: 12 – 6PM, Wednesday – Saturdays

Free to visit. Accessible. All welcome.

We/Us is an intergenerational photography and oral history project that celebrates the presence of butches and studs from working-class backgrounds within the British landscape. The project explores the experience of female masculinity through the structures of class and race all over the UK, capturing our diversity as well as our commonality.

When searching for images of butches and studs online, most that come up are from a bygone era, or from the US. Conversations around gender and identity today are often academic and London-centric, sometimes forgetting that our identities are informed by our every day lived experiences.

Our history and our lived experience is our gift to the world.

– Joan Nestle, Restricted Country

Exhibition audio - Participants were interviews about their lives and experiences,

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Vice uk feature

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lololo6789 · 9 days

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Femmes who bite your lip while kissing you 10/10

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raging-guanche · 10 months

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for all my mascs out there;

YOU ARE NOT PREDATORY FOR LIKING FEMS AND/OR WOMEN.

YOU ARE NOT UGLY OR DANGEROUS.

YOU ARE LOVED, IMPORTANT AND QUEER ENOUGH

YOU DESERVE TO BE HAPPY WITH YOUR MASCULINITY.

#tw caps #masc #masc lesbian #stem lesbian #stud lesbian #butch #butch4butch #soft butch #stone butch #butch lesbian #masc gay #gay masculine #masculine men #trans masc #transmasc #transmasculine #masc mlm

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butchqueersapphic · 4 months

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Leather Dyke Oil Painting

by Suzanne Shifflett

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queerism1969 · 2 years

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