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[27] Because of its association with the leather community, some may choose to use the term dyke, rather than lesbian, to indicate a position in the feminist sex wars. [28] [29] [30] In her 2011 article The Only Dykey One, Lucy Jones argues that consideration of lesbian culture is core to an understanding of lesbian identity construction. [31]
In "Negotiating Dyke Femininity," lesbian scholar Wendy Somerson explains that women in the lesbian community who are more feminine and do not fit into the "butch" stereotype can pass as straight. She believes the link between appearance and gender performance and one's sexuality should be disrupted, because the way someone looks should not ...
Tomboy is a term referring to girls or young women with masculine traits. It may include wearing androgynous or unfeminine clothing and engaging in physical sports or other activities and behaviors traditionally associated with boys or men .
Soft butch is on the spectrum of butch, as are stone butch and masculine, whereas on the contrary, ultra fem, high femme, and lipstick lesbian are some labels on the spectrum of lesbians with a more prominent expression of femininity, also known as femmes. [1]
"The Gender Issues and Identities of the Young Tomboy and Lesbian in Chiang Mai and Phitsanulok of Thailand". Rajabhat Journal of Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences. 20 (1). Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University: 172– 184. ISSN 1905-3193. Leach, Anna (5 February 2013). "Thai tomboy students demand the right to wear pants". Gay Star News.
[2] In Intersectionality, Sexuality and Psychological Therapies (2012), lipstick lesbian is defined as "a lesbian/bisexual woman who exhibits 'feminine' attributes such as wearing makeup, dresses and high heeled shoes"; the book adds that "more recent iterations of feminine forms of lesbianism such as 'femme' (e.g. wears dresses/skirts or form ...
The purpose of the flyer was to address the necessity for grassroots lesbian organizing, especially given the anti-gay bills being pushed throughout the early 1990s. After learning about this manifesto , lesbians from Los Angeles created a large banner for their contingent, and those from Philadelphia constructed a vagina statue that was ...
The Queen's Vernacular claimed a butch was "a lesbian with masculine characteristics." [ 7 ] In Of Catamites and Kings , Gayle Rubin describes a butch as those lesbians who use masculine mannerisms, and/or who wear traditionally male clothing, and/or who experience gender dysphoria . [ 8 ]