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more about #genderidentity more comments → hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: er... i never had any preconceived notions about "butch" except that maybe they were tomboyish. also, i have a total crush on rachel maddow. i have ... more » JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: I very much support the idea that gender-identity should be self-defined and separated from stereotypical language. Why then do particular LGBTs emp... more » BytheSea: I didn't know most of these words existed. i didn't know people were already describing the thoughts I had for myself. Thank you for posting this. more » Pantra: When I came out 20 years ago, both butch and femme were seen as .... intellectually lacking, shall we say, in my queer community. It was considered to... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Okay. I am way out of my depth here, but -- since when is one's intellectual capacity tied to one's sexuality? more » SusanDeath: I just wanna throw in that I appreciate the Q at the end of the LGBTQ! As someone who WAS "Q" for the majority of my life (I'm only 23, so I was quest... more » JerseyGrrrl: For lesbians, using the brain in a quantitative way is.... too feminine? Oh, gender constructs, I will never understand your many contradictions!! more » missteenwordpower: Does Rachel Maddow really count as "butch"? Does she identify that way? more » Penny: Wow, this sounds incredibly interesting. I will definitely give it a listen. Strange, though, I wasn't aware of the generalization that you can't be... more » -
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It's Possible To Be A Butch Intellectual, And Other Lessons From "Butch Voices"
An NPR piece on last weekend's Bay Area "Butch Voices" conference shows that female-born butches face some of the same stereotypes men do — and some very different ones.
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