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hobbitsaarebas:
natblida:
I’m glad there are many femme/femme couples on TV to battle the “heteronormativity” but there’s suddenly zero butch representation
young girls need to learn that it’s okay to dress “boyish” and have short hair and still be a girl. I need society seeing that we exist so that I don’t get kicked out of public restrooms despite being a woman. I need media showing butch/butch couples since the only reason we don’t see them is because straight men can’t jerk off to it. I need femme wlw to realize that butch lesbians are girls because I see so many lesbians that blatantly say “don’t talk to me if you’re butch” as if we’re not even worthy of having a conversation with.
I need it so they can show that no, we don’t wanna be men, and no we’re not detached from feelings and incapable of being soft. I need more love for butch lesbians because we’re the ones they spot in the streets and throw insults and punches at. we endure hate from both sides because we’re “too gay” for the straights but also “too gay” for some of the LGBTQ community. I need it for society to learn that despite one of us “looking like a man” we’re still two women in a relationship. I need representation for trans butches because trans women aren’t all super femme and shouldn’t need to be if they don’t want to.
I need butch lesbian representation because we’re women enough no matter what we look like and society needs to learn that and accept it.
This is also your routine reminder that trans women can be and sometimes are butch. Butch trans women (including lesbians) exist and deserve to see themselves too. They’re still women if they wear “men’s” clothes. They’re still women if they have short hair or don’t wear makeup or don’t shave their body hair. Butch trans women can and should be allowed to do all the things butch cis women do without having their genders invalidated. And they should be allowed in lesbian spaces while they do it.
hobbitsaarebas:
natblida:
I’m glad there are many femme/femme couples on TV to battle the “heteronormativity” but there’s suddenly zero butch representation
young girls need to learn that it’s okay to dress “boyish” and have short hair and still be a girl. I need society seeing that we exist so that I don’t get kicked out of public restrooms despite being a woman. I need media showing butch/butch couples since the only reason we don’t see them is because straight men can’t jerk off to it. I need femme wlw to realize that butch lesbians are girls because I see so many lesbians that blatantly say “don’t talk to me if you’re butch” as if we’re not even worthy of having a conversation with.
I need it so they can show that no, we don’t wanna be men, and no we’re not detached from feelings and incapable of being soft. I need more love for butch lesbians because we’re the ones they spot in the streets and throw insults and punches at. we endure hate from both sides because we’re “too gay” for the straights but also “too gay” for some of the LGBTQ community. I need it for society to learn that despite one of us “looking like a man” we’re still two women in a relationship. I need representation for trans butches because trans women aren’t all super femme and shouldn’t need to be if they don’t want to.
I need butch lesbian representation because we’re women enough no matter what we look like and society needs to learn that and accept it.
This is also your routine reminder that trans women can be and sometimes are butch. Butch trans women (including lesbians) exist and deserve to see themselves too. They’re still women if they wear “men’s” clothes. They’re still women if they have short hair or don’t wear makeup or don’t shave their body hair. Butch trans women can and should be allowed to do all the things butch cis women do without having their genders invalidated. And they should be allowed in lesbian spaces while they do it.
