08-08-2011, 09:20 AM
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Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian.
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Originally Posted by citybutch
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Originally Posted by citybutch
So simplistic... BUT we did not always have the "label" lesbian....in fact we have had many labels we have embraced. And not always have lesbians embraced butch/femme identity. In fact, there was a time I can remember where butches were rejected as embracing male identity and male roles...
This is merely an observation.. and not a critique of how anyone identifies here...
I find community with you all....
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lesbian.h...ures_1920-1970
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Thank you for these interesting links. I learned some stuff.
At the risk of being repetitive, which is getting as tiring for me as I am sure it is getting for you, this thread is NOT about defining lesbian or qualifying what a lesbian is, or any other derivative of lesbian.
The intent of this thread was for lesbians who identify a certain way to talk about issues related to their reality.
So far, it has been anything but. And the trend continues.
We have a butch zone, a femme zone, a trans zone, and a little late to the party lesbian zone. Within each zone is a heck of a lot of empty space. Is there some reason people have the need to continue to corrupt this particular thread into what they need it to be rather than what it is for?
Want to be supportive? Please do so.
Want to interject your own definitions, realities, need to meld blend blur? To me, that is a deliberate attempt to turn this into something other than the repeatedly stated intent. It is behavior that smacks of fear and feeling threatened. So, again, what is so threatening about lesbians reclaiming their voices and their power as a force in this community?
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