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redqueen

(115,103 posts)

24. I'm glad you called out that "Sunday LOLcats" shit.

Reply to MadrasT (Reply #23)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 10:46 AM

Apr 2014

That had me seeing red.

Butch women are butch women. Not trans men. They are two different types of people entirely. Slapping that label on them because they don't conform to the rules society still seems to absolutely fucking adore about gender is fucking offensive as hell.

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9 Portraits of Butch Women Proving "Masculinity is a Trait, Not a Gender" [View all] redqueen Apr 2014 OP

Gorgeous! Well executed portriats of Beautiful Butch Women. Thanks, redqueen! Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #1

I took a class and one of the students was a butch kimbutgar Apr 2014 #2

... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #3

redqueen… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #4

it was posted in here before. seabeyond Apr 2014 #5

Thanks sea... redqueen Apr 2014 #7

i think this post is about some men trying to start more shit in gd. and ya... i hear ya. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #8

Thank you, seabeyond... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #14

yiyi.... seabeyond Apr 2014 #15

sea... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #16

thanks for the info... loves my clarifications so i understand. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #17

Abandoned? WTF? It's not a person. redqueen Apr 2014 #6

What is your interest… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #9

What a steaming load. redqueen Apr 2014 #10

Wow… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #12

It has to do with gendered expectations. ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #11

Thank you for your response... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #13

As a genderqueer person, I find your "Sunday LOLcats" remark offensive. MadrasT Apr 2014 #18

Well, MadrasT… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #19

Why are you here? ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #20

Dear TeeYiYi MadrasT Apr 2014 #21

"in various stages of transgender transition"? redqueen Apr 2014 #22

THANK YOU MY SISTER REDQUEEN MadrasT Apr 2014 #23

I'm glad you called out that "Sunday LOLcats" shit. redqueen Apr 2014 #24

ok. my story, cause i love stories and i do not think i am steppin on any toes. seabeyond Apr 2014 #25

They ARE all transgender… TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #29

Yeah, no. You don't get to slap whatever label you like on someone else. redqueen Apr 2014 #30

Did you even bother... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #31

Oh I'm already quite familiar with it. redqueen Apr 2014 #33

... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #35

Cause we can just assume it wasn't a mastectomy. redqueen Apr 2014 #36

There's a HUGE difference... TeeYiYi Apr 2014 #37

But doesn't the term Butch itself Shivering Jemmy Apr 2014 #26

i do not know. but, i think lesbian does today. and i was told in no uncertain terms why lesbian seabeyond Apr 2014 #27

Not IMO - and certainly not as definitively as words like "dominant". nt redqueen Apr 2014 #32

"certainly not as definitively as words like "dominant"." seabeyond Apr 2014 #34

You are probably right Shivering Jemmy Apr 2014 #38

My daughter and her wife's wedding picture HockeyMom Apr 2014 #28