Gender Tags


H as anyone seen last Thursday edition of the Village Voice? Check it here

Before I even start with this one, I want everyone to know that I am NOT and I repeat am absolutely NOT against butch, bois, studs and whatever Lezzies want to be called these days. I support my plethora of dykes in every sense of the word and stand firm on my feet when they are mistreated/misunderstood by our society and unfortunately the media.

Phewww, I got this over with it. So now – the article.

In a nutshell: lezzies these days (based on the article - African Americans and Latinas) idolize big time rappers/gangsters and take into the fondness of that genre and thus, society labels them as these hardcore butch lesbians who fight, hustle and even die for the sake of being appreciated by 1) female companions/lovers and 2) the notorious street male thugs.

They go as far as a complete body image switch – their attire, their body/language. Often they are mistaken for men and some of them don’t mind it. I suppose what they chose to achieve is not only self-acceptance but also approval from society.

Hey, I am no lezzie expert and won’t pretend that I am either. As a femme lezzie, I never found an attraction to the butch ladies. To be honest, I love women. I love the way they feel, the way they look, the way they touch, their femininity. I love a woman who looks like a woman not a woman who thinks/dresses, talks/walks and breathes the male species. No offense to my male species- I fully respect the gender and like them, especially when the majority of my friends are male and are the sweetest guys on earth. But I don’t do the schlong unless it is from Babeland.

I can’t dictate what is right or what is wrong here. But I wonder if they can do some sort of study to show butch/dykes/bois in a corporate setting – outside of GLBT communities. That my friends, I would like to read about. I know it would be discrimination if a company doesn’t hire someone because of the way look but society is so blinded by the norms of Corporate America.

Another thing, I am deeply offended by some of the comments butch lezzies put out there to somehow demean the lezzie community. Hello, may I remind you that you do have a vagina and tits?

I want to know why certain skirt chasers love the macho – masculinity persona and others like myself embrace femininity?

3 comments:

    wow had you just posted those pics without the article, i'd have thought they were very cute thugs. boy is my face red! does this mean i'm a latent lesbian??

    ha! a closeted lesbian.

    Hey they can easily pass for men. So dont worry, your secret is safe with me.

    On April 18, 2007 at 1:55 PM Anonymous said...

    yeah. I am offended when I hear them talk among themselves, almost like the lesbian community only revolves around them.

    I don't get it either. I am a skirt chaser and I like the kinds who wear skirts and occasionally straps it on.