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	[[File:Butch Femme Society by David Shankbone.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Lesbian Butch/Femme Society march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade (2007).]]		[[File:Butch Femme Society by David Shankbone.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Lesbian Butch/Femme Society march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade (2007).]]
	'''Butch''' is an [[LGBTQ\|LGBTQ+]] [[masculine]] [[gender expression]] or [[gender identity]]. While many people who identify as butch use the term in reference to their gender expression, others claim it as a [[nonbinary]] identity in itself, notably [[Leslie Feinberg]], who defined butch as a gender neither male nor female. Butch is an identity that emerged in [[lesbian]] culture in the 1940s, before there was a stark distinction in the community between types of women who were attracted to other women. Many lesbians have complicated relationships with gender, and may identify as simply butch. Butch is an identity that can be held by people of various queer sexual orientations and can belong to both cisgender and trans individuals.<ref name="Bashan">{{Cite web \|title=What Does It Mean To Be Butch? \|author=Bashan, Frankie \|work=Little Gay Book \|date=2020 \|access-date=29 September 2020 \|url= https://www.littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507112437/https://littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		'''Butch''' is an [[LGBTQ\|LGBTQ+]] [[masculine]] [[gender expression]] or [[gender identity]]. While many people who identify as butch use the term in reference to their gender expression, others claim it as a [[nonbinary]] identity in itself, notably [[Leslie Feinberg]], who defined butch as a gender neither male nor female. Butch is an identity that emerged in [[lesbian]] and bisexual culture in the 1940s, before there was a stark distinction in the community between types of women who were attracted to other women. Many lesbians have complicated relationships with gender, and may identify as simply butch. Butch is an identity that can be held by people of various queer sexual orientations and can belong to both cisgender and trans individuals.<ref name="Bashan">{{Cite web \|title=What Does It Mean To Be Butch? \|author=Bashan, Frankie \|work=Little Gay Book \|date=2020 \|access-date=29 September 2020 \|url= https://www.littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507112437/https://littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Traditionally, the identity and term butch has been used by individuals who are attracted to [[femme]]s. For some butches, this attraction to femmes represents a strong part of their own identity. Because of this, you will often see the dyadic term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme butch/femme,"] or referrals to a butch/femme dynamic. However, some butches are attracted to other butches (this was already a topic in Leslie Feinberg's seminal novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Butch_Blues Stone Butch Blues]). The phenomenon of butches attracted to other butches is commonly called "masc-for-masc".<ref name="Bashan" />		Traditionally, the identity and term butch has been used by individuals who are attracted to [[femme]]s. For some butches, this attraction to femmes represents a strong part of their own identity. Because of this, you will often see the dyadic term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme butch/femme,"] or referrals to a butch/femme dynamic. However, some butches are attracted to other butches (this was already a topic in Leslie Feinberg's seminal novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Butch_Blues Stone Butch Blues]). The phenomenon of butches attracted to other butches is commonly called "masc-for-masc".<ref name="Bashan" />

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	[[File:Butch Femme Society by David Shankbone.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Lesbian Butch/Femme Society march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade (2007).]]		[[File:Butch Femme Society by David Shankbone.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Lesbian Butch/Femme Society march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade (2007).]]
	'''Butch''' is an [[LGBTQ\|LGBTQ+]] [[masculine]] [[gender expression]] or [[gender identity]]. While many people who identify as butch use the term in reference to their gender expression, others claim it as a [[nonbinary]] identity in itself, notably [[Leslie Feinberg]], who defined butch as a gender neither male nor female. Butch is an identity that emerged in [[lesbian]] ~~and bisexual~~ culture in the 1940s, before there was a stark distinction in the community between types of women who were attracted to other women. Many lesbians have complicated relationships with gender, and may identify as simply butch. Butch is an identity that can be held by people of various queer sexual orientations and can belong to both cisgender and trans individuals.<ref name="Bashan">{{Cite web \|title=What Does It Mean To Be Butch? \|author=Bashan, Frankie \|work=Little Gay Book \|date=2020 \|access-date=29 September 2020 \|url= https://www.littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507112437/https://littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		'''Butch''' is an [[LGBTQ\|LGBTQ+]] [[masculine]] [[gender expression]] or [[gender identity]]. While many people who identify as butch use the term in reference to their gender expression, others claim it as a [[nonbinary]] identity in itself, notably [[Leslie Feinberg]], who defined butch as a gender neither male nor female. Butch is an identity that emerged in [[lesbian]] culture in the 1940s, before there was a stark distinction in the community between types of women who were attracted to other women. Many lesbians have complicated relationships with gender, and may identify as simply butch. Butch is an identity that can be held by people of various queer sexual orientations and can belong to both cisgender and trans individuals.<ref name="Bashan">{{Cite web \|title=What Does It Mean To Be Butch? \|author=Bashan, Frankie \|work=Little Gay Book \|date=2020 \|access-date=29 September 2020 \|url= https://www.littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507112437/https://littlegaybook.com/what-it-means-to-be-butch/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Traditionally, the identity and term butch has been used by individuals who are attracted to [[femme]]s. For some butches, this attraction to femmes represents a strong part of their own identity. Because of this, you will often see the dyadic term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme butch/femme,"] or referrals to a butch/femme dynamic. However, some butches are attracted to other butches (this was already a topic in Leslie Feinberg's seminal novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Butch_Blues Stone Butch Blues]). The phenomenon of butches attracted to other butches is commonly called "masc-for-masc".<ref name="Bashan" />		Traditionally, the identity and term butch has been used by individuals who are attracted to [[femme]]s. For some butches, this attraction to femmes represents a strong part of their own identity. Because of this, you will often see the dyadic term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme butch/femme,"] or referrals to a butch/femme dynamic. However, some butches are attracted to other butches (this was already a topic in Leslie Feinberg's seminal novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Butch_Blues Stone Butch Blues]). The phenomenon of butches attracted to other butches is commonly called "masc-for-masc".<ref name="Bashan" />

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	"Butch" can be used as an adjective or a noun<ref name="Bergman 2006">{{cite book\|last=Bergman\|first=S. Bear\|title=Butch is a noun\|year=2006\|publisher=Suspect Thoughts Press\|location=San Francisco\|isbn=978-0-9771582-5-6\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074846/https://books.google.com/books?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun&hl=en\|archive-date=2023-07-19\|access-date=2019-11-24\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> to describe an individual's [[gender]] or gender performance. A masculine person of any gender can be described as butch, even though it is more common to use the term towards females with more masculine traits.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Smith\|first1=Christine A.\|last2=Konik\|first2=Julie A.\|last3= Tuve\|first3=Melanie V.\|title=In Search of Looks, Status, or Something Else? Partner Preferences Among Butch and Femme Lesbians and Heterosexual Men and Women\|date=2011\|volume=64\|issue=9–10\|pages=658–668\|journal=Sex Roles\|doi=10.1007/s11199-010-9861-8\|issn=0360-0025\|accessdate=May 1, 2016\|url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false#AN=60686417&db=a9h\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106205438/http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term butch tends to denote a degree of masculinity displayed by a female individual beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy. It is not uncommon for women with a butch appearance to face harassment or violence.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|title=2014 National Street Harassment Report - Stop Street Harassment\|author=\|date=\|website=stopstreetharassment.org\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622015320/https://stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> A 1990s survey of butches showed that 50% were primarily attracted to femmes, while 25% reported being usually attracted to other butches.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Caramagno\|first=Thomas C.\|title=Irreconcilable Differences? Intellectual Stalemate in the Gay Rights Debate\|year=2002\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0275977214\|pages=138\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074845/https://books.google.com/books?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch&hl=en\|archive-date=19 July 2023\|access-date=24 November 2019\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>		"Butch" can be used as an adjective or a noun<ref name="Bergman 2006">{{cite book\|last=Bergman\|first=S. Bear\|title=Butch is a noun\|year=2006\|publisher=Suspect Thoughts Press\|location=San Francisco\|isbn=978-0-9771582-5-6\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074846/https://books.google.com/books?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun&hl=en\|archive-date=2023-07-19\|access-date=2019-11-24\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> to describe an individual's [[gender]] or gender performance. A masculine person of any gender can be described as butch, even though it is more common to use the term towards females with more masculine traits.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Smith\|first1=Christine A.\|last2=Konik\|first2=Julie A.\|last3= Tuve\|first3=Melanie V.\|title=In Search of Looks, Status, or Something Else? Partner Preferences Among Butch and Femme Lesbians and Heterosexual Men and Women\|date=2011\|volume=64\|issue=9–10\|pages=658–668\|journal=Sex Roles\|doi=10.1007/s11199-010-9861-8\|issn=0360-0025\|accessdate=May 1, 2016\|url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false#AN=60686417&db=a9h\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106205438/http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term butch tends to denote a degree of masculinity displayed by a female individual beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy. It is not uncommon for women with a butch appearance to face harassment or violence.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|title=2014 National Street Harassment Report - Stop Street Harassment\|author=\|date=\|website=stopstreetharassment.org\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622015320/https://stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> A 1990s survey of butches showed that 50% were primarily attracted to femmes, while 25% reported being usually attracted to other butches.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Caramagno\|first=Thomas C.\|title=Irreconcilable Differences? Intellectual Stalemate in the Gay Rights Debate\|year=2002\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0275977214\|pages=138\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074845/https://books.google.com/books?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch&hl=en\|archive-date=19 July 2023\|access-date=24 November 2019\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

	BUTCH Voices, a national conference for "individuals who are [[masculine of center]]", including [[gender variant]], ~~was founded~~ in ~~2008~~.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About\|url=https://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|website=BUTCH Voices\|date=April 9, 2009\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219140900/http://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|archivedate=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=BUTCH Voices Conference Makes Masculine Of Center Womyn Heard\|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|website=Curve\|date=May 8, 2017\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001911/https://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>		BUTCH Voices, a national conference for "individuals who are [[masculine of center]]", including [[gender variant]], went defunct in 2023.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About\|url=https://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|website=BUTCH Voices\|date=April 9, 2009\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219140900/http://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|archivedate=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=BUTCH Voices Conference Makes Masculine Of Center Womyn Heard\|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|website=Curve\|date=May 8, 2017\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001911/https://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

	==Attributes==		==Attributes==

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	==Transgender butches==		==Transgender butches==
	While the term "transgender butch" could apply to any masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth, has a masculine gender expression~~, and experiences [[gender dysphoria]] when not identifying as butch (rather than male or another gender)~~. Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].		While the term "transgender butch" could apply to any masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth and has a masculine gender expression. Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].

	=== Other terms ===		=== Other terms ===

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	==Transgender butches==		==Transgender butches==
	While the term "transgender butch" could apply to a masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth, has a masculine gender expression, and experiences [[gender dysphoria]] when not identifying as butch (rather than male or another gender). Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].		While the term "transgender butch" could apply to any masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth, has a masculine gender expression, and experiences [[gender dysphoria]] when not identifying as butch (rather than male or another gender). Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].

	=== Other terms ===		=== Other terms ===

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	==Transgender butches==		==Transgender butches==
	While the term "transgender butch" could apply to a masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth, has a masculine gender expression, and experiences [[gender dysphoria]] ~~while~~ identifying as butch rather than male or another gender. Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].		While the term "transgender butch" could apply to a masculine trans person, regardless of [[sex#Gender assigned at birth\|gender assigned at birth]], the term is often used in a more specific sense to describe a person who was assigned female at birth, has a masculine gender expression, and experiences [[gender dysphoria]] when not identifying as butch (rather than male or another gender). Transgender butches may identify as [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]]; some claim butch as a specific nonbinary identity. Transgender butches may also identify as lesbians or dykes independently of their gender identity. A similar term is "stone butch", which describes a butch who prefers to avoid genital stimulation in sexual settings, sometimes due to [[gender dysphoria]].

	=== Other terms ===		=== Other terms ===

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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180902195731/https://debonairgeek.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/deep-thoughts/ Debonair Geek's Blog: Deep Thoughts]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180902195731/https://debonairgeek.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/deep-thoughts/ Debonair Geek's Blog: Deep Thoughts]
	*[http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1459608453 Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg]		*[http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1459608453 Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg]
	*[https://susans.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Butch and Femme]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201030230113/https://susans.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Butch and Femme]
	*[https://susans.org/wiki/Soft_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Soft Butch]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201030222942/https://susans.org/wiki/Soft_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Soft Butch]
	*[https://susans.org/wiki/Stone_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resources Wiki: Stone Butch]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201030231210/https://susans.org/wiki/Stone_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resources Wiki: Stone Butch]
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191202211153/https://www.butchvoices.com/ Butch Voices], "a grassroots organization dedicated to all self-identified [[Masculine of center\|Masculine of Center]] people and our Allies"		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191202211153/https://www.butchvoices.com/ Butch Voices], "a grassroots organization dedicated to all self-identified [[Masculine of center\|Masculine of Center]] people and our Allies"
	*{{Cite web \|title=A Dispatch From the Shifting, Porous Border Between Butch and Trans \|last=Urquhart \|first=Evan \|work=Slate Magazine \|date=24 April 2015 \|url= https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/04/butch-and-trans-a-dispatch-from-the-shifting-border.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620114842/https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/04/butch-and-trans-a-dispatch-from-the-shifting-border.html \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}		*{{Cite web \|title=A Dispatch From the Shifting, Porous Border Between Butch and Trans \|last=Urquhart \|first=Evan \|work=Slate Magazine \|date=24 April 2015 \|url= https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/04/butch-and-trans-a-dispatch-from-the-shifting-border.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620114842/https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/04/butch-and-trans-a-dispatch-from-the-shifting-border.html \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}

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	*[https://susans.org/wiki/Soft_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Soft Butch]		*[https://susans.org/wiki/Soft_butch Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Soft Butch]
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	*[~~http~~://www.butchvoices.com/ Butch Voices], "a grassroots organization dedicated to all self-identified [[Masculine of center\|Masculine of Center]] people and our Allies"		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191202211153/https://www.butchvoices.com/ Butch Voices], "a grassroots organization dedicated to all self-identified [[Masculine of center\|Masculine of Center]] people and our Allies"
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	*[https://xanwest.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/what-is-stone/ What Is Stone?] by [[Xan West]]		*[https://xanwest.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/what-is-stone/ What Is Stone?] by [[Xan West]]

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	=== Other terms ===		=== Other terms ===
	Some women in lesbian communities eschew butch or femme classifications, believing that they are inadequate to describe an individual, or that labels are limiting in and of themselves. Other people within the LGBT community have tailored the common labels to be more descriptive, such as "soft stud," "hard butch," "gym queen," or "tomboy femme." Comedian Elvira Kurt contributed the term "fellagirly" as a description for LGBT women who are not strictly either femme or butch, but a combination. From the 1940s to 1990s, the term "kiki" was used for a similar meaning.<ref>{{cite book \|editor = Zimmerman \|editor-given = Bonnie \|title = Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. Vol. I \|publisher = Garland Publishing, Inc \|year = 2000 \|page = [https://books.google.de/books?id=qAZ5AgAAQBAJ&q=KIKI+1940s+lesbian&pg=PA140&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=KIKI%201940s%20lesbian&f=false 140] \|quote ="Kiki: a term used from the 1940s through the 1960s for a lesbian who could be either butch or femme."}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= What is She Like?: Lesbian Identities from the 1950s to the 1990s \|last=Ainley \|first=Rosa \|year=1995 \|url=https://archive.org/details/whatisshelike00rosa/page/152/mode/2up \|page=152 \|quote=Although kiki has never been a term, or a category, with such currency as butch and femme, and is still far more recognized in the USA than in Britain, it now means someone who is deliberately both, rather than the 'neither fish nor fowl' connotation it used to have.~~\|archive-url=False~~ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Some women in lesbian communities eschew butch or femme classifications, believing that they are inadequate to describe an individual, or that labels are limiting in and of themselves. Other people within the LGBT community have tailored the common labels to be more descriptive, such as "soft stud," "hard butch," "gym queen," or "tomboy femme." Comedian Elvira Kurt contributed the term "fellagirly" as a description for LGBT women who are not strictly either femme or butch, but a combination. From the 1940s to 1990s, the term "kiki" was used for a similar meaning.<ref>{{cite book \|editor = Zimmerman \|editor-given = Bonnie \|title = Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. Vol. I \|publisher = Garland Publishing, Inc \|year = 2000 \|page = [https://books.google.de/books?id=qAZ5AgAAQBAJ&q=KIKI+1940s+lesbian&pg=PA140&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=KIKI%201940s%20lesbian&f=false 140] \|quote ="Kiki: a term used from the 1940s through the 1960s for a lesbian who could be either butch or femme."}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= What is She Like?: Lesbian Identities from the 1950s to the 1990s \|last=Ainley \|first=Rosa \|year=1995 \|url=https://archive.org/details/whatisshelike00rosa/page/152/mode/2up \|page=152 \|quote=Although kiki has never been a term, or a category, with such currency as butch and femme, and is still far more recognized in the USA than in Britain, it now means someone who is deliberately both, rather than the 'neither fish nor fowl' connotation it used to have.\|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Those who identify as butch and femme today often use the words to define their presentation and gender identity rather than strictly the role they play in a relationship, and that not all butches are attracted exclusively to femmes and not all femmes are exclusively attracted to butches, a departure from the historic norm. Besides the terms "butch" and "femme", there are a number of other terms used to describe the dress codes, the sexual behaviours, and/or the gender identities of the sexual subcultures who use them. The meanings of these terms vary and can evolve over time.		Those who identify as butch and femme today often use the words to define their presentation and gender identity rather than strictly the role they play in a relationship, and that not all butches are attracted exclusively to femmes and not all femmes are exclusively attracted to butches, a departure from the historic norm. Besides the terms "butch" and "femme", there are a number of other terms used to describe the dress codes, the sexual behaviours, and/or the gender identities of the sexual subcultures who use them. The meanings of these terms vary and can evolve over time.

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	"Butch" can be used as an adjective or a noun<ref name="Bergman 2006">{{cite book\|last=Bergman\|first=S. Bear\|title=Butch is a noun\|year=2006\|publisher=Suspect Thoughts Press\|location=San Francisco\|isbn=978-0-9771582-5-6\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074846/https://books.google.com/books?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun&hl=en\|archive-date=2023-07-19\|access-date=2019-11-24\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> to describe an individual's [[gender]] or gender performance. A masculine person of any gender can be described as butch, even though it is more common to use the term towards females with more masculine traits.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Smith\|first1=Christine A.\|last2=Konik\|first2=Julie A.\|last3= Tuve\|first3=Melanie V.\|title=In Search of Looks, Status, or Something Else? Partner Preferences Among Butch and Femme Lesbians and Heterosexual Men and Women\|date=2011\|volume=64\|issue=9–10\|pages=658–668\|journal=Sex Roles\|doi=10.1007/s11199-010-9861-8\|issn=0360-0025\|accessdate=May 1, 2016\|url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false#AN=60686417&db=a9h\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106205438/http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term butch tends to denote a degree of masculinity displayed by a female individual beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy. It is not uncommon for women with a butch appearance to face harassment or violence.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|title=2014 National Street Harassment Report - Stop Street Harassment\|author=\|date=\|website=stopstreetharassment.org\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622015320/https://stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> A 1990s survey of butches showed that 50% were primarily attracted to femmes, while 25% reported being usually attracted to other butches.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Caramagno\|first=Thomas C.\|title=Irreconcilable Differences? Intellectual Stalemate in the Gay Rights Debate\|year=2002\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0275977214\|pages=138\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074845/https://books.google.com/books?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch&hl=en\|archive-date=19 July 2023\|access-date=24 November 2019\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>		"Butch" can be used as an adjective or a noun<ref name="Bergman 2006">{{cite book\|last=Bergman\|first=S. Bear\|title=Butch is a noun\|year=2006\|publisher=Suspect Thoughts Press\|location=San Francisco\|isbn=978-0-9771582-5-6\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074846/https://books.google.com/books?id=jmyfdmsWjiEC&dq=butch+is+a+noun&hl=en\|archive-date=2023-07-19\|access-date=2019-11-24\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> to describe an individual's [[gender]] or gender performance. A masculine person of any gender can be described as butch, even though it is more common to use the term towards females with more masculine traits.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Smith\|first1=Christine A.\|last2=Konik\|first2=Julie A.\|last3= Tuve\|first3=Melanie V.\|title=In Search of Looks, Status, or Something Else? Partner Preferences Among Butch and Femme Lesbians and Heterosexual Men and Women\|date=2011\|volume=64\|issue=9–10\|pages=658–668\|journal=Sex Roles\|doi=10.1007/s11199-010-9861-8\|issn=0360-0025\|accessdate=May 1, 2016\|url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false#AN=60686417&db=a9h\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106205438/http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2bc637f5-dab5-4003-a000-13cf76217d23%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d&preview=false\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term butch tends to denote a degree of masculinity displayed by a female individual beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy. It is not uncommon for women with a butch appearance to face harassment or violence.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|title=2014 National Street Harassment Report - Stop Street Harassment\|author=\|date=\|website=stopstreetharassment.org\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622015320/https://stopstreetharassment.org/our-work/nationalstudy/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> A 1990s survey of butches showed that 50% were primarily attracted to femmes, while 25% reported being usually attracted to other butches.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Caramagno\|first=Thomas C.\|title=Irreconcilable Differences? Intellectual Stalemate in the Gay Rights Debate\|year=2002\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0275977214\|pages=138\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719074845/https://books.google.com/books?id=IIHQH001Bc8C&dq=faggot+butch&hl=en\|archive-date=19 July 2023\|access-date=24 November 2019\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

	BUTCH Voices, a national conference for "individuals who are [[masculine of center]]", including [[gender variant]], was founded in 2008.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About\|url=https://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|website=BUTCH Voices\|date=April 9, 2009\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219140900/http://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|archivedate=December 19, 2018~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228035414/https://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|archive-date=17 July 2023~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=BUTCH Voices Conference Makes Masculine Of Center Womyn Heard\|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|website=Curve\|date=May 8, 2017\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001911/https://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>		BUTCH Voices, a national conference for "individuals who are [[masculine of center]]", including [[gender variant]], was founded in 2008.<ref>{{cite web\|title=About\|url=https://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|website=BUTCH Voices\|date=April 9, 2009\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219140900/http://www.butchvoices.com/about/\|archivedate=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=BUTCH Voices Conference Makes Masculine Of Center Womyn Heard\|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|website=Curve\|date=May 8, 2017\|accessdate=11 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001911/https://www.curvemag.com/Events/BUTCH-Voices-Conference-Makes-Masculine-Of-Center-Womyn-Heard-1874/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

	==Attributes==		==Attributes==