Feminine of center: Difference between revisions

'''Feminine of center''' is a [[queer]] [[feminine]] identity or [[gender expression]]. The Safe Zone Project says that feminine of center individuals are "people who present, understand themselves, and/or relate to others in a generally more feminine way, but don't necessarily identify as [[women]]".<ref name="safezone">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ+ Vocabulary Glossary of Terms |author= |work=The Safe Zone Project |date= |access-date=11 November 2020 |url= https://thesafezoneproject.com/resources/vocabulary/}}</ref> Not all people who are feminine of center will present in a [[feminine]] way.<ref name="refinery29">{{Cite web |title=The Gender Identity Terms You Need To Know |work=Refinery29 |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=11 November 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lgbtq-definitions-gender-sexuality-terms}}</ref><ref name="wustl">{{Cite web |title=Gender Pronouns Information |author= |work=Washington University in St. Louis |date= |access-date=11 November 2020 |url= https://students.wustl.edu/gender-pronouns-information/ }}</ref>

The term "feminine of center" may have derived from "femme of center", a self-descriptor sometimes found in lesbian personals ads in the mid-1990s.<ref name="butc_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender is a landscape not a line ** |author= |work=Butch Enough |date=31 July 2011 |access-date=31 January 2021 |url= https://butchenough.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/gender-is-a-landscape-not-a-line/ |quote=Back in the mid-90s, 'butch of center' was a not-uncommon descriptor in lesbian personal ads, at least where I was looking ('femme of center' was also used, but not as often). }}</ref>