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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" /> | ||