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* Among gay men, a boi can be "a boyish gay guy."<ref name="Marech">{{Cite web |title=Nuances of gay identities reflected in new language / 'Homosexual' is passé in a 'boi's' life |author=Marech, Rona |work=SFGate |date=8 February 2004 |access-date=12 June 2020 |url= https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nuances-of-gay-identities-reflected-in-new-2824367.php}}</ref> Gay men may use the word boi for young bisexual or gay men who are [[feminine]].<ref name="Marech" /> | * Among gay men, a boi can be "a boyish gay guy."<ref name="Marech">{{Cite web |title=Nuances of gay identities reflected in new language / 'Homosexual' is passé in a 'boi's' life |author=Marech, Rona |work=SFGate |date=8 February 2004 |access-date=12 June 2020 |url= https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nuances-of-gay-identities-reflected-in-new-2824367.php}}</ref> Gay men may use the word boi for young bisexual or gay men who are [[feminine]].<ref name="Marech" /> | ||
* In the lesbian community, "a 'boi' is a younger lesbian that typically looks and acts like a guy. She dresses in clothes designed for men, has a boyish hairstyle and carries herself like a dude [...] older lesbians generally aren't referred to as 'bois.' I’m 31. Hell, I'm taking this term to the grave with me. Simply because I'd rather not be called [butch]."<ref>{{cite web|author=Riley|title=Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?|date=21 September 2011|archive-date=16 January 2014|url=http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/|work=Lez Get Real|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/}}</ref> One definition of a lesbian boi is one who has casual sex, in contrast with the stereotype of the "U-Haul lesbian" (women so monogamous that they move in together on the second date), and are said to be more like young, sexually free adult men than butches, who are said to be more like mature, settled, football-watching married men.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where the Bois Are|work=New York Magazine|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/|date=2 January 2004|last=Levy|first=Ariel}}</ref> Some define boi simply as a younger butch lesbian.<ref name="Crain">{{cite web|last=Crain|first=Chris|date=22 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004401/http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=7066|archive-date=29 March 2012|title=Who's The Fairest Twink Of Them All?|url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=7066|work=San Francisco Bay Times}} '''Note: Article contains the t****y slur multiple times.'''</ref> | * In the lesbian community, "a 'boi' is a younger lesbian that typically looks and acts like a guy. She dresses in clothes designed for men, has a boyish hairstyle and carries herself like a dude [...] older lesbians generally aren't referred to as 'bois.' I’m 31. Hell, I'm taking this term to the grave with me. Simply because I'd rather not be called [butch]."<ref>{{cite web|author=Riley|title=Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?|date=21 September 2011|archive-date=16 January 2014|url=http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/|work=Lez Get Real|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/}}</ref> One definition of a lesbian boi is one who has casual sex, in contrast with the stereotype of the "U-Haul lesbian" (women so monogamous that they move in together on the second date), and are said to be more like young, sexually free adult men than butches, who are said to be more like mature, settled, football-watching married men.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where the Bois Are|work=New York Magazine|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/|date=2 January 2004|last=Levy|first=Ariel}}</ref> Some define boi simply as a younger butch lesbian.<ref name="Crain">{{cite web|last=Crain|first=Chris|date=22 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004401/http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=7066|archive-date=29 March 2012|title=Who's The Fairest Twink Of Them All?|url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=7066|work=San Francisco Bay Times}} '''Note: Article contains the t****y slur multiple times.'''</ref> | ||
* Ariel Levy, in her book ''Female Chauvinist Pigs'', interviews several bois, one of whom said, "To me, a boi is someone who doesn't have so much to prove. Bois are kind of dirty. Sexually dirty, but also we’re not in the clean, pressed, buttoned-up world... we're like little urchins. A lot of us are artists." Another boi said "I never really wanted to grow up, which is what a lot of the boi identity is about. I want to go out and have a good time! I want to be able to go out to the bar at night and go to parties and go to the amusement park and play. That sense of play-- that's a big difference from being a [[butch]]. To me, butch is like adult. If you're a butch, you're a grown-up: You're the man of the house."<ref>{{cite book| last=Levy| first=Ariel |title=Female Chauvinist Pigs |chapter=Womyn to Bois |year=2005}}</ref> | |||
* A transgender man who is young, and/or who is early in his [[transition]].<ref name="Crain" /> | * A transgender man who is young, and/or who is early in his [[transition]].<ref name="Crain" /> | ||
* In the BDSM community, bois "are usually female submissives or bottoms and usually have a female Daddy. They are typically masculine or 'butch'."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315053634/http://www.bdsm-education.com/terminology.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|title=BDSM Terminology For Newbies|work=BDSM Education|url=http://www.bdsm-education.com/terminology.html}}</ref> | * In the BDSM community, bois "are usually female submissives or bottoms and usually have a female Daddy. They are typically masculine or 'butch'."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315053634/http://www.bdsm-education.com/terminology.html|archive-date=15 March 2019|title=BDSM Terminology For Newbies|work=BDSM Education|url=http://www.bdsm-education.com/terminology.html}}</ref> | ||