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* The Genderqueer Identities blog says, "Use of 'boi' outside of relation to transgender spaces specifically seems to be strongly associated with African American men's culture (see results for 'pretty boi', for example)." | * The Genderqueer Identities blog says, "Use of 'boi' outside of relation to transgender spaces specifically seems to be strongly associated with African American men's culture (see results for 'pretty boi', for example)." | ||
* 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 | * 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> | ||
* A transgender man who is young, and/or who is early in his transition.<ref | * 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> | * 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> | ||
* Some transgender people who were assigned female at birth identify as bois rather than-- or in addition to-- identifying as [[transgender men]]. One such person explained why: "Justin, who is 19 and didn't want to use his last name because he's not out to his family as transgender, calls himself a 'boi' -- with an 'i' -- because he feels like a boy -- with a 'y' -- but 'I don't have the boy parts, as much as I wish I did.' 'I'm still learning the ropes of just being me,' he added."<ref name="Marech" /> | * Some transgender people who were assigned female at birth identify as bois rather than-- or in addition to-- identifying as [[transgender men]]. One such person explained why: "Justin, who is 19 and didn't want to use his last name because he's not out to his family as transgender, calls himself a 'boi' -- with an 'i' -- because he feels like a boy -- with a 'y' -- but 'I don't have the boy parts, as much as I wish I did.' 'I'm still learning the ropes of just being me,' he added."<ref name="Marech" /> | ||
* Some people who were assigned female at birth call themselves bois to mean that they partly or completely don't identify as feminine, female, a girl, or a woman. Some of these bois identify as transgender or intersex.<ref>Faderman, Lillian; Stuart Timmons (2006). Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-02288-X. Retrieved 2008-06-23.</ref> | * Some people who were assigned female at birth call themselves bois to mean that they partly or completely don't identify as feminine, female, a girl, or a woman. Some of these bois identify as transgender or intersex.<ref>Faderman, Lillian; Stuart Timmons (2006). Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-02288-X. Retrieved 2008-06-23.</ref> | ||