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    '''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>
    '''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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104155359/https://thesafezoneproject.com/resources/vocabulary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522222831/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lgbtq-definitions-gender-sexuality-terms |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220032431/https://students.wustl.edu/gender-pronouns-information/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
     
    ==History==
    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). |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518135813/https://butchenough.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/gender-is-a-landscape-not-a-line/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


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    *[[transfeminine]]
    *[[transfeminine]]
    *[[masculine of center]]
    *[[masculine of center]]
    *[[femmegender]]
    *[[femme]]


    ==References==
    ==References==

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    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".[1] Not all people who are feminine of center will present in a feminine way.[2][3]

    History[edit | edit source]

    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.[4]

    Related terms[edit | edit source]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. "LGBTQ+ Vocabulary Glossary of Terms". The Safe Zone Project. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
    2. "The Gender Identity Terms You Need To Know". Refinery29. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
    3. "Gender Pronouns Information". Washington University in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
    4. "Gender is a landscape not a line **". Butch Enough. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2021. 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).