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[[Masculine of center]] (MoC) is a [[queer]] [[masculine]] identity. As described by the grassroots organization BUTCH Voices, this is a term that was "coined by B. Cole of the Brown Boi Project, that recognizes the breadth and depth of identity for [[lesbian]]/[[queer]]/[[women|womyn]] who tilt toward the masculine side of the gender scale and includes a wide range of identities such as [[butch]], [[stud]], [[ag|aggressive/AG]], dom, macha, tomboi, [[transmasculine|trans-masculine]] etc."<ref name="butc_WhoW">{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |author= |work=BUTCH Voices |date= |access-date=31 January 2021 |url= http://www.butchvoices.com/who-we-are/ | [[Masculine of center]] (MoC) is a [[queer]] [[masculine]] identity. As described by the grassroots organization BUTCH Voices, this is a term that was "coined by B. Cole of the Brown Boi Project, that recognizes the breadth and depth of identity for [[lesbian]]/[[queer]]/[[women|womyn]] who tilt toward the masculine side of the gender scale and includes a wide range of identities such as [[butch]], [[stud]], [[ag|aggressive/AG]], dom, macha, tomboi, [[transmasculine|trans-masculine]] etc."<ref name="butc_WhoW">{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |author= |work=BUTCH Voices |date= |access-date=31 January 2021 |url= http://www.butchvoices.com/who-we-are/}}</ref> | ||
Masculine of center is not a trans-only identity; cis women can also be masculine of center.<ref name="bogi_Why">{{Cite web |title=Why “women + nonbinary” is not a good idea |last=Takács |first=Bogi |authorlink=Bogi Takács |work=Bogi Reads the World |date=2 September 2018 |access-date=13 November 2020 |url= http://www.bogireadstheworld.com/why-women-nonbinary-is-not-a-good-idea/ | Masculine of center is not a trans-only identity; cis women can also be masculine of center.<ref name="bogi_Why">{{Cite web |title=Why “women + nonbinary” is not a good idea |last=Takács |first=Bogi |authorlink=Bogi Takács |work=Bogi Reads the World |date=2 September 2018 |access-date=13 November 2020 |url= http://www.bogireadstheworld.com/why-women-nonbinary-is-not-a-good-idea/}}</ref> | ||
The term "masculine of center" has been criticized for oversimplifying "gender expression down to a simple gradiation, with pure femininity on one end and pure masculinity on the other."<ref name="butchenough">{{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/ | The term "masculine of center" has been criticized for oversimplifying "gender expression down to a simple gradiation, with pure femininity on one end and pure masculinity on the other."<ref name="butchenough">{{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/}}</ref> | ||
== Notable people == | == Notable people == | ||
One [[notable nonbinary people|notable person]] who identifies as masculine of center is the American fashion designer and activist [[Nik Kacy]], who also identifies as [[third sex]] and [[genderfluid]].<ref name="Coblentz">{{Cite web |title=NiK Kacy: The First Gender-Equal Luxury Footwear Line |last=Coblentz |first=Natalie Yvette |work=dapperQ |date=23 February 2015 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2015/02/nik-kacy-first-gender-equal-luxury-footwear-line/ | One [[notable nonbinary people|notable person]] who identifies as masculine of center is the American fashion designer and activist [[Nik Kacy]], who also identifies as [[third sex]] and [[genderfluid]].<ref name="Coblentz">{{Cite web |title=NiK Kacy: The First Gender-Equal Luxury Footwear Line |last=Coblentz |first=Natalie Yvette |work=dapperQ |date=23 February 2015 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2015/02/nik-kacy-first-gender-equal-luxury-footwear-line/}}</ref> | ||
== Masculine of center characters in fiction== | == Masculine of center characters in fiction== | ||