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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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107152842/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nuances-of-gay-identities-reflected-in-new-2824367.php |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107152842/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nuances-of-gay-identities-reflected-in-new-2824367.php |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425035826/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425035826/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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>
* 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" />
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* Indie-pop musician [[Anjimile]]<ref name="anjimile">{{cite tweet|user=anjimilemusic|number=1100129113480880128|title=thank u thank u :) however I am not a girl, I'm a non-binary transmasc queer boi who uses they/them and he/him pronouns 🤘🏾|date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref>
* Indie-pop musician [[Anjimile]]<ref name="anjimile">{{cite tweet|user=anjimilemusic|number=1100129113480880128|title=thank u thank u :) however I am not a girl, I'm a non-binary transmasc queer boi who uses they/them and he/him pronouns 🤘🏾|date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref>
* American writer and model [[Devin-Norelle]] describes [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ze|zimself]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/SteroidBeyonce/ Instagram profile], accessed 29 July 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230607102022/https://www.instagram.com/steroidbeyonce Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> as [[nonbinary]]<ref name="Michael">{{Cite web |title=Meet Devin-Norelle, Chromat's First Masculine of Center Model |author=Michael Love Michael |work=PAPER |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/devin-norelle-chromat-2640274990.html?rebelltitem=10#rebelltitem10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209012845/https://www.papermag.com/devin-norelle-chromat-2640274990.html?rebelltitem=10 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and a boi.<ref name="not a man">{{cite web|url=https://transparentgender.tumblr.com/post/179556497367/im-not-a-man-yet-not-a-women|date=29 October 2018|title=I'm not a man, yet not a women.|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* American writer and model [[Devin-Norelle]] describes [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ze|zimself]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/SteroidBeyonce/ Instagram profile], accessed 29 July 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230607102022/https://www.instagram.com/steroidbeyonce Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> as [[nonbinary]]<ref name="Michael">{{Cite web |title=Meet Devin-Norelle, Chromat's First Masculine of Center Model |author=Michael Love Michael |work=PAPER |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/devin-norelle-chromat-2640274990.html?rebelltitem=10#rebelltitem10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209012845/https://www.papermag.com/devin-norelle-chromat-2640274990.html?rebelltitem=10 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and a boi.<ref name="not a man">{{cite web|url=https://transparentgender.tumblr.com/post/179556497367/im-not-a-man-yet-not-a-women|date=29 October 2018|title=I'm not a man, yet not a women.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719071051/https://transparentgender.tumblr.com/post/179556497367/im-not-a-man-yet-not-a-women|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=3 October 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* Performance artist and musician [[Dua Saleh]]<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Saleh|first=Dua|user=doitlikedua|number=1274796748502958081|title=I mainly use they/them and occasionally he/him pronouns.<br><br>Some terms I accept and terms I don’t accept, in that order.<br><br>[White heavy check mark]: king, bro, fam, boi, Mx., Mr., sir, dude, man, gentlethem, stan account etc<br><br>[No entry sign]: queen, sis, girl, gurl, woman, etc|date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
* Performance artist and musician [[Dua Saleh]]<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Saleh|first=Dua|user=doitlikedua|number=1274796748502958081|title=I mainly use they/them and occasionally he/him pronouns.<br><br>Some terms I accept and terms I don’t accept, in that order.<br><br>[White heavy check mark]: king, bro, fam, boi, Mx., Mr., sir, dude, man, gentlethem, stan account etc<br><br>[No entry sign]: queen, sis, girl, gurl, woman, etc|date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
* Author [[Rivers Solomon]]<ref>{{cite tweet|title=what about my boyishness? what about the little girl in me who desperately wanted to be a little boy because i saw in boyhood a me-ness i never found in girlhood? what about the fact that i'm a boi? what about the fact that i'm a dyke?|date=10 June 2020|user=cyborgyndroid|number=1270838498845736962|last=Solomon|first=Rivers}}</ref>
* Author [[Rivers Solomon]]<ref>{{cite tweet|title=what about my boyishness? what about the little girl in me who desperately wanted to be a little boy because i saw in boyhood a me-ness i never found in girlhood? what about the fact that i'm a boi? what about the fact that i'm a dyke?|date=10 June 2020|user=cyborgyndroid|number=1270838498845736962|last=Solomon|first=Rivers}}</ref>
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* [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/ New York Magazine: Where the bois are]
* [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9709/ New York Magazine: Where the bois are]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20131006094319/http://www.butch-femme.com/showthread.php?1776-what-is-a-boi-and-how-do-you-define-a-boi&amp;s=d22e05e066f4bbeb14621cd949848698 Butch-Femme.com: "What is a boi and how do you define a boi?" (archived forum thread from 2003)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20131006094319/http://www.butch-femme.com/showthread.php?1776-what-is-a-boi-and-how-do-you-define-a-boi&amp;s=d22e05e066f4bbeb14621cd949848698 Butch-Femme.com: "What is a boi and how do you define a boi?" (archived forum thread from 2003)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/ Lez Get Real: "Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?" (article from 2011)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/ Lez Get Real: "Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?" (article from 2011)]
* [http://www.butchvoices.com/faqs/ Butch voices: FAQs]
* [http://www.butchvoices.com/faqs/ Butch voices: FAQs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181015113248/http://boisociety.com:80/ Boi Society.com] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181015113248/http://boisociety.com:80/ Boi Society.com] (archived)
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