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Boi is used within LGBTQ+ and [[butch]]/[[femme]] communities for a person's [[sexual orientation]] and/or [[gender identity]]. It has many different meanings, in each community, and within those communities. Some of these are: | Boi is used within LGBTQ+ and [[butch]]/[[femme]] communities for a person's [[sexual orientation]] and/or [[gender identity]]. It has many different meanings, in each community, and within those communities. Some of these are: | ||
* An umbrella term for many different queer masculine identities. For example, the bklyn boihood organization defines boi this way: "We are transmen, | * An umbrella term for many different queer masculine identities. For example, the bklyn boihood organization defines boi this way: "We are [[Trans man|transmen]], [[stud]]s, doms, [[butch]]es, tomboys, queens, [[Ag]]s-all self-identified bois and queers of color striving for visibility, self-affirmation using our stories, journeys, and talents."<ref>"bklyn boihood." https://prezi.com/ybttsym4mewd/bklyn-boihood/</ref> Queer theorist Julia Horncastle says that "''boi'' and ''boy'' [...] describe a type of masculine identity adopted by people on a [[butch]] and/or [[Transmasculine|FTM]] or [[Transfeminine|MTF]] and/or [[queer]] and/or [[genderfuck]] spectrum."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Queer Bisexuality: Perceptions of Bisexual Existence, Distinctions, and Challenges|journal=Journal of Bisexuality|year=2008|last1=Horncastle|first1=Julia|volume=8|doi=10.1080/15299710802142192|quote=At a micro-level ''boi'' and ''boy'', for example, are slang terms used to describe a type of masculine identity adopted by people on a [[butch]] and/or FTM or MTF and/or queer and/or [[genderfuck]] spectrum.}}</ref> | ||
* 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" /> | ||