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Masculinity is different than maleness. Butches are different than transgender men. Although transgender men were assigned female at birth (or sometimes intersex), and some identified as lesbian before recognizing that they were trans men, the difference is that butch lesbians generally identify as women, and feel attracted to women, whereas trans men identify as men, and may or may not feel attracted to women. | Masculinity is different than maleness. Butches are different than transgender men. Although transgender men were assigned female at birth (or sometimes intersex), and some identified as lesbian before recognizing that they were trans men, the difference is that butch lesbians generally identify as women, and feel attracted to women, whereas trans men identify as men, and may or may not feel attracted to women. | ||
Some have argued that butch people can benefit from male privilege or have toxic masculinity despite not being men.<ref name="Bashan" /><ref name="Nash">{{Cite web |title=COVER STORY: Butch Voices |author=Nash, Tammye |work=Dallas Voice |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=29 September 2020 |url= https://dallasvoice.com/butch-voices/}}</ref> However, this is disputed.<ref name="Factora">{{Cite web |title=Being Butch Does Not Mean I Experience Masculine Privilege |last=Factora |first=James |work=refinery29.com |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=29 September 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/butch-masculine-privilege-myth}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/journal/cgi-bin/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lee_Hum_2009.pdf|last=Lee|first=Atticus|title=The Role of Butch/Femme Relationships in Transgender Activism: A Codependent Mutualism|quote= Butch lesbians debunk the gender binary with their mere existence; they embody masculine gender presentations without possessing male privilege or participating in the dominant patriarchy.}}</ref> | Some have argued that butch people can benefit from male privilege or have toxic masculinity despite not being men.<ref name="Bashan" /><ref name="Nash">{{Cite web |title=COVER STORY: Butch Voices |author=Nash, Tammye |work=Dallas Voice |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=29 September 2020 |url= https://dallasvoice.com/butch-voices/}}</ref> However, this is disputed.<ref name="Factora">{{Cite web |title=Being Butch Does Not Mean I Experience Masculine Privilege |last=Factora |first=James |work=refinery29.com |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=29 September 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/butch-masculine-privilege-myth}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/journal/cgi-bin/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lee_Hum_2009.pdf|last=Lee|first=Atticus|title=The Role of Butch/Femme Relationships in Transgender Activism: A Codependent Mutualism|quote= Butch lesbians debunk the gender binary with their mere existence; they embody masculine gender presentations without possessing male privilege or participating in the dominant patriarchy.}}</ref><ref name="Kaos">{{Cite web |title=Lesbian Subcultures: Are you Looking for a Butch or Femme? |last=Kaos |first=Trini |work=Queer Events |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=19 April 2021 |url= https://www.queerevents.ca/queer-culture/posts/lesbian-subcultures |quote=No institution or culture privileges butches and they are often routinely punished; both in their gender-non-conformity and in their status as a visible marker of lesbianism. }}</ref> | ||
==Transgender butches== | ==Transgender butches== | ||