08-01-2011, 06:15 AM
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Well, I am not an English Major or writer nor do I know much about grammatics or being politically correct for that matter, but I don't agree with a couple of the items. So, maybe I will say this is how they are for me.
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.
In that light, both Butch and Lesbian are adjectives for me as they describe parts of me, not all of me....Butch Lesbian Woman
Hey! Is that a new acronym? BLW? Cool beans
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Originally Posted by Chazz
For the sake of clarity, and in the the spirit of reclaiming lesbian heritage and grammatical correctness - neoPolitical Correctness be damned (I never signed on for that, anyway):
female/woman (noun) = sex/biology
male/man (noun) = sex/biology
lesbian (noun) = a woman of same sex, sexual orientation
feminine/masculine (adj.) = gender
femme (noun) = female lesbian
butch (noun) = female lesbian who expresses female "masculinity"
transgender (verb) = moving along a gender continuum.
transgender person (noun) = a person of either sex, who may be lesbian, gay or straight.
Using adjectives as nouns is not good grammar, nor is it good politics. It just muddies the water. Non-lesbians, who lay claim to lesbian descriptors, are the ones obliged to clarify through expanded labeling.
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