Help me write this - discussion of gender dynamics in lesbian community

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Originally Posted by *Anya*

I stand by my original comment.

We are all different. Some of us are into butch-femme, some are not. Some of us date trans, some of us do not.

I do not care if other lesbians do not like, do not approve or are not into the BF dynamic. It does not affect me one iota.

I do my own thing. I accept wherever my lesbian sisters are, whomever they are attracted to-regardless.

Anything else feels divisive to me.

I will not support divisiveness in any form, for any LGBTQ. There are too few of us in this world to do that.

I am not superior than anyone just because the butch-femme dynamic turns me on and is what does it for me.

We really can't control who or what we are sexually attracted to. It is an extremely complex dynamic that is interwoven into the very fabric of our being.

I agree with your ideas on divisiveness and the complexity of attraction. I hope my post didn't come across as an attack.

As for that long ago ex: I did feel rather attacked by her attempt to change the core of who I am when she was well aware of my presentation prior to getting together with me. I wish she hadn't tried to change me. It was rather confusing me as a newly out queer, and I actually did compromise who I was to a certain degree in order to mould myself into some version of what she needed attraction-wise.

This is all before I discovered B/F and the affirmation that I was just fine carrying on the way I was and that others understood the ways I move through the world.

One more thing I just remembered. I recall a conversation with a friend (lesbian) where I did have to try to explain myself. She was a bit miffed I think, at first, about the B/F dynamic and my relationships. After a chat or two, it was fine and I think she was truly interested and *got* it more. I do think there are ways to have these conversations with the wider queer/lesbian community, and I gotta give some props to Dance as I don't know if I could start or lead a conversation about gender dynamics or B/F stuff with a larger group.