Here come the lesbians, here come the leaping lesbians...

Pretty Woman · 05-28-2010, 04:52 PM

Only one has clearly identified as a lesbian. I will make it 2. I AM A FEMME LESBIAN.I've been reading alot of these posts this week (not this one, but others on id and nomenclature), hy, she, masculine, feminine, trans included, why weren't trans included, this is misogynistic, etc. I think you get the point.

So I am struck by the lack of clarity thus far from the postings here and from folks that are usually very clear in other types of postings...are you a lesbian? I think that was the OP here.Why the lack of clarity?
Were I in a playful mood, I'd tell a joke. Hell I'm going to tell it anyway. Lea Delaria has a joke about being in Provincetown and going into a jewelry store where on the counter rests a small sign, "20% Discount for Lesbians on All Store Items". And no one claimed it for the entire Memorial Day weekend. So she wonders, "How much of a discount WOULD folks need to say that they are lesbian? 25%, 30%, half off?"
It's no wonder some folks in the BFP community are having trouble identifying other lesbians on this site. Sometimes I feel as if it's okay to be any darn thing in the world here on BFP except a lesbian...butch or femme.

JustJo · 05-28-2010, 05:00 PM

Hi Pretty Woman

Sorry...just feeling the need for a little levity after the last few days.

I'm a lesbian femme and pushy broad...and I'd take the discount on the jewelry too!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Woman

Only one has clearly identified as a lesbian. I will make it 2. I AM A FEMME LESBIAN.I've been reading alot of these posts this week (not this one, but others on id and nomenclature), hy, she, masculine, feminine, trans included, why weren't trans included, this is misogynistic, etc. I think you get the point.

So I am struck by the lack of clarity thus far from the postings here and from folks that are usually very clear in other types of postings...are you a lesbian? I think that was the OP here.Why the lack of clarity?
Were I in a playful mood, I'd tell a joke. Hell I'm going to tell it anyway. Lea Delaria has a joke about being in Provincetown and going into a jewelry store where on the counter rests a small sign, "20% Discount for Lesbians on All Store Items". And no one claimed it for the entire Memorial Day weekend. So she wonders, "How much of a discount WOULD folks need to say that they are lesbian? 25%, 30%, half off?"
It's no wonder some folks in the BFP community are having trouble identifying other lesbians on this site. Sometimes I feel as if it's okay to be any darn thing in the world here on BFP except a lesbian...butch or femme.

scootebaby · 05-28-2010, 05:02 PM

i am a butch lesbian..that makes 3 now right(lesbians NOT butches)

MissItalianDiva · 05-28-2010, 05:51 PM

I don't really like restrictive labels for myself but when it comes down to it I am a femme lesbian hmm ok ultra femme lesbian

Liam · 05-28-2010, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Woman

Only one has clearly identified as a lesbian. I will make it 2. I AM A FEMME LESBIAN.I've been reading alot of these posts this week (not this one, but others on id and nomenclature), hy, she, masculine, feminine, trans included, why weren't trans included, this is misogynistic, etc. I think you get the point.

So I am struck by the lack of clarity thus far from the postings here and from folks that are usually very clear in other types of postings...are you a lesbian? I think that was the OP here.Why the lack of clarity?

I thought it was rather clear, that I am a guy, however I am an EX-LESBIAN. I heard a member in our community express a need for a lesbian thread, and that is why I created this. I have no intention of participating further in it. Thanks to all of the lesbians and their allies who have posted thus far.

Lynn · 05-28-2010, 05:55 PM

I'm usually one of the first on the block to raise my hand to the lesbian question. Just sat down to the computer after work and dinner. Am I late to the party?

Yes, I am a lesbian. First and foremost, of all my "orientations" and proclivities. Lesbian!

Stoney · 05-28-2010, 06:09 PM

okay......Ill settle for a sniff test. ..

Beau · 05-28-2010, 06:14 PM

L-E-S-B-I-A-N spells me
Skipping gaily through this thread to say unequivocally, I'm a lesbian, dyke, gay, bulldagger. Some people call this form of queer "butch".

ETA: I wrote this merely 3 days ago because I thought Bully had started a thread to help identify and/or acknowledge those who are lesbians on the site. And yeah, I'll post this everyday if I have to.

I don't want to, though. All this skipping and gaiety is exhausting.

Soft*Silver · 05-28-2010, 06:36 PM

funny that this thread came up today, on the day I was telling someone I was thinking BFP had become a gender debate planet, not a BF site.

I am a lesbian tho people have tried to call me other things. Some call me bisexual. Some call me queer. Some call me straight. Shrug. I call myself lesbian. I am a lesbian who has dated and been partnered with CIS men, transmen, TG, male IDd lesbians, female IDd lesbians and once, a long long time ago, a femme lesbian. She proved to me that there were indeed limits to who I would date..lol

I hate the word queer. I grew up in the day when queer was a hate word. Ya I know, reclaim it and use it. Well, you can use it if you want. I hate it. I am a lesbian. And I am not going to polish up my opinion by saying "I dont like it"...because its politically incorrect to say you hate anything that someone might label themselves as. Sorry. I am talking about me and only me and I would hate that word if it were identified with me.

I am a lesbian who has loved FtMs and TG and STILL considered myself a lesbian. For awhile I was kinda lost about the label and then I just didnt care what the politics of the day had become. I am a lesbian.

I LOVE being a lesbian. And I love who I love and they can have any label they want...I will love them by name not label.

amiyesiam · 05-28-2010, 07:31 PM

Gayly prancing in, with an occassional leap, to twirl around and announce:
I too, am a lesbian!!
No one has ever said anything about this to me.
but then most people aren't negative to me
but then I bite
or maybe they are scared of me, cause ya know, I'm mean like that

Starbuck · 01-09-2011, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beau

L-E-S-B-I-A-N spells me
Skipping gaily through this thread to say unequivocally, I'm a lesbian, dyke, gay, bulldagger. Some people call this form of queer "butch".

ETA: I wrote this merely 3 days ago because I thought Bully had started a thread to help identify and/or acknowledge those who are lesbians on the site. And yeah, I'll post this everyday if I have to.

I don't want to, though. All this skipping and gaiety is exhausting.

LOL! I LOVE IT

LaneyDoll · 05-23-2011, 03:13 PM

Can I just step up without leaping? Have anyone here actually seen the height of the heels I wear? lol Ok, I am a lesbian, ultra femme for those keeping score at home.

CherylNYC · 05-23-2011, 03:15 PM

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am temporarily unable to leap. I will, however, be in prime leaping shape sometime late this summer. I'll warn everyone first.

OS Butch · 05-23-2011, 10:55 PM

Yep, another non leaping lesbian. It seems as I get older, trying to find local community has gotten harder. Even spending time with my local friends, life has gotten in a hurry and there seems to be no time to socialize. I frequently have gone to see Suede at the Birchmere and it was jam packed. Last time I went, it wasn't hard to find a seat.

PumaJ · 05-24-2011, 09:48 AM

The most beautiful images of all of us lesbians, leaping & cavorting, fill my mind every time I read the title of this thread. All of us in our many hued, many styles, many gendered splendor:-)

dykeumentary · 05-24-2011, 10:05 AM

Although I still consider myself a leaping lesbian, last Friday night at softball practice I realized that my softball glove is now 25 years old.

LipstickLola · 05-25-2011, 06:15 AM

*Warning*.......today I will attempt to leap!! This could be ugly, lol

OS Butch · 05-25-2011, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dykeumentary

Although I still consider myself a leaping lesbian, last Friday night at softball practice I realized that my softball glove is now 25 years old.

Really?! I haven't played softball in 30! Though there is a league called the Golden Girls and 1 gal has been trying to recruit me to play for close to 2 years....Now that could be uglier than watching me try to leap!

bright_arrow · 07-29-2011, 08:15 PM

I prefer to skip, but can be convinced to leap I supposeee...

I fall within the 'lesbian' category, but I like femme dyke more

A redheaded, geeky, curvy femme dyke

tapu · 07-29-2011, 08:23 PM

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought we were all lesbians.

05-28-2010, 04:52 PM	#1
Pretty Woman Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Trying to be true to myself Join Date: May 2010 Location: New York Posts: 73 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 45 Thanked 171 Times in 56 Posts Rep Power: 17333	So out of the 8 total postings so far... Only one has clearly identified as a lesbian. I will make it 2. I AM A FEMME LESBIAN.I've been reading alot of these posts this week (not this one, but others on id and nomenclature), hy, she, masculine, feminine, trans included, why weren't trans included, this is misogynistic, etc. I think you get the point. So I am struck by the lack of clarity thus far from the postings here and from folks that are usually very clear in other types of postings...are you a lesbian? I think that was the OP here.Why the lack of clarity? Were I in a playful mood, I'd tell a joke. Hell I'm going to tell it anyway. Lea Delaria has a joke about being in Provincetown and going into a jewelry store where on the counter rests a small sign, "20% Discount for Lesbians on All Store Items". And no one claimed it for the entire Memorial Day weekend. So she wonders, "How much of a discount WOULD folks need to say that they are lesbian? 25%, 30%, half off?" It's no wonder some folks in the BFP community are having trouble identifying other lesbians on this site. Sometimes I feel as if it's okay to be any darn thing in the world here on BFP except a lesbian...butch or femme. __________________ She packed up her potential and all she had learned, grabbed a cute pair of shoes and headed out to change a few things

05-28-2010, 05:55 PM	#6
Lynn Member How Do You Identify?: Unabashed Feminine Lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: Her, She Relationship Status: Married! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 689 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,499 Thanked 2,414 Times in 505 Posts Rep Power: 9668975	I'm usually one of the first on the block to raise my hand to the lesbian question. Just sat down to the computer after work and dinner. Am I late to the party? Yes, I am a lesbian. First and foremost, of all my "orientations" and proclivities. Lesbian! __________________ In the flush of love's light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. Maya Angelou Wedding Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=22b092b98c

05-28-2010, 06:14 PM	#8
Beau Timed Out How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: . Posts: 178 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 71 Thanked 339 Times in 87 Posts Rep Power: 0	reposting from the "other" Lesbian thread L-E-S-B-I-A-N spells me Skipping gaily through this thread to say unequivocally, I'm a lesbian, dyke, gay, bulldagger. Some people call this form of queer "butch". ETA: I wrote this merely 3 days ago because I thought Bully had started a thread to help identify and/or acknowledge those who are lesbians on the site. And yeah, I'll post this everyday if I have to. I don't want to, though. All this skipping and gaiety is exhausting.

05-28-2010, 06:36 PM	#9
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,895 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	funny that this thread came up today, on the day I was telling someone I was thinking BFP had become a gender debate planet, not a BF site. I am a lesbian tho people have tried to call me other things. Some call me bisexual. Some call me queer. Some call me straight. Shrug. I call myself lesbian. I am a lesbian who has dated and been partnered with CIS men, transmen, TG, male IDd lesbians, female IDd lesbians and once, a long long time ago, a femme lesbian. She proved to me that there were indeed limits to who I would date..lol I hate the word queer. I grew up in the day when queer was a hate word. Ya I know, reclaim it and use it. Well, you can use it if you want. I hate it. I am a lesbian. And I am not going to polish up my opinion by saying "I dont like it"...because its politically incorrect to say you hate anything that someone might label themselves as. Sorry. I am talking about me and only me and I would hate that word if it were identified with me. I am a lesbian who has loved FtMs and TG and STILL considered myself a lesbian. For awhile I was kinda lost about the label and then I just didnt care what the politics of the day had become. I am a lesbian. I LOVE being a lesbian. And I love who I love and they can have any label they want...I will love them by name not label. __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

05-28-2010, 07:31 PM	#10
amiyesiam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/they Relationship Status: single Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: pa Posts: 2,703 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,488 Thanked 10,135 Times in 2,161 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Gayly prancing in, with an occassional leap, to twirl around and announce: I too, am a lesbian!! No one has ever said anything about this to me. but then most people aren't negative to me but then I bite or maybe they are scared of me, cause ya know, I'm mean like that __________________ A year from now you will wish that you started today~Karen Lamb

05-28-2010, 05:02 PM	#3
scootebaby Timed Out How Do You Identify?: yes dear Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: south florida Posts: 2,494 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,264 Thanked 6,737 Times in 1,777 Posts Rep Power: 0	i am a butch lesbian..that makes 3 now right(lesbians NOT butches)

05-28-2010, 05:51 PM	#4
MissItalianDiva Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Miss Twiggy Preferred Pronoun?: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and that shit doesn't sound atrocious! Relationship Status: divorce happens..all that glitters ain't gold Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 2,284 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,768 Thanked 7,159 Times in 1,793 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I don't really like restrictive labels for myself but when it comes down to it I am a femme lesbian hmm ok ultra femme lesbian

05-28-2010, 06:09 PM	#7
Stoney Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch lesbian feminist Crone Preferred Pronoun?: Wicked Witch Relationship Status: happily content Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 135 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 229 Times in 60 Posts Rep Power: 245965	okay......Ill settle for a sniff test. ..

05-23-2011, 03:13 PM	#12
LaneyDoll Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Girly girl femme Preferred Pronoun?: She; Ma'am; Miss ;) Relationship Status: Pitbull protected. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,892 Thanked 7,683 Times in 1,607 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Can I just step up without leaping? Have anyone here actually seen the height of the heels I wear? lol Ok, I am a lesbian, ultra femme for those keeping score at home. __________________ There are beauties who stop traffic and then there are beauties who grow obsessively in the hearts of the susceptible.

05-23-2011, 03:15 PM	#13
CherylNYC Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: I'm a woman. Behave accordingly. Relationship Status: Single, not looking. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 1,467 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,474 Thanked 7,111 Times in 1,205 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am temporarily unable to leap. I will, however, be in prime leaping shape sometime late this summer. I'll warn everyone first. __________________ Cheryl

05-23-2011, 10:55 PM	#14
OS Butch Member How Do You Identify?: Butch-BLW Preferred Pronoun?: Default-She Relationship Status: Closed Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 636 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 488 Thanked 1,378 Times in 461 Posts Rep Power: 12988704	Yep, another non leaping lesbian. It seems as I get older, trying to find local community has gotten harder. Even spending time with my local friends, life has gotten in a hurry and there seems to be no time to socialize. I frequently have gone to see Suede at the Birchmere and it was jam packed. Last time I went, it wasn't hard to find a seat.

05-24-2011, 09:48 AM	#15
PumaJ Member How Do You Identify?: High Femme Queer Feminist Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Portland Metro, Oregon Posts: 200 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,419 Thanked 500 Times in 147 Posts Rep Power: 1652642	The most beautiful images of all of us lesbians, leaping & cavorting, fill my mind every time I read the title of this thread. All of us in our many hued, many styles, many gendered splendor:-) __________________ PumaJ

05-24-2011, 10:05 AM	#16
dykeumentary Member How Do You Identify?: butch dyke Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 449 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 341 Thanked 1,548 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 19160663	Although I still consider myself a leaping lesbian, last Friday night at softball practice I realized that my softball glove is now 25 years old. __________________ The Origins of Butch & Femme (a retelling): https://youtu.be/U7VkXpZl4Mk Watch more of my funny butch/femme movies here: https://www.youtube.com/dykeumentary1

05-25-2011, 06:15 AM	#17
LipstickLola Member How Do You Identify?: Happy Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: planet Earth Posts: 682 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,679 Thanked 1,597 Times in 433 Posts Rep Power: 5678218	Warning.......today I will attempt to leap!! This could be ugly, lol

07-29-2011, 08:15 PM	#19
bright_arrow ☆ the stars are aligned ☆ How Do You Identify?: one queer mama Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: married to my Boo Daddy <3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: nor cal Posts: 2,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,644 Thanked 9,363 Times in 2,296 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I prefer to skip, but can be convinced to leap I supposeee... I fall within the 'lesbian' category, but I like femme dyke more A redheaded, geeky, curvy femme dyke

07-29-2011, 08:23 PM	#20
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought we were all lesbians. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

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