Are butches really a dying breed?

Breezy · 04-22-2012, 09:10 AM

I met, dated and married my OFOS butch. There are plenty out there, trust me. I see them daily. Most of the butch women I know are not trans but go by she (female id'd). My gf & I hear them lament where are the femmes who are into female id'd butches? Where are the femmes who can accept us as we are and not insist we follow a particular "rule book" simply because we are butch.

My gf included here and other butches have been scarred because femmes said they could not cry, have feelings or act in the least bit what they termed "girly." My gf was shocked when she was allowed to be herself completely and not ridiculed or stereotyped simply because she is butch and did or said something ex gfs had said was not butch enough or was girly. For pity's sake, we are all human but to hold such rigid ideas about what is acceptable is just too much. Who are the butch police and can we get them fired?

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

04-22-2012, 09:10 AM	#11
Breezy Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: . Posts: 1,372 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,337 Thanked 4,555 Times in 1,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I met, dated and married my OFOS butch. There are plenty out there, trust me. I see them daily. Most of the butch women I know are not trans but go by she (female id'd). My gf & I hear them lament where are the femmes who are into female id'd butches? Where are the femmes who can accept us as we are and not insist we follow a particular "rule book" simply because we are butch. My gf included here and other butches have been scarred because femmes said they could not cry, have feelings or act in the least bit what they termed "girly." My gf was shocked when she was allowed to be herself completely and not ridiculed or stereotyped simply because she is butch and did or said something ex gfs had said was not butch enough or was girly. For pity's sake, we are all human but to hold such rigid ideas about what is acceptable is just too much. Who are the butch police and can we get them fired?