Are butches really a dying breed?

[CherylNYC]

Originally Posted by honeybarbara

I've never seen the butch nod. Ever. But then I'm mostly where people keep themselves to themselves in certain ways. I think I've been given the dyke recognition nod twice in my life. Sucks shit not to get it, but hey ho….

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I have seen the butch nod, and it always makes me happy. I get less and less dyke recognition as the years go by, so I love to see that "Yeah, we're cool. We know who we are and we'll acknowledge it in that special too-cool-for-school butch way" nod amongst butches.