"Butch" and "Femme" - Truly Antiquated Terms or More Marginalization?

[Cyclopea]

Originally Posted by Arwen

I do understand getting frazzled, Cyclopea. Maybe if you take a step back, you will find a fresh way to approach it. I don't know about you, but I find that hammering the same nail with the same hammer only ruins the board.

I am not trying to attack you. I am simply trying to find out if there is room in that definition of "female homosexual" for a woman who is not a heterosexual but not, in my heart anyway, a "true" lesbian.

I'm sure you're right. I tried to step out of the thread earlier but people kept posting completely unrelated (and loaded) responses to my simple linguistic point.
And some read all sorts of "anti" stuff into it that I don't feel at all.
And that whole thing of wanting people to ID as lesbian/female homosexual who weren't- that certainly didn't come from me! I appreciate our allies! Just as they are!