NOT GNC, We ARE Butch Dykes! All Female, Out Loud n Proud!!!

 Butch, not " gnc" gender nonconforming according to WHO? The strait world. But we fit right into the Lesbian world which has accomodated womyn of all stripes from us hardcore Butches to high Femmes and every kind of Lesbian in between. But first Butches  have to learn to love themselves enough AS a womon as the older Butch  Lesbians taught me to do, especially those into Goddess worship and some level of basic Feminism and Lesbian and Amazon pride. We have our OWN unique role for the empowerment of ourselves, for womyn and Mother Earth as a whole. We claim our Yonis and our pleasure, and our bodies and sex and sexuality. 

Coming out in THAT milieu helped to teach Butch Lesbians especially they had a place and a long esteemed role in the Community. As the most visible of Lesbians, as protectors of other women, as sexual orientation initiators and teachers. 

As the strong backbone of builders and activists.

Seeing so many handsome Butch Lesbians build Michfest every year in the films is delightful, and the Butches ALSO mentored me into the Trades, and advocated for me when I had difficulties....

We need to build our Lesbian communities strong again. For ALL Lesbians so these young women come out AS Lesbians and feel they have a place as womyn loving womyn, NOT feel they need transition to survive or because of peer pressure.

LESBIAN GUEST BLOG E.B.

I’ve been thinking about this....  There are many human ways to love women. But the name and the way that I claim is Lesbian. None of the other words are right for me, though we probably share Dyke. While as a young woman who did not know what Lesbianism was, I tried to be with men but it never worked. I have  been with women for more than 40 years. And I only am attracted to and love women born women romantically. And the word for that is Lesbia. Not bisexual. Not queer. Not poly or pan  sexual Or any other academic titles people go by these days. Lesbian.

And for me that has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with biological- XX - chromosome sex. 

While gender expression might be something to play with, For example the many decades of Butch/Femme energy and herstory in lesbian community— For me that’s all just a subset of the wbw loving wbw community, which is Lesbian.

It is something narrow and specific. For me and for other women, though I hear you not for everybody.  Lesbian is a female- XX-  homosexual. That’s me.

When this word is used for other configurations of humans loving humans then there is no word left for me. I disappear. There is no way to define who and what I am and how I love. Or how my sisters love who love the same way.  It’s not the same as other ways, though love of course is love is love.

And it is useful to be able to name your identity. It is how we find ourselves and each other. - E.B.