Butch (lesbian slang)

A butch is a lesbian who exhibits a masculine identity or gender presentation. Although the term originated in the lesbian community, it is also used by persons who identify as queer in the larger LGBTQIA+ subculture today.

Since the lesbian subculture of 1940s America, "butch" has been present as a way for lesbians to circumvent traditional gender roles of women in society and distinguish their masculine attributes and characteristics from feminine women. Butch is often understood as the counterpart to femme, with the two forming butch–femme dynamics.

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