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Minako

So. Who're you?

Ok, I've got to know. When you hear "lesbian", what do you think?

A lot of times, people are surprised I'm not interested in guys when I like all these cute things. I have a pink DS. XD haha, it's my favorite color. So stereotypical, right? *cough*

Anyway, I think if it weren't for videogames, I would have no guy friends at all. But this is also bad because hardly any girls play, so that complicates things a little. Gah, I really don't know what category I'm supposed to fit into.

Usually, I've found, when girls hear that L word, they think "butch", but when I ask a guy about it, they think "hot". It's kind of funny.

How many of you are actually "butch"?

Posted mainly out of curiousity, but partly because I'm doing my final project on it. Fufu... Yeah. Also posted here because I don't think this fits anywhere else. ^^;
GirlyG

I'm not butch... I took the lesbian test thing and apparently I'm a "Portia" lol Which means people wouldn't know I was gay unless it was pointed out.. which is a little annoying, but I'm not going to shave my head so I 'look' like a lesbian.. whatever a lesbian looks like lol

Oh well. Don't try and fit into a category, just be happy with what / who you are. Well other than the lesbian category if that's what you are.. I wouldn't worry about all the other categories attached to that.
Wink
Gadget Girl

Hey I'm not butch, maybe inside, but I don't feel comfy being butch outside. Not for any reason other than I like having my long hair. I think everyone just has to be who they are. I love butch girls or femme girls, makes no difference to me to be honest,
I think some people are just more comfy being a certain way. Although I have to say I really would like to get my hair cut short because let's face it.. sometimes it just gets in the way.. ahem..
Margali

Wow.
I've really been thinking about this kind of thing lately.
Last week, a neighbor told me "You don't look like a lesbian."
So that got my brain churning about what a lesbian looks like and stereotypes and how so many people have a need to stuff everyone into a neatly defined catagory in an effort to make their world feel orderly and safe...blah blah blah...
But then I concluded, she was just wrong. I look exactly like a lesbian because I am a lesbian and this is what I look like. So F**k stereotypes!

I prefer leather to lace, but I'm certainly not butch. I wear a leather jacket but it has a long fringe. My is hair long but I hate fooling with it so it's usually a mess. I like soft, girly tops, but I wear them with jeans and sneakers. I'm a left-wing, pagan, leather dyke with with dreams of a lesbian utopia that I know will never come true. I drive a chevy not a harley or a subaru. I like S&M on a Saturday night and play D&D on a Sunday afternoon. I drink tea not coffee, have 4 cats and 0 dogs, wtach sci-fi, anime, and anything with Sandra Bulloch on TV. And I love playing computer games in my own personal spaceship in my basement.

So, that's what this lesbian looks like. Razz
vampiresslupus

People tend to see me and know...I've hated stereotypical girly things since I was young. No dolls and playing house for me...I was out in my creek catching salamanders and playing in the sandbox with trucks. I hated dresses and skirts and still do. I've been called "sir" and "mr" accidentally quite a few times in the last 2-3 years, so...take that as you will. Although, I just let people think what they will, I hate labels like that. Though I will admit to being a metal-head, geek-gamer, computer-nerd and WoW addict.
KJRYANN

lables

great topic! since my move Mass I have been working very hard to avoid lables....

But i guess they are unavoidable in society....so here is my breakdow:

I have always been a tomboy growing up.....did my girly make up and clothes thing during my teens.....i came out of the closet twice....the final time was at 18....shortly there after i chopped my hair off....i love it...tried growing it back a few times for all the wrong reasons....i am just more comfortable with it super short.....i do get get called sir....it doesn't bother me at all.....i am def not butch though....even though i get sterotyped as one do to my guyish apearence....i consider myself androgynos....i am into sports, outdoors, video games, and beer but i also enjoy watching the clouds, meditation, reading and writing....my dream car is an SUV (i miss the one i use to have...damn gas prices) also since my move to Mass i have really been exploring the trans and genderqueer community......due to some of my own internal confusion.....currently i consider myself a genderqueer lesbian.....i am leagally married to a lesbian.....i have two cats and a tortoise though i would perfer a housefull of dogs.....i enjoy all people in the GLBT spectrum....i am not one of those bisexual hating lesbians....lol there was quite a crowd of those where i use to live....i have been with both men and women and i just perfer the ladies like a million times more...so thats who do my thing with :0)
xKiDDOx

Hardly any of my 'friends' (not sure I'd call them that, seeing as I never really do anything with them) know I'm a lesbian. Although I think if I told them, no one would be too shocked. I live in a small town, so it's generally unacceptable to be gay. And just about everyone I know is a Christian (me included - although they would probably tell you I can't be gay and a Christian), and will preach at me about going to hell. Bleh.

Anyway, I've always been a tomboy. I have short, funky hair (it's bleached blonde on top, and black on the bottom), and my wardrobe consists of band t-shirts, jeans, vans or converses, and my white studded belt (never go anywhere without it). Guess I kinda have an emo look. I sometimes wear a black blazer over my t-shirt too. When I get 'dressed up', I'll wear like, a black button down shirt with a white tie. I need to buy more skinny ties. They're hard to find though (for me anyway).

But Margali, you're right. No matter what we all wear, we all 'look' like lesbians, because we are!
vou

I hate stereotypes but I fall into many. In terms of identity, I'd say I'm more androgynous than anything else. It was like a question I got asked by an acquaintance, what do you i.d with first (in terms of race, religion, sexuality etc....) My answer....lesbian before birth, Nigerian born, Raised a muslim, still a muslim, fabulous by choice lol.... Very Happy
GirlyG

Fabulous by choice!!! LOL That is an absolute classic!!!! Laughing

We're a diverse little bunch aren't we.. so annoying when people say 'you don't look like a lesbian'.
Lewill

Heh, hard to tell what "label" I am. Personally, I don't like labels, since it's just an easy way to categorize everyone when it's not even possible.

Anyway, I'm the kind of girl who likes the darker things in life. In love with horror and the macabre. Not necessarily goth, since it's become a silly little fashion trend that every depressed teenager with a livejournal account wants to emulate. I like to say that I'm the kind of person that can see beauty in destruction.

I have both "butch" and "femme" qualities. I'm a geek, a practitioner of the Asatru religion, a b*tch, a gamer, a somewhat feminist, a republican hater, a metal head, etc etc.
That, along with being a lesbian, makes up who I am.

I must say though, I'm kinda embarrassed about my lack of fashion sense Embarassed
Jude

One advantage of people knowing that you're an artist is that you can be or do just about anything, and they will say: "Yeah, but that's okay, because she's an artist." Can't even count the times that has happened to me! Laughing So, being an artist, I just be myself and don't worry about it. I wish everyone could have that freedom. IMHO, much of the damage done in this world is by people trying to seem "normal" and wanting to fit in with the crowd.

Jude
Gadget Girl

Very true indeed...
One of the coolest artists I often wish I'd run into is Christina Cox's character from Better Than Chocolate LOL
Hubba! Can you imagine meeting her at a festival
Fox_Croft666

I'm not butch or anything like that, I love being female. I may portray a bit of a tom boy due to my love of knives and video games, but I grew up with 2 older brothers who taught me none other, I hate stereotypes so I've succeeded in avoiding that. I'm really laid back and usualy lacking in emotions unless something insane happens to me. Some are surprised that I'm a les, others get it right away due to my Jolie obsession. Works for me. Cool
Jude

Gadget Girl wrote:
Very true indeed...
One of the coolest artists I often wish I'd run into is Christina Cox's character from Better Than Chocolate LOL
Hubba! Can you imagine meeting her at a festival


Have you seen her in the TV version of Tanya Huff's books, Blood Ties? It's a vampire show but I think it's probably being canceled. Lifetime TV put in on Friday nights at 11 PM and isn't advertising it. Anyway, Christina Cox (who Tanya Huff wanted for the role) plays a PI that keeps getting involved with supernatural cases. No lesbians on the TV show, though, and not even bisexual vampires and gay guys, like there were in the books... Still, worth watching, for the most part. Christina Cox plays a "real" fictional woman, no high heels, no little-girl voice, no frilly outfits on stakeouts, etc.

Jude

edited for typo
GirlyG

I love Blood Ties, I'm getting the DVDs when they come out. I heard it had been signed for a second season, so here's hoping that was true.
Jude

GirlyG wrote:
I love Blood Ties, I'm getting the DVDs when they come out. I heard it had been signed for a second season, so here's hoping that was true.


Wasn't your avatar a cow with glasses a little while ago? Or am I hallucinating? I hope you are right about Blood Ties and I hope it gets shown here.

Jude
nekotine

i'm the sentient being known as Alana, who is part geek, part DJ, all me. sometimes a bit punk, sometimes a bit urban hipster, sometimes a bit raver, sometimes a bit homebody. i like girls so i consider myself a lesbian but of course, some would argue i'm bi as i dated boys in the past and can still look at a guy and say he's good looking, but when it comes to what i prefer to actually DATE, it's girls. i've always been fascinated by girls, really, but i guess i never really acknowledged/realized it until after high school. maybe it's because i finally had an opportunity to date a girl i liked, and until then, i never felt that any girl i had an inclination to would like me back the same way. oh, the drama. :3

when i'm hanging out with friends, i generally feel more like 'one of the guys' but that's not to say i'm utterly hopeless around my 'girly' friends. definately always been more of a tomboy and daddy's girl, favor jeans/pants/shorts and sneakers/boots to skirts/dresses and heels/clogs/etc, though dresses can be awfully sexy at times... i can be coerced to wear them for special occasions but if i can get away with it, dress pants and a button up shirt. maybe a tie. mainly this tie (yes, that's me... what? my friends wanted me to take a pic with the tie on. Embarassed) as long as i feel comfortable and can move as freely as i want to, i'm fine.

loved climbing rocks, trees and anything else i could as a kid, and often came into the house crying with whatever new scrape was on my person. was never a big fan of dolls but love my plushies and figurines (mostly anime girls). just about all of my anime posters feature girls or girls are the main focus of them. did grow up on a block with boys as my playmates and my big bro was generally cool and would let his GI Joes have tea and ice cream with my My Little Ponies and Care Bears from time to time, so long as I didn't lose any of the tiny plastic accesories. He also was the first to introduce me to TMNT before it was a cartoon so yay.

i dunno...i don't really consider myself to be butch or femme. i'm...variable? n.n; with a strong hint of tomboy. yes, that's it. :3
Gadget Girl

Quote:
Have you seen her in the TV version of Tanya Huff's books, Blood Ties? It's a vampire show but I think it's probably being canceled. Lifetime TV put in on Friday nights at 11 PM and isn't advertising it. Anyway, Christina Cox (who Tanya Huff wanted for the role) plays a PI that keeps getting involved with supernatural cases. No lesbians on the TV show, though, and not even bisexual vampires and gay guys, like there were in the books... Still, worth watching, for the most part. Christina Cox plays a "real" fictional woman, no high heels, no little-girl voice, no frilly outfits on stakeouts, etc.


I have seen some of these and I liked them. I'm also into vampire RPG so this was a cool combination for me. I think it's odd that she can look so butch sometimes and so not butch at others. But she has those big shoulders doesn't she so that in itself really means that she looks butch even when trying to look femme lol.

Yeah I also heard it's signed up for a second season. Here's hoping.
KJRYANN

nekotine wrote:


when i'm hanging out with friends, i generally feel more like 'one of the guys' but that's not to say i'm utterly hopeless around my 'girly' friends. definately always been more of a tomboy and daddy's girl, favor jeans/pants/shorts and sneakers/boots to skirts/dresses and heels/clogs/etc, though dresses can be awfully sexy at times... i can be coerced to wear them for special occasions but if i can get away with it, dress pants and a button up shirt. maybe a tie. mainly this tie (yes, that's me... what? my friends wanted me to take a pic with the tie on. Embarassed) as long as i feel comfortable and can move as freely as i want to, i'm fine.





i really dig your tie :0) where did ya get it?
Lucypants

I'm not butch, although I think I have a quality about me that you can tell I'm gay. Not sure what it is though, I think it could be my feminist views, but that wouldn't necessarily point to me liking girls. So I would put it down to how I present myself. Growing up I was very tomboyish, I loved football and was just into more 'boyish' things. Although as I've gotten older I've found myself more. Such as I do care about fashion (to some extent) but what I like, not what the media tells me to like. You can often find me wearing a shirt and casual jeans, I'm very much the casual type!

When I think of the word 'lesbian' I think a more girly girl. I think this might be because I'm more attracted to feminine women but it might also be because I'm open minded in the sense I'm not sterotypical. You're right, a lot of people do sterotype, it's like because you're a lesbian you can't like pink or like make-up for example. I think it's about time that people see that being gay isn't our whole definition of who we are, merely a small segment.
Jude

You can usually tell if a woman is a lesbian (or maybe bi-sexual) if she is checking out (or making out with) other women (but sometimes she's just checking out the clothes!). Other than that, unless someone is wearing a button or something, there's no sure way to know, IMHO.

Jude
nekotine

KJRYANN wrote:
i really dig your tie :0) where did ya get it?


Mervyn's, if I recall correctly. Interesting story behind that. I had just been hired by Fry's Electronics, and they have a fairly dressy dress code, so the lady who was going to be doing the orientation with me called and said I should pick up a dress shirt and a tie. I was kinda puzzled at first since I don't recall the women having to wear ties there but maybe it was a new rule? So I picked a few out, reported for my training and the lady was like 'Who told you to get a tie and guy shirt like that?' and I was like 'Umm, -you- did.' Apparently, she wasn't sure if I was a guy or girl from my name so she decided it'd be better to address me as a guy. <_<; Because Alanalohalani (yeah, that my full legal first name) sounds so manly? Rolling Eyes Ah well, I returned the shirts but decided to keep the ties because they were damn sexy. :3
marcipants

I have one or two close friends that are girls, but I'm definitely the type of girl who gets along better with guys. I grew up with one brother who've I've always idolized, so I guess he's one of the greater influences in my life.

In terms of butch/femme, I consider myself pretty androgynous, but I guess I'm walking on the butch side of things...although, I cringe at the whole butch/femme label, as it really feels very very 1998. LOL

Mostly, I identify as a silly but shy dork...more so than butch. *shrug* Smile
SpankzPimpJuice

Life wouldnt b better if u continue Living a lie... i used 2 b dressed up so girly when i was younger. i gave that up.. it wasnt me n never was i comfortable doin so. i enjoy nice slackz, long johnz.. sometimez long n short polo shirtz. hot dayz bball shortz n tan top. lol i dont know if i can or not say thiz ... incase i shouldnt 4 give me. i enjoy being naked 2 lol... n i kant help it cuz i love myself n my body n my kickin az personality... best part of being gay is meetin down 2earth ladiez...
Gedren

I'm far from being butch. I feel myself femme. I enjoy wearing long hair, make-up, feminine clothes and shoes. At the same time I also like wearing sports and unisex styles clothes, enjoy training muscles to feel myself strong and interested in computer stuffs. I find attractive for myself both butch and femme girls.
Darkfaerie129

Well I consider myself a soft butch. I dont like girly things. I dont like skirts or dresses. I hate dressing up. I dont like makeup. I will wear pink only because I look good in pink, but its usually a tshirt or polo and its not my color of choice. I usually wear jeans or cargo shorts, bball shorts.

I am a big ball of emotions but like to do all the "manly" things. I love camping, the outdoors, fishing. I love new tools, doing stuff around the house...cars etc.
Katin

ooh. label thread. Smile

i would just describe myself as being a little from column a and a little from column b. i have my moments where i like to wear a dress and then perhaps a nice shirt and tie the next day. as far as mannerism, i'm kind of a squealy girl but like to pretend i'm hardcore. Wink most people don't think i'm gay, until they see me making out with some chick...or drunkenly grabbing their ass.  Embarassed  total romantic, cry at movies sap and awesome cook...who loves to go fishing or watch baseball with her daddy.

also a little spastic with broken trains of thought fueled by a shorter than average attention span. Wink sorry for the lack of coherence. haha.
FyreHawk711

I've never had the 'sir' moniker tossed at me. So, I guess that means I don't look butch... whatever that's supposed to look like.

Never liked dresses. Never. Had to wear them to church (ex mormon), and on holidays as a kid... Dad beat me into them. Was also forced to wear those poodle looking Toni hair perms too.

Now, I just have a short cut, not too short... and most importantly, no perms!

Casual dresser with comfortable shoes. Never could wear heels. Now I'm into Earth shoes. They are fantastically comfortable, especially if you have back pain after prolonged periods of standing. I work in the semiconductor fabrication industry, where chairs are taboo.

Even through I don't stand out as a stereotypical lesbian, folks still kinda know or figure out that I am. I don't tell people unless they ask. Sometimes they do.

I live with my partner in the Pacific NW with 7 cats. We need the cats to stay warm. lol
Hopey's Other Lover

I don't really identify as butch or femme. Somewhere in between, if I had to place myself. I wear makeup, do my nails and hair, and own a fair amount of dresses and high heels. On the other hand, some days I go completely punk: Jeans, t-shirt with (generally) stupid slogan, converse shoes, studded belt, and emo hair. My hair is short, but that's mostly 'cause I'm lazy. People generally don't assume I'm gay, tho I volunteer the information freely if asked.
katiegeek23

I identify as me... as a queer woman who tends to loathe labels.  Those're for clothes and all that.

If I absolutely had to explain myself to give others an idea of what I'm like IRL, I'd be apt to say 'tomboy femme'.  While I'm percieved as girly (my g/f got me a pink DS... LOL), I don't act a lot like it.  I have enough gender variancy in me to give rip-roarious belches but like clothing that shows me off (although I don't show a lot of skin).  I have a stuffed animal collection but can't get enough of the Grand Theft Auto games.

I'm just me, really.  I think if labels meant a lot to me, I'd have a hard time navigating socially since I tend toward hermitism and whatnot.  Just give me my books, games and music and a loving partner and I'm happy as a pig in poop.
C4bl3Fl4m3

Hopey's Other Lover wrote:
I don't really identify as butch or femme. Somewhere in between, if I had to place myself. I wear makeup, do my nails and hair, and own a fair amount of dresses and high heels. On the other hand, some days I go completely punk: Jeans, t-shirt with (generally) stupid slogan, converse shoes, studded belt, and emo hair. My hair is short, but that's mostly 'cause I'm lazy. People generally don't assume I'm gay, tho I volunteer the information freely if asked.


I'm basically the same as you, not identifying as butch or femme, but in the opposite way of all of what you said above.

Most of the time, I wear unisex clothes. Tshirts, raver pants, khakis, sweatshirts. Sometimes I present very masculine. Sometimes I'm feeling girly and I wear long skirts or feminine tops. I have difficulty passing as "butch" or male even when I want to because I'm fat and I have quite the curves. (I always have had nice curves, even when I was quite skinny.)

I have long hair, but that's more of a hippy thing than a girl thing.

I consider myself genderfluid, with a baseline of "me" being more masculine than feminine. But I still have some definite feminine tips even when I'm being my baseline "me".

Some of my friends say I come off as masculine. Some say I come off feminine. I think it depends on their gender and if I'm attracted to them or not. Wink

I don't think people assume I'm queer, but my coworkers (who are queer... I work at a GLBT bookstore) do. However, I'm almost never seen w/o some kind of pride pin on my bag or my coat (usually a bi pride, sometimes just a general GLBT pride or a women loving women pride), and I always wear one of those silicone cause bracelets with the bi pride flag colors that says "bisexual and proud", so most people know.
hanna

I'm pretty "feminine and straight-looking" ..

People don't know I'm gay unless I tell them.

Most of the time they don't believe me or say "oh no WHAT A WASTE!" Confused  .

I love women. Very Happy
Hoyt

oooo... labels.  I wish I could define me with a label... life would be easier.  I wear guys clothes (much more comfortable) but I am not uber butch, lol.  I have butch friends and they say I'm very deceiving because I look butch-ish... but I'm not watsoever.  I do get called sir a lot, though its getting better as I grow older.  I've also been called androgynous.  lol  Hey, I'm me and I love it!  I'm such a baby, I think I cry at every film.  I cried at 300 and even the straight chicks I was with thought I was insane.  I do tend to hang out with chicks.  I only hang out with really one guy... my roommate... who is gay, lol.  I just love chick's company more.  dSmile
yaz66

who am i

I'm new to the site.  Smile What a great topic. I have been told by friends and acquintences I don't look like a lesbian either. I've also been told by other lesbians I'm not gay enough; whatever that means. The first comment is annoying, the second, hurtful. What does a lesbian look like? Like all of us I would say. I'm just me. I think I am somewhere in between, a little butch, a little femme. I wear make up but wear the crappiest jeans on the planet. I love to read and write and love Anime and comics. I'm not comfortable with labels but I'm good with the label Lesbian 'cause that's what I am.
Thanks
Sami

I couldn't tell if a woman was a lesbian unless I saw her do something with another lady or she had something on her identifying her as such. My gaydar blows Sad  Aside from that, I don't think there is any way a lesbian should look although there are the stereotypes. Its ok though, I pretty much love all women, Smile
Taija

I'm not particularly stereotypical. I love using make up and dressing up when I go somewhere, I hate pink, I read a lot of books, I play video games, I like romantic movies and thrillers and horror movies.. I'm just, you know, me.

A few days ago I got a new haircut, though, and they made it way much shorter than I wanted. Unlike some people (Shane from L-word is a great example), short hair just doesn't suit me. I hope they grow fast and I get my shoulder-length hair back.
TLC DEMON

okay, when i was a kid i hated dresses, had all those tom boy characteristics. I grew out of that even though i only wear make up on rare acasions now. but i am i guess a lipstick, i love wearing skirts with cute shirts. i wouldnt call myself emo or preppy or gothic. many people say im weird because i dont have a genre of clothing, i just wear whatever i feal like wearing on that day, i play tennis, and sometimes softball. i way 110 am 14 have short brown hair that is really cute. i have been called sir. i have only dated like 3 guys but almost every week i seem to have another boy liking me, then i feel bad when i have to tell them im gay and i dont like men. my last boy friend ended up being gay. the last girlfriend i had was 2 days ago and we had been dating for a year on feb 4th but she was cheating. umm most people are amazed that im gay. i dont come out to people cause hetrosexuals never have to say that they are straight. i am probly the only lesbian in my whole school. sure there are alot of bisexuals (not that i hate bisexuals) but most of the ones at my school only say that they are bi but when you try to hit on them or touch them they get uncomfortable. or have huge anger isues. umm i have only met 1 lesbian in reall life (my old tennis choach) i get in trouble alot for talking to much and cursing. at my school the preps arnt popular its mostly people who are friends with everyone, or if your funny. and thats me! if you ask anyone at my school who i am they will probly say oh you mean that funny chik? i like the words cunt, dyke. taco, mexican (sorry if that sounds racist), kapowa, and shnap. i have never smoked or done drugs, even though my friends do all the time. in every class i have gotten in trouble for making a coment about me being gay (today i got introble for asking my friend if she wanted to touch me taco, the other day i got introuble for saying that alice on resident evil is hot.) i take french and i have been told that i have huge boobs. i have never had sex with a man. and i have known that i am gay since i was 9. my parents make me go to church ((they still dont know im a lesbian) i hate bisexuals that say that they choose to like girls cause then they make it look like all gays or bisexuals are that way. my school doesnt punish people when they descrimanate against gays or blacks, so i cussed out a teacher and was suspended for 1 week. and my parents thought it was because i was saying that i wasnt gay. i guess we are who we are i am who i am. we all are lesbians and we all look, act, and will always be able to be lesbians. i know that even when i do come out to my parents and they disown me i wont change who i am! i am me. no one is someone else we are all difrent there are stereotypse but they all have only 1 person that they label. maybe we will go to hell maybe there isnt a hell i dont really care i know i will be loanly if i force myself to fuck men instead of women because people tell me that gay is wrong. you know what i say to those people i say "if i burn in hell i am glad, because then i wont have to put up with dumb asses like you. juse so long as im not next to someone who farts alot in hell."
Firefly

I'm not a butch lesbian, in fact nowhere near. I'm what I like to call a "girlie dyke"
I'm girlie in the sense that I love shopping, (new purses being my weakness) I also won't leave the house without make-up on, my hair straightened and a few other things that are generally girlie-like. I can't actually think of any reasons which make me "dyke like" I guess it's just my personality, my pressance. I identify as gay if someone asks me or if I feel I've been put into a situation where potentially men are involved.... *shudders*
SpankzPimpJuice

wow you all are amaziing.. . i love tha storiez.. . geez totally appreciate all of you.. . thanx 4 Speaking up.. . anywayz to all u amazing Ladiez, hope u all had a great day.. . Laterz.. .
amccrazgrl

I think I still consider myself a tomboy as I did growing up.
Anyone who see's me I'm sure assumes I'm gay...which is fine by me as long as I don't have any hate crimes happen on me.

When I was wee little mom dressed me in frilly dresses that I'd always get dirty.
Then I heard at one point I liked wearing dresses/skirts.
I played with barbies did soccer and softball and traded 'ball cards.
Ever since middle school I stick to my t-shirt/jeans/hoodies.
My jeans aren't super tight...I usually get low rise boot cut.
I don't wear makeup...only put some on for senior pics back in 01.
When I have to dress up I tend to wear my bright blue or light pink button down pcket shirt and black pants from Old Navy.
When I was looking for a nice outfit my Grandma said to find a shirt like Ellen.....When she said that I was all  Laughing  Very Happy  For my nice outfit shoes I got plain black shoes with a little heel.
My everyday shoes are blue Puma's or my black/pink DC shoes.
My hair is straight and just above shoulder length...then it grows out just past shoulder length and it needs cut....pretty boring.
THE MOST GIRLIE THING I DO IS WAX MY EYE BROWS!!!!

I do drive a subaru wrx LMAO....5 speed and blue.
I don't like being called dyke or lesbian....I just prefer the word gay.

My girlfriend you would never know shes a lesbian. She wears girlie jeans all tight and form fitting shirts that show off her big boobages. She'll use eyeliner and mascara and some powder. She always blow dries her hair.
SpankzPimpJuice

kool
Queerpike

I'm lucky - I live in Brighton, England and if you didn't know we have a large LGBT and student population here. This means generally - no one stares or cares.

I used to have long hair and was a regular visitor to the "Hungry Years" a grungy old rock night club. It was great and I was "straight."
Only when I was 25 did I really admit to myself that I was gay and I was a bit worried how my friends would react.
My friends ofc were all blokes - geeky roleplayers, computer gamers and metal fans.
Luckily, they were all pretty cool about it all and it made little difference to them.

I wouldn't say I'm really butch but I have short hair and wear black jeans, T-shirts, Hoodies and Dr Martin boots in my own time and ladies trouser suits at work.
The look I identify with is "alternative" rather than dykey. I usually have bleached white blond hair which I occasionally dye red / purple / pink. My left ear has 2 lobe piercings and 1 upper cartiledge piercing.

My hobbies do tend to be male-dominated ones - I used to do Historical re-enactment and now just do the sword fighting bit. I have owned motorbikes but now have a car.
I like punk, metal, alternative rock but also folk music.
I have two black cats and my beliefs are kind of Jedi / pagan.
SpankzPimpJuice

interesting.. .
Lyska

These labels always confused me. I mean, for some folks it's a little easier.. they know what they are, and what they want. It's dynamic and clear for them.
My gender is rather fluid, and even though I'm only so far attracted to women.. "lesbian" was never a label I used to describe myself.

I like "queer"! I'm a boyly girl.. .. person, and I'm done trying to fit a mold.

However, there is something to be said for one's outward image. People see me for the first time, and assume I date women. My best friend on the other hand has to fend off straight men.. and queer women NEVER pick up that she's gay.

I think that would be hard. You'd have to wave that little pride flag around all the time if you were hoping some dashing lesbian would fly down to scoop you up. I think she feels as though she's missing out on something.

(I wonder how many times in my life I've typed "lesbain" instead of "lesbian".. ughk.. lesbain.. a charm to ward off the nefarious lesbain!)
Thal

I don't like stereotypes either, but I'd be considered butch.  Couple ex girlfriends liked to call me gentlemanly lol!  I don't try to be butch but it just seems to come natural to me.

When I hear the word Lesbian, the first thing I think of is a strong woman, and the next is a strong woman who loves other women.  Smile  

I'm just proud of who I am as a person.  Let the gawkers gawk and the homophobes whine.  I'm just trying to be me.
amccrazgrl

My gf calls me a gentlelady or gentlewoman when I open her car door.
Thal

I like gentlelady.  Sounds better then gentlemanly  Razz
SpankzPimpJuice

creative word
KT02

I personally like to think of myself as a little bit left of the middle I'm more butch than femme for sure. I have always been a tomboy and I like being outside and doing alot of things that people generally associate with male gender roles....For me the butch/femme thing isn't so much about what you look like or how you dress its more about how you how you realte and interact with people...I don't think that the definition of butch and femme should be limited to gender roles where butch=male femme=female As far as the word lesbian I picture the stereotypical femme girl  Dyke (a word that I have come to love) makes me think of butch womyn
Snookumz

I really hate the labels and stereotypes, as well. But I'll give this a shot.  

Appearance wise most people just assume I'm a teenage boy (I am 26 years young).  Even as a little girl with long hair all the way down my back people thought I was a boy.  I guess I have boyish features?  Through out my school years I would get hit on by girls all the time (them thinking I was a guy).  I do have 8 brothers (I'm the only girl and the youngest), so that may also have a lot to do with my tomboyishness (new word? lol)  

Even now if I go out to a gay club I'd never been to, I'd be hit on by gay MEN and a lesbian would never approach me because they'd just assume I was a guy. I really don't mind it but I hate the fact when I get carded sometimes people think I have a fake ID.  One time I got so pissed because this guy tried to tell me I'm a guy and he wouldn't sell me anything, so I flashed him. LOL  He was shocked and the look on his face....priceless!  BTW, that's the only time I've flashed a dude in my life, or anyone besides my girlfriend.  

Anyways, more about myself....I guess if you were to label my style, I'd say preppy?   I like wearing polos (Hollister, GAP, Ralph Lauren, Nautica etc.), tees, loose fitting jeans (but not hanging off my ass), cargo pants/shorts, and all that good stuff.   Laughing   I have been in an amazing relationship with a wonderful beautiful woman (she's the extreme girlie girl) for almost 8 years now.  And of course I'm a video game addict. that's about it...
VballChick

hmm, I'm sporty, I wouldn't say im butch cause im girly too, lol ALL my electronics are pink haha i have a pink xbox controller, pink zune, pink camera, i wish my xbox was pink lol but I dont like wearing dresses that often, and I dont wear makeup. I play a lot of video games and travel to video game tourneys, and I play volleyball soccer and run track. hmm I think I'm a girly tomboy  Question  i  dont know lol
Ness~

I tend to give off lesbian vibes with just my behavior. I wouldn't say I'm really "butch" though. Maybe a soft butch. But at the same time I'm still somewhat feminine. I have a "thing" with not being touched which I can't really shake off. Razz
VballChick

Ness~ wrote:
I tend to give off lesbian vibes with just my behavior. I wouldn't say I'm really "butch" though. Maybe a soft butch. But at the same time I'm still somewhat feminine. I have a "thing" with not being touched which I can't really shake off. Razz


What do u mean? what is your "thing"??
Tenko Kitsune

I wouldn't consider myself "butch", but I am definitely a tomboy and a true geek, complete with glasses for shortsightness and messy hair. I hate necklaces, rings, earrings (I don't even have pierced ears), make up and never wear this stuff unless I'm forced to. I consider the use of this kind of accessories pointless, since they have no practical utility. I usually am seen wearing jeans and t-shirts, and I love long, heavy coats with a lot of pockets to store my stuff, though my girlfriend says they "make me look like a dyke".

I usually hang around straight male geeks, but my closest friends are all homo/bisexual. For some reason, straight girls seem to dislike me. All my female friends who I thought were straight ended up finding out that they were not. And their mothers usually say I'm the "bad influence". I don't think people can tell I'm a lesbian just by taking a quick look at me, but I never waited long enough to find out if they can, because I always end up just telling people I am one.

And I like my eletronics and gadgets black and shiny.
Kaledio_Ruby

I'm a gamer lesbian in straight girl clothing. My closet is full of blouses, blazers, skirts, heels and designer clothes and accessories. I wear makeup and have a lot of jewelry. Most people would NEVER guess that I'm a lesbian and when they find out, their mouths drop and they look at me like I'm crazy and just screwing with them. In fact, I only have 3 pairs of jeans and 3 pairs of sneakers and maybe 5 t-shirts that are all either gaming or alcohol related.
But behind all that, I own a PS2, PS3, Japanese PS2, a Wii, Gamecube, DS, and PSP (which the PSP, I only got it for Final Fantasy Tactics). I run a 2.4 GHz Intel Mac with the Leopard OS, with a Windows XP mirror. I spend half my time playing Warcraft or my DS and when I'm not doing that, I'm working.
...I like to think myself as an enigma. LOL
Five

I'm not really butch or femme... I'm just kind of in the middle. I guess the kind you'd wonder about, but wouldn't be sure enough that they were a lesbian to call them on it. My hair isn't short and my clothes are relatively plain and normal. I like gaming, but I also like knitting and crafting. I'm usually pretty quiet. So... That usually all adds up to people being fairly certain I'm gay but not sure enough to bet on it.
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