They may lean towards being femme but not a high femme.
May also be considered futch but have a slightly more girly gender expression. That said, they tend to dress in a bit more masculine ways than femmes but less than butches. Soft butches tend to have a mix of manly and womanly. A chapstick lesbian will not wear dresses and makeup like a high femme but will have girly style elements. Futch was also mentioned in a 2002 article in the Advocate.Ĭhapstick lesbians have similar typically male and female mannerisms. In fact, the word was created somewhere back in the 1990s when the butch-femme identities experienced a comeback in the LGBTQ+ community. Others think a reality show contestant created it to talk about her style. Some incorrectly believe the term was coined as a meme or a futch scale joke about a queer woman.
There are a few versions online when it comes to the history of the term. Some futches prefer to express themselves in more manly ways while others have womanly style. They can wear manly clothing but have long hair, they can wear makeup but enjoy typically male hobbies and activities. So, Campbell cannot be credited for its creation.įutch lesbians often express themselves in masculine ways but with female notes. That said, it existed in the queer women's community since the early nineties.
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The term gained popularity on a TV show when Tila Tequila's date, Dani Campbell, a firefighter from Florida claimed to have invented the word. The term can be either a noun that describes a: “A lesbian, dyke or other variety of queer woman who possesses or displays qualities and identifiers of both butch and femme.” or an adjective which describes: a non-standard display of female masculinity, which contains elements of feminine (such as clothing, walk, cosmetics, shoes).įutch is a combination of the two well-known identity labels butch and femme. According to Urban Dictionary there are several definitions out there.
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