Comments on: what keeps a femme, femme? http://www.femmegalaxy.com/2009/02/what-keeps-a-femme-femme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-keeps-a-femme-femme Celebrating Diversity in Femmeininity Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ariel http://www.femmegalaxy.com/2009/02/what-keeps-a-femme-femme/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Ariel Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:31:06 +0000 http://femmesguide.com/?p=865#comment-573 1st, thank you. 2nd, <i>if a butch or a trans man automatically queers a relationship, why are femmes so easily considered straight-acting?</i> I think this is such an important part of what you're saying here. There are so many alternative measures that are being used for femme identity that would be instantly challenged if they were being applied to butch, genderqueer and transmasculine folks who aren't femme. If it (rejection of femme identity) was all about femme invisibility then what about when it comes from within femme community? Why are the standards so different? What else is it about? 1st, thank you.

2nd, if a butch or a trans man automatically queers a relationship, why are femmes so easily considered straight-acting? I think this is such an important part of what you're saying here. There are so many alternative measures that are being used for femme identity that would be instantly challenged if they were being applied to butch, genderqueer and transmasculine folks who aren't femme. If it (rejection of femme identity) was all about femme invisibility then what about when it comes from within femme community? Why are the standards so different? What else is it about?

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