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Tag Archives: Lesbian identity
22 Years Later – 2012 Butch Update
2012 Update – 22 Years Later SUPPORTING BUTCHES SUPPORTS ALL LESBIANS Bev Jo So how are things for Butches now, since 1990, when we published our chapter on Butch oppression (now at my blog) in “Dykes-Loving-Dykes?” Well, things seem a … Continue reading
Supporting Butches Supports All Lesbians
Chapter Four SUPPORTING BUTCHES SUPPORTS ALL LESBIANS Part 1 Bev Jo, Linda Strega, and Ruston We originally wrote this chapter as two articles that countered the increasing glorification of male-identified femininity and role-playing in most Lesbian publications and among individual … Continue reading
“Transmen Are Still Women” — part 2 of The Pretenders — Defining Lesbians Out of Existence
Defining Lesbians Out of Existence PART TWO The Pretenders Better to Be Anything than a Lesbian: “Transmen” Are Still Women Shouldn’t anyone be able to do what they want? Too many women seem to have lost touch … Continue reading
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Tagged Butches, Dyke Separatism, Fems, gender politics, Lesbian culture, Lesbian history, Lesbian identity, Lesbian politics, Lesbians, transcult, transgender
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Always a Lesbian
ALWAYS A LESBIAN Yes, I’m a Lesbian. I’ve always been a Lesbian from my earliest memories. When I told my mother what I felt about another girl, at three, she said “You’re in love with that girl!” And I was. … Continue reading
The Crimes of Mankind — and why heterosexuality is not compulsory
Chapter 3 The Crimes of Mankind and How Patriarchy Uses Heterosexual and Bisexual Women against Lesbians HETEROSEXUALITY/SELLING OUT IS NOT COMPULSORY Bev Jo (Based on the Original Version by Bev with Ruston and Linda) All males as a group … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, collaboration, compulsory hetersexuality, Dyke Separatism, Dykes-Loving-Dykes, environmental destruction, gynocide, heterosexuality, Lesbian culture, Lesbian history, Lesbian identity, Lesbian politics, Lesbians, misogyny, patriarchy, Radical Feminism, Radical Lesbian Feminism
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CLASSISM
CLASSISM The Set-up Class is a subject we are forbidden to talk or even think about. It’s like a big dirty secret in our U.S. culture, and the punishment is severe for breaking the rules of silence and obedience. That’s … Continue reading
DEFINING LESBIANS OUT OF EXISTENCE — “TRANSWOMEN” ARE STILL MERELY MEN (And over 80% don’t even have surgery)
Chapter Two DEFINING LESBIANS OUT OF EXISTENCE Bev Jo – The Pretenders – PART ONE “TRANSWOMEN” ARE STILL MERELY MEN I’m discovering that eighty percent of the men claiming to be “transwomen” have refused surgery and even female hormones, … Continue reading
