Rickrollmachine

I thought you were a lesbian?

i’m going to take this moment to educate you.

transmasc butches are a real, valid, and beautiful part of queer community. being transmasc and butch are not contradictory identities. butch has always been about masculine expression within queer spaces, and transmasc people absolutely inhabit that space authentically.

a transmasc butch who bottoms is not confusing or contradictory either. sexual roles have nothing to do with gender identity or gender expression. a butch can bottom. a transmasc person can bottom. these things coexist without conflict. the idea that butch means always dominant or always topping is a harmful misconception.

transmasc butches exist in lesbian and queer women adjacent spaces for many reasons. some still identify with lesbian or queer identity. some are in relationships with femmes. some find community and home in butchfemme spaces specifically because those spaces understand gender nonconformity in ways other spaces don’t.

queerness is expansive. gender is complicated. identity doesn’t always fit into the neat little boxes people want to put it in.

little draw over for funsies