#butchcat

butchcat grom!luz icons!!

F2U (ONLY IF YOU ARE BI). credit appreciated but not necessary. like/rb if u save. <3

DNI: butch/femme gatekeeper, exclusionist, biphobic, will use if you're not bisexual/biromantic, etc.

please reblog lmao i worked so hard and spent so much time on these help me god

kinda the "third/middle" option for doe & stag. initially part of the set to replace butch/femme for bi women (so tomcat = futch), cause, y'know, the whole history of "bisexuals can't do this or that." i'll refer you to this initial coining post, and this infamous post designing the flags, as that's pretty much the start of the community ─ which should tell you how lame the culture and its origins actually are lmao. funny enough, tomcat/stag often get mistaken for each other, and so do their flags lol.

but a lot of bi sapphics (the flag post has options for other bis ^^) like myself still choose to identify as one of the labels, whether instead of or simultaneously with butch or femme. nothing wrong with that. i dunno if they still do, but if my answer isn't sufficient then you could ask @/femmebis more on the topic, who i remember also calling themself a doe at some point, same way i'm both butch and a tomcat (hence my coined term). anyways, as long as you're not forcing them on other bis (especially bi woc or religious bi men, etc.*) then it can be a lot of harmless fun!! i'd always loved the label tomcat even before realizing i was bi.

i'd also suggest reading through @doetomcatstag's blog in general, in case you're (still) confused about any of the terms themselves!! they go a little more in depth about the actual identities and culture as they/it was initially intended in good faith. i do wanna note that even though many bisexuals have the valid opinion of considering them worthless or even repulsive, they do mean more than just outer gender presentation to those who don't.

sorry if this is confusing, i'm tired and not proofreading but didn't wanna ghost you after you just asked and i'm still online. if you have more questions i'll probably answer them much better later on. :,)

decided to go with the original set of flags since i'm assuming that's what you wanted.

i'm not sure what you wanted exactly, nonnie, but i hope these are okay??

i often see this flag get confused between being tomcat and stag, and i don’t actually know which it really is. for example, on the same blog regarding icons, this post claims it as tomcat, while this one says it represents stags. in the former, an extra orange/red flag is presented in stag’s place so that this blue one can be tomcat.

.......but i kind of love that about it. some people will say you can’t be multiple identities at once along the scale, or even be fluid between them, just like they’ll say “futch” isn’t a real or valid identity. they’re wrong. i am primarily a tomcat, but labelling myself a stag wouldn’t be entirely incorrect. i am definitely a tomcat butch because i’m kind of androgynous but wish to appear more masculine and identify with masculinity as a concept, so why can’t i be a tomcat stag??