closet-keys:

  • Lesbians are nothing like straight people. 
  • Butch lesbians are nothing like straight men. 
  • Femme lesbians are nothing like straight women. 
  • Butches do not dress like or emulate straight men.
  • Femmes do not dress like or emulate straight women. 
  • Butch lesbians do not have male privilege or the male gaze. 
  • Femme lesbians do not have straight privilege from being able to “pass” as straight. 
  • Butch/Femme couples are not heteronormative. 
  • Butches and Femmes dress like no one but themselves. Their presentation has nothing to do with straight people. 
  • Butches and Femmes are both oppressed as lesbians. Neither has systemic privilege over the other. 
  • Butches and Femmes are both inherently radical in refusing to adhere to heteronormativity.

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