toadprince:

A lot of old radical feminist theory would compare the masculinity of butch lesbians with the masculinity of cis straight men, which I think is interesting, because a lot of cis straight men’s masculinity is acted out of fear of being seen as gay, and the masculinity of butch lesbians are what make them immediately identifiable as gay. Which makes me think of this quote from Carol A. Queen;

“Loving masculinity in a woman differs crucially in one way from loving it in a man: In her it is a badge of standing out, not of fitting in. It is grown into through pain, or at least a sense of separation from those less different.”

The comparison of butch lesbians and cis straight men just doesn’t make sense.