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stone butch  

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  • The term stone butch originated in the 1950s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) bar culture and is used to refer to a particularized expression of female masculinity. The female counterpart to the masculine role of the stone butch was typically the femme, a feminized role of a lesbian. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Stone Butch]

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