| The lesbian community and FTMs: détente in the butch/FTM borderlands. | |
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PMID: 17954456 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In 1998, Dr. Jacob Hale wrote about a 'borderland' between butch lesbian identity and FTM masculinity, suggesting a 'demilitarized zone.' While the intervening years have brought no 'demilitarized zone,' the border may not have a long future. Converging trends in identity among the younger generation in their teens and twenties suggest this, such as changing meanings of 'lesbian' and 'FTM,' the blending of sexuality and gender, and understanding these as personal, rather than identity, differences. The socio-historical circumstances that gave power to anti-trans feminist attitudes and trans rejection of lesbian identity are disappearing. This is not to say that we are 'post-lesbian' or 'post-transsexual,' but the tension between identities, the need to distinguish clearly between them, and the arguments about who is 'really' lesbian or 'really' FTM may be of supreme unimportance to the next generation. Time will tell. |
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Authors:
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Jillian T Weiss |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of lesbian studies Volume: 11 ISSN: 1089-4160 ISO Abbreviation: J Lesbian Stud Publication Date: 2007 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-23 Completed Date: 2007-11-26 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9891002 Medline TA: J Lesbian Stud Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 203-11 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Science and Human Services, Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430, USA. jweiss@ramapo.edu |
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Bisexuality
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psychology* Female Feminism* Great Britain Homosexuality, Female / psychology* Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Peer Group Research Design Social Identification* Transsexualism / psychology* United States Women's Health |
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