Stone femme
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Stone femme has been used to describe several different kinds of femme (feminine) identities, usually within a broader dyke identity or culture. People who identify as stone femme have patterned the name for their identity after the more widely known term stone butch. A stone butch is a woman or genderqueer person who is strongly masculine in character and dress, who is the "giver" in sexual interactions, and who does not wish to be touched genitally. Stone femme is used to describe a femme who is sexually receptive or who wishes not to touch the genitals of her partner.
Some people have used the term stone femme to describe their identity as a strongly feminine person who tops sexually and wishes not to be touched, but this is a much less common usage. Stone femme identity is based upon that individual's personal sexual and gender identity and boundaries regarding their expression of both. It is not dependent on the identity of their partner, although the vast majority of Stone Femmes partner with Stone Butches or Transmen.
Stone femmes rarely, if ever, identify as "lesbians" due to the disconnect between both the political and sexual connotations of the word and the reality of their experiences.
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- Butch-Femme.com A large, very active community for dykes and gender queers who identify as butch, femme, stone butch, stone femme, transgendered or FTM (female-to-male transsexual).
