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General Slang
butches
· noun · ballroom
Ballroom term for trans men within the scene's gender system.
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In ballroom, butches are trans men — people who present and live as masculine within the scene's six-part gender system. They're one of the four original gender categories the culture recognised (butch queens, femme queens, butches, women) before the system expanded. Note the scene-specific meaning: this isn't the broader lesbian sense of 'butch' — in ballroom it's a precise gender designation for trans-masculine walkers.
“The butches category was stacked tonight — half the floor came to compete.”
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butches In A Sentence
The butches category was stacked tonight — half the floor came to compete.
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Variants
butch
People Also Ask
Is 'butches' in ballroom the same as 'butch' in lesbian slang?
No. In ballroom it's a gender category for trans men. The lesbian sense — a masculine-presenting woman — is a separate use of the word.
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