The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies butch glbtq Encyclopedia Project butch and femme http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012003858 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Butch_and_femme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852338 Terms originally utilized predominantly within lesbian culture to ascribe or acknowledge a masculine (butch) or feminine (femme) identity with its associated traits, behaviors, styles, self-perception, and so on. However, butch and femme are often utilized in similar senses by LGBTQIA+ persons other than lesbians. butch and fem butch-fem butch-femme butch/femme butches and femmes femme and butch femme-butch femme femme tom and dee The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America