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Butch\/femme originated from community. Friendships among and between femmes and butches have always been essential to the identity, as this was where strength grew in the fight for visibility. As these labels became more widespread, official societies and organizations formed, such as the Butch\/Femme Society, which still exists today. These groups worked to host fundraisers and events that promoted lesbian health, wellness, and recreation. Butch\/femme also moved into the academic world as those who had spent their younger years experimenting with the identity wrote about their involvement, reflected, and organized.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butch Quarterly Fashion Show<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYC, 1998<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Butch\/Femme Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYC, 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dance Sponsored by the Butch\/Femme Society <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYC, 1993<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Invitation Sent to Joan Nestle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Butch\/Femme Society Soir\u00e9e Poster (Benefit for National Center for Lesbian Rights)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco 1990<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Butch\/Femme Society Soir\u00e9e Poster<\/strong> (Benefit for Lyon Martin Clinic)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butch\/femme originated from community. Friendships among and between femmes and butches have always been essential to the identity, as this was where strength grew in the fight for visibility. As these labels became more widespread, official societies and organizations formed, such as the Butch\/Femme Society, which still exists today. These groups worked to host fundraisers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4845,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/depictingdesire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}