What Femme means to me Part 1

Hello Friends!

The other day, I wrote a post about The Femme Show, and showed y'all only several of the many different ways people express their femme identity. 

This is super important to me because I identify as Femme. 

I decided to delve deeper into what being Femme means to people who identify this way before attending/volunteering at the Femme Show for a second year in a row. 

So I talked to my friend Ife, and here's what Femme means to her:

"What does it mean to be femme"

My answer would take years....well maybe not years..but I will say this...

Being femme is being human. Being femme changes with time....like any "life cycle".

I am not the same "femme lesbian" I was at 21, 31, 41, 51...damn! I've been around as an out lesbian for a long ass time!

I still love my lipstick even tho' I don't feel MARRIED to it...when I was younger I was...didn't feel like I could leave home without it...

Femme for me mean strong! In my words and deeds....I am also soft and tender, I like to laugh out loud, wear dresses, or not...

I don't have to have long hair or short hair

Femme = FUN. I wouldn't want to be anything else!

Femme = body building
At this point in my life I want MUSCLES and I want someone who is not afraid of my POWER

Being FEMME does NOT MEAN that I want to cook, or have babies...

I'm 55 years young. Hell, I'm just getting my REAL CLEAR FEMME LIFE STARTED!

So this is just some of how I feel about being femme.

This is my friend Ife! She/her pronouns y'all.