“I’m punished every single day for being as the great Hannah Gadsby says in Nanette, an incorrect woman. And I’m punished every single day for that, and so, for me, being butch is also about how I survive that in the world, how that makes me strong. And I think it’s really important to say, you know, lots of people think butch is synonymous with masculine. For me, it really isn’t, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we, all our lives, all revolve around masculinity. We live in a patriarchy. We have no choice, whether we like it or not, everything is about masculinity. And I refuse to accept that. I refuse to say that my identity is also about masculinity, it’s not. There are lots of different types of women in the world, and I want to fight for the right for there to be lots of different women in the world. You know, when lots of people say to me, ‘Why do you want to look like a man?’, I really want to ask them the question.. ‘Why is it so hard for you to see me as a woman?’”
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