It occurs to me that this phrase may have fallen out of use, but given a post I’ve seen going around on hair styles for masc folks that have trouble finding anything but short, white hair styles for folks like them, I wanted to mention Long Haired Butches (LHB), studs, and mascs are very much a part of our community!
For butches (esp butches of color) and studs out there who don’t prefer short hair: being a long haired butch doesn’t make you any less of a butch or stud than butches and studs who prefer their hair short. Honoring that your cultural norms around what constitutes a masculine hair style are different than Western white standards doesn’t revoke your masculine lesbian/sapphic card. These identities are more than just aesthetics, and certainly a short haircut alone does not a butch or stud make.
LHBs are just as crucial to our community in how you embody your identity as butches and studs who wear their hair short.
This post from butch femme love is just a small subset of what’s possible 💜, courtesy of the ever fantastic Meg Allen.