Girlfags und Guydykes

A girlfag (or "female gay man" or "gay-male identified woman") is a person born in a woman's body who feels a strong attraction towards gay or bisexual men. She may partly or wholly feel like a "gay man trapped in a woman's body". Girlfags may be attracted to other types of people as well. Their self-identification as gay, straight or bisexual may vary, although most of them consider themselves to be bisexual.

The male equivalent, a lesbian identified man, is known as a guydyke.Vorlage:Off-topic? This concept became more known when during Season 1 of the American and Canadian co-production television drama series The L-Word a lesbian-identified man called "Lisa" had a short relationship with a lesbian woman.Vorlage:Dubious

Some, but not all, girlfags and guydykes identify as genderqueer or androgyne.Vorlage:Dubious

The term fag hag describes a totally different phenomenon, where straight women seek out "safe", non-sexual relationships with gay men. A girlfag on the other hand is specifically interested in pursuing romantic/sexual relationships with gay or bisexual men.

Literature

• Queen, Carol u. Schimel, Laurence [Ed.]: PoMosexuals. USA: Cleis Press (1997).
• Meyer, Uli: "ALMOST HOMOSEXUAL" – Schwule Frauen/ Schwule Transgender (GirlFags/Trans*Fags)
• Jill Nagle, "MANLY, YES, BUT I LIKE IT TOO: A self-described 'girlfag' reveals the truth behind her yen for sex with gay men", BUST Magazine, Summer 2003
• Clare T. Rampling, "Who's that girlfag?" BUST Magazine, Summer 2003, p. 65
• currently Janet W. Hardy, coauthor of "The Ethical Slut", is nearing completion of a memoir called "Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals".

See also

• Boi
• Fag Hag
• Tomboy

External links

• http://www.girlfags.com
• The GirlFags Community at LifeJournal.com
• Appearance of three girlfags on The Tyra Banks Show
• http://girlfags.chapso.de: German homepage about GirlFags
• Interview with a GirlFag (German)
• German homepage about guydykes

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