In your language, how do you describe butch and femme lesbians?
I ask as a butch lesbian (enby) myself. In Swedish, we have: truckflata or butchflata.
I suck at all 3 languages, but for femme I've just seen femmeflata.
I think it's just Butch and Femme in German, but I'm still kinda learning that.
Lesbians in German is lesben and in Swedish, it's "lesbiska" or "flator".
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heritage language, norwegian, traktorlesbe is "butch". i am a butch would be "jeg er en traktorlesbe" or "jeg er ei traktorlesbe".
Why a tractor?
apparently referring to them wearing manly working clothes, like ones farmers/tractor riders would wear maybe?
oops. just realized it;'s apparently an insult
Some people use it proudly about themselves, but if somebody who doesn't love and respect you use it about you, it can be an insult.
ohhhh ok, i get it now
Only Danish expression I know is decades old and probably not adopted by the lesbian community (hardly flattering), but that is "beton lebbe", where beton means concrete, liking the women to very butch female construction workers, if I'm not mistaken.
Butchs are "caminhoneiras" which mean "truck drivers", but i don't think there is a specific hegemonic term for femme lesbians
Brasileiro? Olá! Estou aprendendo o português!
Já falo português. Oi, galera
Olááá, tudo bem??
Que jeito bom de começar uma conversa, falando sobre caminhoneiras!
Kkkkkkk né?
In Australia I've heard Diesel Dykes and Lipstick Lesbians.
I only know few derogatory terms in Finnish.
"Lepakko"
"Rekkalesbo"
Funny, trucker lesbians in Brazil
Olá!
France:
Butch is now seen as more polite in younger / woke(*) circles. Camionneuse (truck drivers) is old and derogatory even though still in use.
Femmes are fem, a younger word. NO old word AFAIK. I guess previous generations didn't care as much / were aroused.
Lesbiennes. Older / derogative term was "broutte minou" ~ kitty grazer (and sounds about as cringy in both languages, definitely the older generations were aroused).
(*) I mean that in its original / positive use.
Edit : for men mostly English words are used (gay, top/bottom, bear/cub....)
In Québécois French :
Butch : enby (I guess, but I’m not sure)
Lesbienne: lesbians
Not sure what is Femme so I will not pronounce myself.
Since with not that far from New York and Montreal is (was ?) a big sanctuary city we used mostly (American) English terms in vernacular French
Enby is a nonbinary person. At least in English.
N.B, get it?
Ha yes I’ve heard this one. Thanks for pointing my mistake
So enby : non-binaire, une personne non-binaire
Butch would be the same but we use (and prefer) lesbienne
Daughter calls herself dyke ("I'm a dyke on a bike!").