Terms pt. 4

STONE BUTCH

A stone butch is a butch person who does not like their genitals sexually touched by their partners. They still, however, provide their partners with sexual gratification, and often experience pleasure in doing so. A stone butch may receive sexual pleasure from their partner in different ways as well. They may also identify as asexual or placiosexual.

STONE FEMME

Stone femme may refer to a femme who is stone, meaning they do not like their genitals sexually touched by their partners. They may also identify as asexual and/or placiosexual. It may also refer to the femme partner of a stone butch.

STUD

A stud is a form of butchness that is specific to Black women. They tend to be influenced by urban and hip-hop cultures and fashion.

SQUISH

A Squish is a platonic crush, where one where one strongly desires to be close to a particular individual, but not in a romantic way. It is common for aromantic and other a-spec individuals to experience squishes, though it is not exclusive to them, and not all a-spec individuals experience squishes. It is defined as the desire to be close friends with a particular individual, or to become closer friends with a particular individual if one is already friends with them. It may also be used for a desire to be in a queerplatonic relationship with a particular individual, or as any sort of crush that is not romantic or sexual in nature.

A squish can possibly include thinking about the individual in question, enjoying being around them, getting flustered around them, wanting the individual to consider oneself a friend or a best friend, and possibly a desire physical closeness with them. However, one does not consider their squish as a romantic partner or potential romantic partner. Any form of emotional connection or physical closeness is not considered to be romantic in nature by the individual with the squish.

Having squishes is not the same as a general "desire for friends". A squish is targeted towards a specific individual. One can desire friends without feeling squishes. Someone who does not experience squishes may call themself aplatonic.

TRANSFEMININE

The flags have no confirmed meaning, but the first uses the same shades of pink and blue on the transgender flag.

Transfeminine, or transfem, is an umbrella term for individuals who were not assigned female at birth, whose gender identity is partially or fully feminine. This includes trans women, and other non-AFAB trans individuals whose gender is in some way feminine.

Transfeminine individuals can also identify as other, non-feminine genders as well. For example, an androgyne individual may identify as transfeminine, though typically one's feminine identities are more significant that one's non-feminine identities, or one wants to emphasize their feminine identity. Transfeminine individuals are sometimes called MtF or M2F (male to female). However this isn't always accurate as not all transfeminine individuals are binary trans women.

Transfeminine individuals are typically AMAB, though not alwas. AFAB individuals cannot be considered transfeminine as the usage of trans means that one was is has gone from a non-feminine identity to a feminine identity. AFAB trans individuals who identify with a feminine gender may identify as intrafeminine and/or adfeminine.

The masculine equivalent to transfeminine is transmasculine. The neutral equivalent is transneutral. The androgynous equivalent is transandrogynous.

TRANSMASCULINE

The flags have no confirmed meaning, but the first uses the same shades of pink and blue on the transgender flag.

Transmasculine, or transmasc, is an umbrella term for individuals who were not assigned male at birth whose gender identity is partially or fully masculine. This includes trans men, and non-AMAB trans individuals whose gender is masculine in some way.

Transmasculine individuals can also identify as other, non-masculine genders as well. For example, an androgyne individual may identify as transmasculine, though typically, one's masculine identities are more significant than one's non-masculine identities, or one wants to emphasize their masculine identity. Tranmasculine individuals are sometimes called FtM or F2M (female to male); however, this isn't always accurate as not all transmasculine individuals are binary trans men.

Transmasculine individuals are typically AFAB, though not always. AMAB individuals cannot be considered transmasculine as the usage of trans means that one was is has gone from a non-masculine identity to a masculine identity. AMAB trans individuals who identify with a masculine gender may identify as intramasculine and/or admasculine.

The feminine equivalent to transmasculine is transfeminine. The neutral equivalent is transneutral. The androgynous equivalent is transandrogynous.

TWINK

The twink flag is made up of three equally wide stripes, with pale pink at the top and pale yellow at the bottom.

The central white stripe bears an interlocking pair of Mars symbols, often used as a symbol of homosexual men. These colours were chosen for their "soft" appearance, with the pink embracing femininity and the yellow branching away from.

Twink is a subcultural term used by gay men, referring to a subset of men who defy traditional masculinity, embracing traits that are generally seen as gendered and feminine. Twinks may be defined by physical appearance, tastes, expression of traditionally gendered traits, or personal affiliation.

The generic image of a twink is a thin man lacking facial hair and often body hair as well, who may or may not dress in ways that are not typically considered masculine. The twink aesthetic can usually be considered cleanly composed and non-compliant with the expectations generally held of men, and aligns relatively closely to city fashion trends. Twinks tend to be the origin of several gay stereotypes, particularly the effeminate ones.

UNLABELED

The symbol was specifically created to mean no label and can be used in any colour when used outside of the flag. It was based on the Semaphore signs "N" (for no) and "L" (for label).

The colours were left up to personal interpretation however the creator explained her reasoning behind the choices.

Electric indigo is a vibrant mix of violet and blue, colours which represent Harmony and Spirit on the original LGBTQ+ flag but also may stand for a mix of masculinity and femininity (androgyny), or an attraction to different genders and sexes, or anything other one may interpret it as.

Black and white are used to create high contrast but can represent a lack or an abundance of gender or attraction.

The rainbow stripe is to represent a connection to the LGBTQ+ community, and to add extra distinction when the flag is limp

Unlabeled or No Label is the umbrella term for those who do not want to identify under specific label(s) for their sexuality, gender, or other identity (despite qualifying and being entitled to use one or more). By definition it is similar to the some usages of queer and may overlap with pomosexual/pomogender, but is more suited for those who may not be as happy or comfortable trying to specify their identity within the LGBTQ+ community. One may have an identity that fits into a pre-existing identity, but still not wanting to label oneself.

As an identity on its own it is often found useful by, but is not exclusive to:

•People who don't feel comfortable identifying as lesser known identities.

•People who are transitioning that may not fully see themselves as their gender identity.

•Peoples whose attractions are changing throughout their gender transition.

•Non-binary people who feel as if their attraction is too complicated to classify through existing labels.

•People who are unsure of their identity, but are fairly sure they aren't straight and/or cisgender.

•People who do not want to identify as queer.

•People who don't feel like they should have to explain their attraction or gender to people.

•People who don't want to restrict themselves with labels.

URSULA

There is no known meaning for the colours. It is likely based off of the lesbian flag.

Ursula, Ursa, Ursete or Ursette is an term adopted by queer bear women and other bear-like sapphics. It is generally used to describe plus-size, protective or motherly, possibly hairy sapphics. They aren't necessarily butch lesbians, as there are also ursula femmes.

WOMAN LOVING WOMAN (WLW)

The sapphic flag has two pink stripes on the top and bottom, symbolizing love.

In the center there is a violet, which was historically given between women to symbolize their sapphic love.

In the center of the original flag is a realistic pair of violets.

Now the term WLW (also known as sapphic) itself is commonly used when referring to woman-alligned characters or people who have shown some form of attraction towards other women or woman-alligned characters or people, but does not have a specific label that is known. The term does not mean the person is gay, as they can still have attraction towards other genders, it just means they at least have some form attaction towards women or woman-alligned people and are woman-alligned themself. It is both a term and an identity, so i decided to include it here.