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About This Film
This film is not about surface issues such as clothing or a butch aesthetic. It is about the dilemma of trying to be true to oneself and the challenges that come with not fitting in. The women in this film may look and act in ways that society has decided is appropriate only for men, and as a result they have had to deal with judgment and rejection because they are obviously gay and unmistakably butch.
While lesbians and gay men are enjoying more acceptance from society in general, this tolerance is often limited to those individuals who seem most like their heterosexual counterparts: masculine men and feminine women. There is much less comfort with and approval of those who do not conform to gender expectations such as effeminate men and butch women. This discomfort exists, surprisingly, sometimes even within LGBTQI communities.
The women portrayed in this film examine and challenge society’s assumptions about what it means to be female. Their struggles reveal how everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, is pressured to conform and measure up to restrictive gender standards. But they also show the rewards that come when we learn to accept ourselves as we are.
While lesbians and gay men are enjoying more acceptance from society in general, this tolerance is often limited to those individuals who seem most like their heterosexual counterparts: masculine men and feminine women. There is much less comfort with and approval of those who do not conform to gender expectations such as effeminate men and butch women. This discomfort exists, surprisingly, sometimes even within LGBTQI communities.
The women portrayed in this film examine and challenge society’s assumptions about what it means to be female. Their struggles reveal how everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, is pressured to conform and measure up to restrictive gender standards. But they also show the rewards that come when we learn to accept ourselves as we are.
CSGGB Productions
Copyright 2016