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 called guydyke. This concept became 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.

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.

The concept of and the discussion about girlfags and guydykes came up in the USA during the 1990s.Vorlage:Fact So far the topic wasn't discussed often within the gender studies. During the last few years it became more popular in german-speaking countries.

Literature

• Queen, Carol u. Schimel, Laurence [Ed.]: PoMosexuals. USA: Cleis Press (1997).
• Meyer, Uli: „ALMOST HOMOSEXUAL“ – Schwule Frauen/ Schwule Transgender (GirlFags/Trans*Fags): http://www.liminalis.de/artikel/Liminalis2007_meyer.pdf

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