Gender is a social construct. We’re told from early on that girls and boys each look a certain way, but in reality, people’s looks and choice of clothing don’t have to confine to one gender or the other. In the LGBTQ+ community, the words “butch” (or “stud”) and “femme” represent people whose looks are toward one end of the spectrum or the other. And some folks, queer or not, feel comfortable dressing both ways, almost making them seem like two different people.
On Twitter, user @Artbaesel posted two pictures, one stud and one femme, and invited others to do the same.
TRADE THREAD: if you can do both drop your flyest stud vs fem photos ! !! pic.twitter.com/TQ0GOjwfOu
— Queer Freedie Brooks (@Artbaesel) May 22, 2019
The tweet went viral and the resulting thread contains all sorts of beautiful looks, feminine, masculine, and androgynous.
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i never know which photos to pick for these things, but yeah. i both. pic.twitter.com/zLi1IgZp8P
— Ari (Yet Another Stallion) Fitz (@itsarifitz) May 23, 2019
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presennntttt pic.twitter.com/G8cqYfpw0b
— Slim✨ (@SlimThaGoddess_) May 22, 2019
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Yuhhhhh?? pic.twitter.com/EmbOztfc15
— Uzumaki Drizzy (@__DPlair) May 22, 2019
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Do I count? ? pic.twitter.com/fAHOzi4bmv
— yung bori ?? (@TheIvyRivera) May 23, 2019
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kehlani told me she wanted to be in this thread so here is the queen of being versatile. pic.twitter.com/nJV0vDPg5K
— abby claims 4U (@sadinthebooth) May 22, 2019
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I’m joining in ? pic.twitter.com/06nCdRdN1d
— Jokesonyou (@K98171) May 22, 2019
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well, that’s it pic.twitter.com/1YHNhZOXWv
— rolanna – lil sun (@rolanninha) May 23, 2019
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— candy (@_curlydej) May 22, 2019
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The inventor of fluidity, back at it again ? pic.twitter.com/iJvSUqKTH1
— Stud Myth THE Alum (@HeshimaSpeaks) May 23, 2019
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— LIL YUCKMOUF (@swavey_cathaay) May 23, 2019
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I am here for this. pic.twitter.com/906Lznb5J8
— Glamour Gorgon (@LiegeCoren) May 23, 2019
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Ya girl is versatile pic.twitter.com/MRTu5GJHAN
— Ophiophagus hannah (@happileighxx) May 23, 2019
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(…fr) pic.twitter.com/M5L9aW0yRK
— uyauya (@justDumo) May 23, 2019
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“u get da beeeest of both worlds” ? pic.twitter.com/PkQrBqvJS5
— liyah thee stallion (@aaliiyaaahhhh) May 22, 2019
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south africa. pic.twitter.com/zzwyIA9zLj
— ⁶? (@lindoparis) May 23, 2019
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Ello.? pic.twitter.com/Leua69I7AE
— N I R V A N A (@LxstPvrvdise) May 22, 2019
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Honestly always a little bit of both. pic.twitter.com/lRuwmInP8i
— smokey robinson (@lilbeigebaby) May 22, 2019
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Like two different folks pic.twitter.com/ePSNoF4w3q
— Chy (@ICONICHY) May 22, 2019
I’ve done it allll? pic.twitter.com/F5AMWj7OqU
— auntie naya (@MrsLR_) May 22, 2019
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I love switching it up pic.twitter.com/zU6PwzGiHt
— #StallionFitness? (@Rue22Ave) May 22, 2019
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— LocsByMeko??♀️ (@_HerShe_Kissed) May 22, 2019
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???????????????? on another level pic.twitter.com/ZfmNfMbBsA
— Tamino ? (@mokolokotwane) May 23, 2019
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Forever stuck between wanting short hair and long, fem clothes or masc, idc I love it all pic.twitter.com/6UoZWbGsiS
— beth ☆ 《 ?????? ????? 》 (@untitled1991) May 24, 2019
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fluidity is way less boring ? pic.twitter.com/9mzGnXUqGA
— Nat? (@nattiejane51) May 23, 2019
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??♀️ I always dressed comfortably ?? pic.twitter.com/I0eA5JAr8S
— ?lex? (@_lexis24) May 22, 2019
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my gay heart cant handle this thread………….. heres mine pic.twitter.com/rkHzbYpZ8m
— strawbebbie @ dokomi (@gyorzeppeli) May 23, 2019
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Androgynous.. that’s always my go to lewk ☺️? kk dats all mi av pic.twitter.com/GjY4d1Y7VL
— #StallionFitness? (@Rue22Ave) May 23, 2019
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Joining~ pic.twitter.com/fzhSmSDX37
— 馨月? (@ponpokirin) May 23, 2019
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Honestly always a little bit of both. pic.twitter.com/lRuwmInP8i
— smokey robinson (@lilbeigebaby) May 22, 2019
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— ? ? ? ? (@madu__marques) May 23, 2019
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— lex (@alexispolitz) May 24, 2019
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— Empier Meetchie (@EmpierMeetchie) May 22, 2019
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— ? (@SheCravesJai) May 23, 2019
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— 静文 (@redbeanbabe) May 23, 2019
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im not no stud butttt .. pic.twitter.com/QRqfSLqfB4
— Big Slime ‘$$ (@GloryGirlKieara) May 24, 2019
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I’m a different person with eyebrows pic.twitter.com/ORUGRkfYio
— big witch energy (@SchellRegan) May 23, 2019
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oh she’s versatile pic.twitter.com/0WdlfR47Rp
— santana (@santanaa_g) May 23, 2019
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— Lizette Pinto e Melo (@pinto_lizette) May 22, 2019
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— Neytiri ?? (@J_skinny236) May 22, 2019
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?✌? pic.twitter.com/9lWkmOPe0l
— Mr. Bovine Joni (@logan_salad) May 23, 2019
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!!!! pic.twitter.com/BuPalp4TOi
— sydney (@bigassmood) May 23, 2019
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Late as hell but I wanna play pic.twitter.com/ZfRFJWM1DN
— kathryn margaret rose (@katstkat) May 23, 2019
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versatility ☝?? pic.twitter.com/48DmMENpFX
— marching band headass (@thai_brows) May 23, 2019
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don’t make a bisexual choose. we can’t do it. pic.twitter.com/TQ4FWZ6F36
— #mybodymyrights (@caitlinhugertz) May 24, 2019
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love this thread. Decided to go off a little ? pic.twitter.com/TpudAIu6RW
— M (@Money_Meggy) May 23, 2019
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— amalia!!!!™ (@guatamalia) May 24, 2019
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cuz why not ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/l0cHcFnNfV
— Pure ? ✨ (@_qveen__k) May 23, 2019
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Late but heyyy pic.twitter.com/edjn6c478Q
— DADDY (@Monalise_ah) May 23, 2019
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and I oop- pic.twitter.com/Mj8BatOo6v
— M E L I S S A (@_mclemence) May 23, 2019
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Sovatdaddy pic.twitter.com/nv9ZqmZ5KT
— sovathany (@sovathany) May 23, 2019
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— luz negra (@ylaoficial) May 23, 2019