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butch is a term that has such a long and intense history, i can't really fault people for not knowing a lot about it. it's fine if you don't have the time to read into how it's been used by various parts of the queer community, even the butch lesbian community alone given how much there is to look into, how much nuance there is to it, and what kinds of people use it.

for those who don't have that time or can't find a good place to start , just know that when folks (terfs) push to say "only lesbians can be butch," they then turn around and tell their lesbian communities "transmasculine people, FTMs, trans men, bi/multigender, genderqueer and nonbinary lesbians aren't lesbians." it is part of a long daisy chain of terfs trying to cause infighting and ultimately just remove trans people from the gay & lesbian communities.

it will never be factually incorrect to say that butch is a term that's important to the lesbian community. it's been a big part of the lesbian community for decades. but the people who are telling you it's important to lesbians and that's why it needs to be lesbian exclusive are always leaving out one massive detail, that the butch lesbian community has always been densely populated by genderqueer, nonbinary, multigender, FTM, transmasculine, transsexual & other trans lesbians. if you attempt to speak on the importance of the term, but forcefully exclude half the people who have historically used it, you aren't telling the truth.