“I don't switch much, don't really want many people to fuck me, because there's a whole code, unwritten but no less rigid than if it were chiseled in stone, about how Tops Must be, how Butches Must Be, and it… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“I had great femme mentors, I had good role models of gentle men, I found ways to be a butch that did not require being an ass in public, ways of masculinity that were not misogyny - which is what… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
Remember - the fault is in the garment, certainly not the girl. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the shape of her. Some designers… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
When people speak admiringly of a butch, what I see is someone who has taken on the best gendered characteristics of both woman and… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“A real friend, he'd say, is the one who, when you say you need for them to kill someone for you, asks only, "And… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“As she began to speak she stood and started to wrap herself, expertly, creating a binding in minutes that held without a wrinkle until… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“I am doing the best I can. I am hoping I am good enough. I am holding you close, as close as I can,… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
One bright pansy popping through a sidewalk crack will get weeded or stepped on; it's not until twenty fabulous flowers bust through and the… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“I don't switch much, don't really want many people to fuck me, because there's a whole code, unwritten but no less rigid than if… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“I had great femme mentors, I had good role models of gentle men, I found ways to be a butch that did not require… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
So please, for the love of gender- go bloom. Or water someone else while they do. — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“I have a whole set of problem-solving behaviors and I am anxious to use them, in much the same way that I would stand… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“You do not see deviantly gendered people walking around with Nalgene bottles, getting our sixty-four recommended ounces as we go through our days. I… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
