leatherdyke
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Etymology edit
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leatherdyke (plural leatherdykes)
- A female homosexual involved in BDSM practices.
- 1997, Phillip Brian Harper, Jose Esteban Munoz, Trish Rosen, Queer Transexions of Race, Nation, and Gender:
- […] I began exploring SM and participating in leatherdyke friendship circles and community structures, primarily in Los Angeles.
- 2002, Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay, Sexualities in history: a reader, page 428:
- Furthermore, sometimes leatherdykes resignify sexed bodily zones.
- 2008, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, page 103:
- Is it now the children who take precedence, and anyhow, why are leatherdykes, drag queens, radical faeries, and motorcycle dykes offensive on any level?