Exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.
For me, being futch is not about living in a single spot, in a precise middle ground wherein I can be androgynous and ambiguous […] “I'm not a femme. I can use tools.” “C'mon, it doesn't hurt that much. Butch up.” My feminist futch self finds journeying through these expectations unpleasant.2011, Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman, Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN, pages 240–241:
futch
noun
Etymology Blend of femme + butch.
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A person who exhibits traits of both a femme and a butch.
A moment's thought tells us that a futch, femme, or butch can't be spotted by behaviour alone […]2011, Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman, Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN, page 241: