The term femme originated in communities of lesbianwomen. "Femme" referred to lesbian who often presented as female and took on a stereotypically feminine role. Femmes are often assumed to be sexually attracted to butches and/or masculinewomen, although this is not always the case. It should be noted that due to the community it originated from, many lesbians consider the use of the word femme by anyone other than a lesbian to be appropriative. For this reason, many people who identify with this gender identity choose the spelling of "fem" instead.
Alternate Femme Lesbian Flag
Femme was originally used by those assigned female at birth, but has been increasingly adopted by trans women and others in the transgender community, as well as other individuals who are not AFAB.
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The femme flag was created by Tumblr user noodle on or before Feb 9th, 2018. Purple was also chosen based on one of the colors from the orange/pink lesbian flag.
The purple/pink femme lesbian flag was created by an unknown person and has existed since at least September 30, 2019.
An alternate femme lesbian flag was created by an anonymous user on March 28, 2021.
An alternate femme flag was designed by Reddit user ShippyGoodness on August 9, 2020.
