title: A butch among the belles.
abstract: Abstract This memoir of a 65-year-old "butch" lesbian describes her growing-up days in the South and her subsequent professional identity as a university professor and psychologist. The article includes feelings about being raised as a girl while feeling male. Personal reactions to family pressures to conform to a rigid sex role are noted and some attention is given to the effects of living an adult life in the closet.
authors.affiliation: a University of Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Bonnie R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Strickland
keywords: Lesbian; butch; coming out; femme; narrative; sexuality