title: Reflections on butch-femme and the emerging lesbian community in bulgaria.
abstract: SUMMARY This article features several women who are part of the present-day Bulgarian lesbian scene and discusses the significance of butch/femme identities in the absence of a tradition of lesbian community life.
authors.affiliation: a department of Anthropology , New Bulgarian University , Sofia.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pisankaneva
keywords: Bulgaria; Self-identified subculture; identity; lesbian