Has anyone experienced being mistaken for a lesbian if you don’t perform femininity?
And by performing femininity I mean stuff like wearing wigs, lashes and nails along with more form fitting clothes. I’m a black girl that tends to dress more tomboyish with baggier clothing and I wear no makeup makeup most days. I noticed that when I had faux locs especially I was mistaken as lesbian more and wondered if me not wearing lashes, wigs or form fitting clothing along with faux locs as locs are often associated with masculinity had to do with it. Has anyone else experienced this? I feel like black women have to keep up more with maintenance in order to not be masculinised compared to the average non black woman. and this never happens when I wear protective hairstyles that are seen as more traditionally feminine. I feel like non-black girls can dress tomboyish and even have hairstyles that are traditionally seen as masculine without being seen immediately as lesbian.