What Is Femme Flagging
Femme Flagging is a Sydney based solo electronic artist and singer crafting an electronic hanky co. The femme-flagging manicures function is similar to the gay mens hanky code of the 1970s.
This flag is made of five bars with a white bar being in the center of the flag pink bars being next to them and light blue bars on the top and bottom of the flag.
What is femme flagging. Black nail polish on the ring finger can mean that one is participating in femme-flagging. Its a queerness that has often because of my bisexuality been erased. But to those in the LGBTQ community it can help express themselves and signify to the world that they are queer.
The word femme itself comes from French and means woman. The whole flagging thing is meant to be a sexual code that lets your prospective partners know what you are into and was traditionally practiced with strategically coloured hankies in your back pocket eg. LGBTQ Femme-flagging Some members of the LGBTQ community briefly tested accent nails as a means to femme-flag around 2012.
Men would tuck handkerchiefs in their back pockets to signal their sexuality. Do you paint your nails to flag women. Specific fingers and colors can communicate different preferences too.
GenderfluidGenderflexible Flag Encompassing the fluctuations and the flexibility of gender in genderfluid people the flag features colors associated with femininity masculinity and everything. Not just colours but also handedness the fingers that are flagged symbols or figures on the nail or glitter - it goes on and on. The idea behind femme-flagging manicures is that theyll signal to nearby queers that youre a woman who is attracted to other women.
Femme-flagging also known as finger-flagging involved painting one or two nails a different color than the other nails. Femme is most often a term used to describe a lesbian who exhibits a feminine identity. Transfeminine flag 1 by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt.
It is sometimes used by feminine gay men bisexuals and transgender individuals. Just go around and look at the perfectly manicured nails you will spot one finger painted a different color. I guess this came about several years ago but Im wondering about its relevance now.
Primarily most femmes will paint all their nails one color and then paint their ring fingernails or ring and middle fingernails a different color their flagging color. The color and placement. For me using the word femme over the descriptor feminine is a key component in claiming my queerness.
Black nail polish meant the wearer was into BDSM light blue meant the wearer was into oral sex. A French term meaning Fatal Woman it is used to describe a female who uses seduction and charm to ensnare men into doing their bidding or to be lured into an untimely demise. Heavily associated with lesbian history and culture femme has been used among lesbians to distinguish traditionally feminine lesbians from their butch ie.
Others call it accent nail. This flag is the new most commonly used flag. Femme invisibility is the dirty little secret of the queer community Stop assuming that woman is straight because shes wearing lipstick and high heels.
Multigender people who identify as female more than other genders. So you can imagine my JOY when I read this post about femme flagging using the stuff on the Queer Fat Femme blog. Can be a way to descreetly let women know that youre lesbian especially femme.
These manicures allowed feminine-presenting lesbians to publicly. A friend yesterday posted a photo of her manicure and of course she had the ring finer painted a different color. Its a Femme-Flagging Statement For many people painting one color on your ring finger doesnt mean anything but a fashion statement.
Transfeminine is a term used to describe transgender people who generally are assigned male at birth but identify with a feminine gender identity to a greater extent than with a masculine gender identity. This symbolizes being the gender you are inside. I have said before that I think that nail polish is such a great way to flag because many codes can intersect on the hands.
The term is femme flagging. This flag is commonly used as the lesbian flag however it was originally created as the lipstickfemme flag and later edited to remove the lipstick mark as a result of this many lesbians feel it isnt completely representative. Like with the handkerchief code certain colors of nail polish symbolized certain things.
Fuchsia worn on the left means youre more of a spanker than a spankee. Its a trend among Kenyan ladies.
