G&STC Therapist Symonne Kennedy talks with Women's Health about What "Queer Femme" Means

CHECK OUT G&STC’S THERAPIST SYMMONE KENNEDY TALKING WITH GABRIELLE KASSEL AT WOMEN’S HEALTH ABOUT WHAT THE TERM “QUEER FEMME” MEANS.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS: 

COMING OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN:

“‘In our current world, many see a femme-presenting person and assume that person must be a straight woman,’ says Kennedy. While nobody ever needs to come out, queer femmes who want to be out, often need to come out over and over and over again.

‘Queer femmes are often put in the position of either having to assert or defend their queerness or resign themselves to being mistaken as straight,’ says Kennedy. Sometimes this is as subtle as a co-worker asking, ‘Are you bringing a boyfriend to the holiday party?’”

ON THE WORD FEMME:

“Femme is also far more than an aesthetic: Femme gestures towards an inner-strength, as well as the wealth of feminine energy that has existed throughout history, says Symonne Kennedy, LMSW, a psychotherapist at The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center in New York City.”