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In late 2019 and early 2020, several Twitter users joked about the concept of a Hooters staffed by femboys, and from March to June 2020, "Femboy Hooters" became a very popular internet meme.<ref>https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/femboy-hooters</ref> This meme brought a large wave of attention and popularity to the femboy community, as well as more of a push for femboys to be seen for who they are instead of being sexualized. |
In late 2019 and early 2020, several Twitter users joked about the concept of a Hooters staffed by femboys, and from March to June 2020, "Femboy Hooters" became a very popular internet meme.<ref>https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/femboy-hooters</ref> This meme brought a large wave of attention and popularity to the femboy community, as well as more of a push for femboys to be seen for who they are instead of being sexualized. |
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There are popular femboy communities on Tiktok, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and Reddit, both NSFW and SFW in nature. The subreddit r/feminineboys <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/feminineboys/</ref> is an example of one such community that opposes the stereotype of femboys being exclusively fetishistic in nature. There is also the Tiktok hashtag of #femboyfriday which has even received media attention via a Vice article <ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/3az4nn/femboys-tiktok-fashion-gen-z <nowiki>https://www.vice.com/en/article/3az4nn/femboys-tiktok-f[censored]ion-gen-z</nowiki>]</ref> |
There are popular femboy communities on Tiktok, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and Reddit, both NSFW and SFW in nature. The subreddit r/feminineboys <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/feminineboys/</ref> is an example of one such community that opposes the stereotype of femboys being exclusively fetishistic in nature. There is also the Tiktok hashtag of #femboyfriday which has even received media attention via a Vice article <ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/3az4nn/femboys-tiktok-fashion-gen-z <nowiki>https://www.vice.com/en/article/3az4nn/femboys-tiktok-f[censored]ion-gen-z</nowiki>]</ref>. The article paints femboys in a positive light but somewhat mischaracterizes the identity as just a trend. |
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Popular femboy internet personalities who identify as femboys include Femboy Fishing<ref>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq5t2vi_G753e19j6U-Ypg</ref> and Mako Rays<ref>https://www.youtube.com/c/MakoRays/featured</ref>. |
Popular femboy internet personalities who identify as femboys include Femboy Fishing<ref>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq5t2vi_G753e19j6U-Ypg</ref> and Mako Rays<ref>https://www.youtube.com/c/MakoRays/featured</ref>. |
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