Turning now to the issue that in what ways does misrecognition affect people’s identification. Misrecognition is a form to identify others, which indicates the processes of how people’s identifications are judged. In effect, a sense of recognition is always based on people’s appearances such as the ways they speak or what they wear (Fraser, 1999). However, misrecognition could happen when someone identifies others merely based on their appearances. For example, Walker (1993) argues that people recognize lesbians’ identifications through their visibility. In general, comparing to femme lesbians, a butch is relatively easier to be recognized as a lesbian because she looks like what she is. That is to say, a butch lesbian makes her identity visible
