For the love of Butch

just a bunch of butch shit.

[schizophrenicarchivist-remade-d]

Every single time I say that I am femme, that’s code for “I want to be home for an unapologetically butch dyke.”

It’s code for “I want to protect my butch from a world that was not built for them. I want to show them that they DO have a place in this world, and that that place is with me. I want to show them love and patience and understanding. I want to encourage their butchness. I want to tie their tie. I want to get them new work boots for their birthday. I want to make them my handsome wife, and I want to come home to them. I want them to be my home, as I am theirs. I want them to feel safe with me. I want them to know that it is okay to be soft with me. I want them to show me how they giggle and how they weep and how they swoon, just as I do.”

It’s code for “When you have nothing else, you have me. And we will be okay.”

THIS POST IS INCLUSIVE OF TRANS WOMEN! TRANS BUTCHES ARE BUTCHES AND DESERVE THIS KIND OF HYPE AND LOVE!

[genevievekuzak]

[stonebutched-deactivated2020060]

warmth 

(referenced from this photo: https://izvoru.tumblr.com/post/611148161610842112/love-languageph-garrett-naccaratojpg )

[xiaoguiwang]

on the one hand, gender and sexuality are not the same and conflating them is bad but on the other hand im a lesbian n my gender is dyke

[sapphic-affirming-memes]

[butch-draws]

MORE REPRESENTATION FOR BUTCHES AND STUDS OF COLOR

[lesbianartandartists]

Chloe Atkins, Girls’ Night Out: Bianca and Randen, 1998

[diabeticlesbian]

Suzanne Shifflett

[toadsrbutch]

butches be like: ok the boxers and sports bras stay ON

[hauntedfellow]

*loves women* *gets piercing* *wears button up* *shaves head* *loves women* *wears dyke boots* *wears button up* *loves women*

[lesbianlegacies]

The Rebel Dykes of London (2017)

“Before there were qu**r activists, before there were Riot Grrls, there were the Rebel Dykes of London. They were young, they were feminists, they were anarchists, they were punks. They met at Greenham Common women only nuclear protest camp. Then they lived together in squats in Peckham, Brixton and Hackney. They went to political demo’s every Saturday, they set up squatted creches and bookshops, feminist newspapers and magazines. They had bands like Poison Girls, Mouth Almighty, The Darlings and The Gymslips. They ran sex positive Lesbian S/M clubs and women’s nights at legendary The Bell. They were gender fluid, they were trans friendly. They worked in the sex industry, or in manual trades, or between the cracks. They lived their politics. They fought and won. They were the first generation of sex positive outlaw women, and nothing has been quite the same since.

This documentary film is being made because the history of the London Rebel Dykes of the 1980s is in danger of being forgotten. Rebel dykes created their own world, made their own rules, and refused to be ignored. So we can’t let history tidy them away.”

You can support the film (and receive perks) here!

[queergraffiti]

“dyke pride”

Columbus, Ohio, USA outside the femme castle~

[worm-prince]

tip for lesbians:

get a big pair of boots and a jean jacket, relearn how to love this body your in, take up space and stare right back

[rosebutches]

[afemmesdesire]

Pearls by Morgan Gwenwald

[From The Femme Mystique, ed. Lesléa Newman, pp. 160]

[catmeme-moved]

a rly good comic i found while doing research for my lgbt history paper

[lovelettersforlesbians]

Dear Butches, 

Every time I see you I feel stronger and more confident. You exude warmth and strength. I think about you holding me and how pretty I would look on your arm. You inspire me to be a better femme.