[crimsonbutch]

butch is an extremely diverse identity that intersects lesbianism and strives for a masculinity that is not rooted in the patriarchy. butch is a gender identity that means many things to many different people, not just cis white lesbians. that includes studs, butches on t, butches who are trans, butches who transitioned, butches who use he/him, butches who have a weird gender, boydykes, lesboys, and especially butches of the working class. if you don't support them then you don't actually support butches.

[pglang]

daft punk in japan (2000)

[andreweatspussy111]

I have responsibilities like self torment and isolation

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau

[lotlooting]

Joan Baez photographed by Alain Gaveau, 1960s

[theinternetarchive]

taken in central park following the first stonewall anniversary march commemorating the stonewall riots; central park, new york city, june 28, 1970.

[elusivee-phantom]

Domanick Stewart, August 7, 2024.

Evan Bryant, August 30, 2024.

Javion Magee, September 11, 2024.

Jacobe Lindsey, September 17, 2024.

Denoris Richardson, September 28, 2024.

Percy Mixon, October 11, 2024.

Mario Kaiser, April 29, 2025.

Earl Smith, June 18th, 2025.

Trey Reed, September 15, 2025.

[thatgarden]

You know what, despite the horrors, at least there's still butches.

[emirrart]

this little passage from Mr. Rogers' book You Are Special made me tear up a little I can't lie

[harleyglenn]

I’m thinking of Beginning it all

[forsapphics]

Jackie Urbanovic, 1996

[diioonysus]

edwardian & victorian era women

[justknoxville]

[kosmogrl]

september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good september will be good

[joeinct]

Manhood (from the series Inner Journey, Photo by Marvel Harris

[abbylonian-deactivated20220825]

Girls Will Be Boys by Sophia Wallace

I began Girls will be Bois, 2002-2007 because I was compelled to create a testament to my living history as a lesbian whose partners are often on the butch and masculine spectrum.

Butchness, particularly butch BIPOC are targeted with violence, repressed historically, and ignored by the media. Everywhere from popular culture to the law, female masculinity is treated as failed femininity – a monstrosity.

It was vital to me that I document and create a visual testimony of my community that could not be denied. As a queer photographer I felt that my medium was the best way to intervene in the ongoing attempt to marginalize my community. I also lost a friend during this time which had a profound impact on me. Kim, a young butch lesbian, tragically died from a brain aneurysm at 24 years old. Kim’s partner Michelle who had been with her virtually every day during the two years they were together, was not invited to the funeral where Kim was buried in pink suit and coffin with heavy makeup.  Kim’s history is like that of so many queer people. Written by those who seek to deny it.

Girls Will be Bois will always be a historical project for me. Losing a friend and watching another friend be written out of her partner’s life, was a painful reality check about what was at stake if we do not record our own stories.

[forsapphics]

Photograph of two women kissing captioned "This is Hallie and I. Be sure and notice that it is me." (C. 1900s)