Q: what movies and tv shows have butch lesbians?
A: whew, the amount of time i spent thinking about this answer… we have so little representation. here’s a list that i’ve compiled with butch friends! please note that these characters are butches, studs, AGs, etc. and some are just tomboys – we have slim pickins, we’re dealin.
snoop in the wire (2004-08)
big boo in orange is the new black (2013-18)
bullet in the killing (2013)
tammy in transparent (2014-15)
hannah in please like me (2014-16)
tig in one mississippi (2015-2017)
denise in master of none (2015-)***
alex and gin in dyke central (2015-)
cameron and rhea in take my wife (2016-)
susie in the marvelous mrs. maisel (2017-)
quiet ann in claws (2017-)
***love lena waithe, but aziz ansari sucks
idgie in fried green tomatoes (1991)
randy in the incredibly true adventures of two girls in love (1995)
cleo in set it off (1996)
shirley in the watermelon woman (1996)
amy in if these walls could talk 2 (2000)
jamie in butch jamie (2007)
stella in cloudburst (2011)
dallas in below her mouth (2016)
katie in princess cyd (2017)
alison in fun home (2013)
tig notaro in happy to be here (2018)
hannah gadsby in nanette (2018)
framing lesbian fashion (1992)
forbidden love: the unashamed stories of lesbian lives (1993)
last call at maud’s (1993)
gender troubles: the butches (2016)
the gentleman bank robber: the story of butch lesbian freedom fighter rita bo brown (2017)
if you see a mistake on this list, feel free to correct it. and please add to the list if you know of any more!
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