BUTCH
Someone who experiences queer masculinity and gender nonconformity. BUTCH Voices posits that “stud, aggressive, macha, dom, tomboi, genderqueer, two-spirit, trans men and trans women who identify as masculine of center and all other similar identities” can identify as butch. Butch has a long history, and it’s important to remember that it is not necessary to identify as a lesbian, be attracted to women, or be explicitly masculine to be butch.
Colour meanings:
Purple: represents queerness and queer masculinity. Different shades represent the different degrees of masculinity, as masculinity exists on a spectrum. White: the butch spectrum, both in a gender sense and a presentation sense. Red: represents love for others, love for ourselves, & the history of butches as protectors of the queer community.
[ID: a pride flag with five horizontal stripes of equal thickness. the first is dark purple-blue. the second is a lighter purple. the third is white. the fourth is pale red. the final stripe is dark red. end ID]
[ID: black text reading “DNI if you are or support ddlg/clg/littlespace, nsfw etc., anti-mogai, aspec exclusionist, truscum/transmed/reg, anti-non-traumagenic & non-did/osdd systems, and other standard dni criteria! thank you!”. the background is pale, pastel green surrounded by a pale purple border. in the corner is a picture of a cartoon cat sleeping under a rainbow-striped blanket. end ID]