19 photos from 1990s San Francisco show the roots of butch and femme culture
Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.
July 14, 2025
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Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)
“It’s already enough being Black and facing discrimination,” Kalaya Morton told The Advocate. “Now I have to worry about being harassed just for needing to pee?”
February 28, 2025
Unveiling the stealthy, steamy mystery of 'ninja lesbians'
Gays may have the bears and otters, but lesbians have ninjas in our ranks.
November 19, 2024
Why the use of 'butch' as an insult rankles some in the LGBTQ+ community
There are plenty of things one could criticize about Marjorie Taylor Greene, but having a "butch body" shouldn't be one of them.
June 17, 2024
Black, Butch, and a Target
A Black Lives Matter protester was convicted of "attempted lynching" after she confronted police. Was her punishment related to her appearance?
June 7, 2016
PHOTOS: The Book of Butch
The creator of the online magazine Mascular, Vincent Keith, takes that same title for a new book of his photography.
June 21, 2014
Big butch pop
Alt-rocker Bob Mould and electronica whiz Richard Morel join forces for a record that gets everyone's freak on
September 13, 2006
When 'Butching Up' Is a Survival Mechanism
We saw a character on Insecure do it -- is "code-switching" practical or cowardly? Sampson McCormick shares his experience.
July 28, 2017
QUIZ: Guys, How Butch Are You?
Find out if you're more Rock Hudson than Richard Simmons.
February 4, 2015
PHOTOS: Butch-Femme For a New Millennium
Photographer Wendi Kali has launched the Butch/Femme Photo Project in an effort to document butch and femme identities as they exist in today's modern context.
February 11, 2013
Op-ed: Where Have All the Butches Gone?
In defense of resilient butches or effeminate fairies.
January 14, 2013
PHOTOS: Butch-Femme Culture Is Alive and Well
Photographer Wendi Kali's new book, The Butch/Femme Photo Project, shows the world a dazzling array of what it means to be butch or femme today.
January 20, 2015
Vida's Ser Anzoategui: 'It's a Beautiful Thing' to Play a Butch
Nonbinary actor Ser Anzoategui beautifully brings to life an old-school butch lesbian in the breakout series.
July 22, 2019
In the New Film 'Uncle Gloria,' Butch Finds Herself
When Butch, the macho owner of a Florida auto-wrecking company, was in a desperate search of a way to hide from the law, she transformed into a woman named Gloria. Watch a clip of her story from the new documentary, Uncle Gloria: One Helluva Ride, available on demand now on Amazon and Itunes.
November 7, 2017
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