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Happy International Butch Appreciation Day!

Butch is many things to many people. Butch is a haircut; butch is a way of living; butch is a swagger; butch is wearing the pants. To cultural anthropologist Gayle Rubin (“Of catamites and kings: Reflections on butch, gender, and boundaries,” in Joan Nestle’s The Persistent Desire. A Femme-Butch-Reader), “Butch is the lesbian vernacular term for women who are more comfortable with masculine gender codes.” To essayist S. Bear Bergman (in Butch Is A Noun), “First of all, butch is a noun. And an adjective. And a verb.”

What is butch to you? Whatever it is, it’s the day to celebrate it because it’s International Butch Appreciation Day!

We’ve written a lot about the butch identity in the past, so if you want further reading on the subject, revisit these articles:

 

Now, onto the celebration. Here are a few images of butch women we love, for your viewing pleasure. Rachel Maddow Hannah Gadsby Getty

  Lena Waithe Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Lea DeLaria Photo via Buzzfeed

  Syd KD Lang Susan Surftone Jenny Shimizu Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel, the cartoonist whom is portrayed in the musical Fun Home JD Samson Rhea Butcher Casey Legler Crys Matthews

Who is your favorite butch? What have you done for her lately?

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