#dykesofinstagram

Um can we all take a moment to appreciate this goddamn beautiful scene from our Intergenerational Issue (#3). This heart beats strong for all the baby butch and butch daddy’s out there! Sam King & Phoebe Adams @thekingofdice @honkytonkbutch by @parkerblain
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#butch #butchdaddy #babybutch #dyke #dykes #dykestowatchoutfor #lesbian #lesbiansofinstagram #dykesofinsta #dykesofinstagram #lesbiansofig #lgbtqia #gender #gayisokay #gendernonconforming #butchisnotadirtyword #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #butchdyke #butchdykes #sydney #sydneygay #gaysydney #sydneygays (at Sydney, Australia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1eNlTXh3OR/?igshid=1ho4h81f6222a

Rollin’ into the weekend like…… Have fun out there everyone ! @evagonzalezmusic by @esthergoodboy
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#butch #butchdyke #butchisnotadirtyword #dykestowatchoutfor #lesbiansofinsta #lesbiansofinstagram #dykesofinsta #dykesofinstagram #butchlez #butchlesbians #queer #gay #lgbtqia #gender #gendernonconforming #butchesofinstagram #girlsgirlsgirls #picofthegay #queerportrait #portraitphotography #portrait #printmagazine #gaygaygay #gayisokay #lagay (at Los Angeles, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0G8o3Wh4VL/?igshid=fi27b8smc5m3

“What I’ve found in the existing research and literature is a gap in LGBTQ+ workplace research when it comes to those of us for whom passing as straight is not really an option.”.
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In order to affect change we need folks in traditionally gate kept hetero environments to create the tools (like research) that enable us as a society to progress and evolve. Michelle tirelessly works and utilizes her unique skill set and position to push for workplace equality, lgbtq+ rights and social change. To be queer and to be employed by these systems can sometimes feel like a conflict in values, but remember, if it’s not you holding space, it’s just gonna be another cis het white man. Do not be intimidated by the gatekeepers. Stand your ground. Hold your space. Push your agenda. Quote above from Issue 5 - The Work Issue, by Michelle Hamilton Page @mfpinvan by @lapir0 - Link in bio for purchase.
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#butch #butchdyke #butchisnotadirtyword #butchlez #butchlesbians #queer #gay #lgbtqia #gender #gendernonconforming #queerresearch #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #picofthegay #queerportrait #portraitphotography #portrait #printmagazine #gaygaygay #gayisokay #queeracademic #gaybc #rolemodel #professionalbutch (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzjCH_IhE2g/?igshid=1nco52l0tdlnr

As a little treat, you get an LHB @maliaspanyol @theeparkside cropped for insta by @esthergoodboy
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Sale on digital downloads all through COVID season, 50% off - www.butchisnotadirtyword.com
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #dykesofig #lesbiansofinstagram #butchdyke #butchdykes #queer #gender #queerbusiness (at San Francisco, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fahGQBBZb/?igshid=rfw4cszayk5n

“It was my grandma who taught me the right way to iron a shirt. It was a necessary skill, because the uniform at my alma mater – an all-girls, Catholic high school – was a button-up shirt underneath a tunic so long that it rivalled a nun’s habit. My grandma also told me, between explaining the right pressure to use on particularly tough fabrics and how to iron a perfect collar, that this skill would be invaluable to me for when I was living with my future husband. In her role as nurturer, care-giver and keeper of the peace, she had ironed everything. My grandpa’s shirts before he went to work, to golf, to church. All four of her children’s school uniforms, the bed sheets they slept under every night, even handkerchiefs. Ironing has become more of a ritual than a necessity for me. There’s something sublime about it, to treat the clothes that enable me to express my true self with care and respect. It evokes a nearly ceremonial calm in me – handling the fabric, smoothing out every crease, barefoot on the kitchen tile standing over the ironing board in just my undershirt and boxers. It brings me back to my body and back to my butchness with every movement.” - @honkytonkbutch .
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Throwback from our intergenerational issue, printed circa 2017 - issue 3 print copies are sold out but for the rest of COVID season you can snag all digital downloads at half price. .
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Link in bio to check out. @parkerblain .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchdykes #butchdyke #butchesofinstagtam #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #lesbiansofinsta #lesbiansofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #tomboystyle #tomboyfashion #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq #gender (at Sydney, Australia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PwgY7hhQn/?igshid=10xxnj1rlx35b

“I came out to my family by letting them know I was moving in with her. We had to buy new sheets because we’d both been sleeping in single beds at our parent’s places. We got a Ninja Turtles double quilt set and based the colour scheme of our linen around it. When we bought a washing machine we made a fort out of the box. We painted it and made a periscope with those little make-up mirrors I no longer used. We got pet rats and named them after song lyrics. We pinned her first attempt at pancakes to the noticeboard in our share house. She got that motorcycle and didn’t even make me feel bad when I dropped it. She wrote poetry on post it notes. We danced in the kitchen.” - Katie Morrison recounting her first butch 4 butch romance as a baby dyke. they grow up so fast! .
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Read the rest in Issue 4, The love and sex edition. Only 4 print copies left but available via digital download forever. All Digital Downloads will be half price through the rest of corona season, that’s $3.25 for a single issue or $15 for the whole set! - link in bio. .
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by Jane Duong
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@commonkate .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchesofinstagram #lesbian #lesbians #lesbiankiss #butch4butch #lesbianmoms #dykesofinstagram #lesbiansofinstagram #dyke #dykes #gender #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #gay #sydneygay #sydneygays (at Sydney, Australia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FbDkJBtDU/?igshid=1400tt905wp0l

In these moments of uncertainty, what we all need…..is A FEMME AND AN LHB, Thankyou for your service @opalsoceans @danincrew
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(&opalsoceans rocking our femmes against Butchphobia tee - link in bio to snag one of these for pride season) .
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#butch #femme #butchfemme #dykesofinstagram #lesbiansofinstagram #butchesofinstagram #femmesofinstagram #lgbtqia #lgbtq #gaygaygay #pdx #pdxgay #dykestowatchoutfor #queer #lesbiankiss #lesbiankisses #lesbianlove #lesbianmoms #dykes #dykesaregay #lesbiandaddy #femmedaddy #lesbiancouple (at Washougal, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B97EFI3hg6B/?igshid=1bjit8su8kht7

This post spoke to so many people that we thought we’d blow it up as a quote. Know your history kiddies, this pull quote is from our intergenerational issue, which would be a great place to start for those wanting to learn more about butch culture from years passed. Only 50 print copies left but limitless digital downloads, link in bio
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#butch #butchdyke #butchdykes #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #queerhistory #dykehistory #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #gender #gendernonconforming #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqhistory (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B92A4G7BOWA/?igshid=1bckr0vney30g

A teaser from our shoot in south LA with @cheers2home and @sephardaddi for the Butch 4 Butch issue coming out in May! .
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by @esthergoodboy .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #qpoc #qwoc #la #losangeles #southla #lgtbqia #lgbtq #dykestowatchoutfor #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #gaygaygay #queerportrait #queerportraits #gender #gendernonconforming (at South Los Angeles, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9r9npFB-Zh/?igshid=332jjuh4jqpi

“We reclaimed ‘butch’ as a positive identity, not just from mainstream society who used it to marginalise masculine women, but also from the second wave feminist movement who stigmatised us" - A little trip down memory lane with Laura Dettori Deriu, from Issue 3, our intergenerational edition. Which unfortunately sold out in print, but is still available for digital download.
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@nixcartel .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinstagram #dykestowatchoutfor #cutelesbians #lgbtq #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtqhistory #gay #gender #gendernonconforming #femalemasculinity #queermasculinity (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mfr9shm2M/?igshid=zc16v0xm8rbh

Issue 4 Flashbacks - “When asked to write about love and sex for this issue of BINADW, I was immediately nervous. Although I think about the concepts of love and sex on a daily basis, vulnerability being so intrinsically connected to these ideas makes it difficult to write and talk about. As a butch woman, love and sex are often defined by others for me. They make assumptions based off my embodiment of a subversive masculinity. I now have the privilege to use this platform to share just one butch dyke’s perspective of love and sex, contributing to a larger narrative of those butches who have also felt the sting of assumptions. In every queer identity, there is always so much to unravel and learn about one another. I learn more about love everyday. I notice its absence, I flourish in it’s fullness. I have learned that picking apart love, investigating its inconsistencies, admiring its sound–even when it skips–has proven to be an act of love onto myself. One of the ways I explore love is to challenge myself to embrace love beyond intimate and romantic settings. I challenge myself to embrace a transformative love that extends to other dykes and butches in my community.” - @carlyriot by @esthergoodboy .
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There are only 25 copies of issue 4 left, (The love & sex edition) land we won’t be doing a re print anytime soon, so if you’re building your butch collection and don’t have this one yet nows a good time to go grab it ! Link in bio.
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #butchdyke #butchdykes #butchgender #dykestowatchoutfor #dykesofinstagram #lesbiansofinstagram #butchesofinstagram #dykesofinsta #gender #gendernonconforming #genderqueer #nonbinary #leabiankiss #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #queerportraits #gayportraits #pdx #pdxo #portlandoregon (at Portland, Oregon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8w9wwvhQGI/?igshid=1goj70wyc8wo0

“I love teaching mathematics because of the relationships that I am able to build with students each year. When students come to my class, I want them to feel capable, noticed, respected, cared about. I know that lots of students have math phobia, so one of my main goals is to change their self-perception and attitude towards learning math. One thing I have noticed is that change starts on the personal level. It is not only about teaching math; it is also about helping young women develop as individuals who are able to articulate their thoughts and ideas. And especially teaching at an all-girls school with a predominately Black and Latinx student body, it is important that they have someone in their lives that is not afraid to be themselves. I am grateful to be one of those people for them.” - Nina Granberry, Issue 5 - The Work Edition. Ya can get your paws on a copy via the link in bio. @young_teach .
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by @esthergoodboy .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #queereducator #educator #math #lgbtqia #qwoc #qpoc #dykesofinstagram #dykestowatchoutfor #queerportrait #queer #gender (at Brooklyn, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8j0a3WhM49/?igshid=14sji2gpqwzx3

“Before I moved to Portland, I didn’t know how to take care of my mental health. I’d only been to a therapist once when I was 20 after my best friend had passed away. My mom is an immigrant from Thailand, and my dad’s from the baby-boomer generation. Culturally and generationally, going to a doctor to help you with your “mental problems” was seen as kind of a joke in my family. Whilst taking care of my mental health is new, it has become one of the most important things in my life. Sometimes I have reservations, I have this uncomfortable idea that people can use their “mental health issues” as a crutch. I never want to do that, I never want to use it as an excuse to not hold myself accountable.” - @lmheinsdale - Issue 6, The Mental Health Edition .
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by @esthergoodboy
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#butch #butchdyke #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #butchisnotadirtyword #dykestowatchourfor #queermentalhealth #queermentalhealthmatters #lesbianmoms #dykesofinstagram #gender #gendernonconforming #femalemasculinity #queermasculinity #lgbtqia #queerportraits (at Portland, Oregon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8et-GbhjUv/?igshid=1bbyg7d4m1jt5