#queerportraits

“One thing that’s come up a lot in our sesions lately is how I struggle with how judgey our queer community can be. I feel like there is this cancer on progressiveness, and I find it unsettling how quickly millennial queers can condemn other queers for not being as progressive as they are. It’s like people get shut down for saying the wrong thing before they have a chance to explain themselves. We didn’t come into this world knowing everything. We were all blank slates and learned as we grew.
It’s like we no longer know how to have open dialogue with each other. You either get it or you don’t, and if you don’t you’re condemned and cast out of the community. There are so many double standards within our community. We hate it when conservatives shove their ideals down our throats and yet we do it to each other.
Through therapy and lots of practice, I am learning to speak my truth, to articulate myself in ways that will be received constructively. In the way I know how I continue to work on having an open dialogue with both myself and my community everyday” - @lmheinsdale - Issue 6, The Mental Health Edition - Digital & Print copies available, link in bio for purchase.
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by @esthergoodboy .
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchdyke #butchdykes #butchlesbian #butchlesbians #dykestowatchoutfor #queer #queercommunity #gender #gendernonconforming #sheher #theythem #gay #gayisokay #gaygaygay #pdx #pdxo #queerportraits (at Portland, Oregon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tLc_MBr9t/?igshid=16grkuk1xhnjg

“Being butch has always been a happy place for me. Have people made my life a living hell because I, when you really boil it down, prefer pants to a dress? Absolutely. But, does my place of rest, when my brain has settled, and my heart is in a calm rhythm, feel like my most true and connected self? Absolutely. Do people tell me at every show how much it means to them to see someone that looks like them standing in front of them, let alone on tv (in admittedly the tiniest amount)? Yes, they do. These are experiences I am eternally grateful for and wouldn’t have if I “fit” into someone else’s idea of what it is to be a person.” - @rheabutcher - Directly quoted from our Work & Professional Edition (Issue 5) by @esthergoodboy
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Visibility is SO fucking important ! You can’t be what you can’t see, and that my friends, is like one of the many reason why we exist, to make butchness more visible and accessible, not only to wider society, but to each other.
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As we expand and try to figure out different ways to financially support this project, our promise is to always provide access to content both free and on a sliding scale basis. .
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Digital Downloads are half price at the moment, you can grab em here: we.butchisnotadirtyword.com and for anyone who might like to read the mags but can’t find the funds, please always feel free to reach out via email, we’re happy to make accommodations and discuss [email protected]
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#butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchesofinstagram #lgbtq #lgbtqiaplus #queerportraits #queer #gender (at Los Angeles, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-z2pnGh37l/?igshid=606j1szh17tm

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

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

“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

Art Trade! @artedgar such a pleasure to do a trade with this illustrator ! Who shares an affinity for drawing beefy hairy guys! @artedgar ‘s illustrations capture the sensuality of all the men he sketches/illustrates so well! I’m honored to draw @artedgar ! Please go checkout this amazing artists work and give them lots of love and a follow pleaseeee! Swipe right to checkout @artedgar illustration of me serving Joanne realness. #arttrade #artexchange #supportqueerartists #queerart #queerartists #artgedgar #queerillustration #queerillustrator #queerportraits

@theebillyporter followed me last week and I freaked out! This mans acting literally brought me to tears watching him on @poseonfx ! He’s a legend and I was just so incredibly honored. Since I finally finished watching the finale of @poseonfx (which was so fabulous, can’t wait for season 2!) I loved his character Pray Tell so much I wanted to make an illustration of @theebillyporter for Man Crush Monday. I know it’s a day late but , better late than never ! Illustration of @theebillyporter by me inspired by photo taken by @caitlinmcnaney @broadwaycom . #billyporter #praytell #pose #posefx #supportqueerartists #supportqueeractors #legendary #queerillustration #queerartists #queeractors #vogue #work #broadwaycom #ryanmurphy #houseofevangelista #queerportraits #broadway #mensfashion #mensfashionillustration #lgbtqart #thebillyporter

I have been a big fan of @lukeaustinphoto ’s work for a few years now . His newest and last installment of his mini beau book series “FLOW” is just gorgeous and features beautiful portraits of trans men. I love this photo Luke took of @laith_ashley so I made an illustration to celebrate this beautiful book. Please consider ordering a copy for yourself! $5 of each book purchased goes directly towards surgery costs for two of the men featured in the book. Checkout @lukeaustinphoto ‘s work and give him a follow if you don’t already! Also give @laith_ashley A follow too if you don’t already , he’s beautiful !

#laithashley #lukeaustin #lukeaustinphoto #minibeaubook #beaubooks #lukeaustinphotography #lgbtqia #lgbtart #lgbtphotographer #lgbtphotography #supportqueerartists #supportqueerart #supportqueerphotography #lgbtart #queerportrait #queerportraits #pride2018 #pride #20gayteen

Sunflower Dreams. (Pics by @mikhamik52)

#mikhamik #gayphotography #hairychest #sunflowers #minnesota #queerartist #queerportraits #photoshoot #queer #minneapolis (at Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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