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Butch (slang)

Butch (slang)

Slang for lesbians with masculine traits Part of a series onLesbian feminism Women's liberation movement People Paula Gunn Allen Dorothy Allison Ti-Grace Atkinson Chris Bearchell Alison Bechdel Evelyn Torton Beck Miriam Ben-Shalom Julie Bindel Ivy Bottini Charlotte Bunch Cheryl Clarke Michelle Cliff Kate Clinton Jeanne Córdova Honey Lee Cottrell Mary Daly Max Dashu Stormé DeLarverie Diane DiMassa Alix Dobkin Andrea Dworkin Elana Dykewomon Beth Elliott Lillian Faderman Ferron Marilyn Frye Michiyo Fukaya Carolyn Gage Donna Gottschalk Sarah Hoagland Karla Jay Sheila Jeffreys Jill Johnston Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz Lenn Keller Eva Kollisch Joan Larkin Anna Livia Audre Lorde Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Cherríe Moraga Bonnie J. Morris Ruth Mountaingrove Joan Nestle Jean O'Leary Connie Panzarino Pat Parker Julia Penelope Janice Raymond Adrienne Rich Rosely Roth Margaret Sloan-Hunter Barbara Smith Billye Talmadge Cris Williamson Monique Wittig Merle Woo Bonnie Zimmerman Groups AMASONG Amazon Bookstore Cooperative Anjaree Artemis Singers Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Coalition of African Lesbians Combahee Rive