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== Notable butch people == | == Notable butch people == | ||
[[File:Ivan Coyote.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ivan E. Coyote]] in 2017.]] | |||
[[File:Sinclair Sexsmith 06-23-2009 by Rachel Kramer Bussell.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sinclair Sexsmith]] at a Bluestockings bookstore reading in 2009.]] | |||
There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "butch" (or a close analog to it) for themselves as a gender identity. | There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "butch" (or a close analog to it) for themselves as a gender identity. | ||
* [[Ivan E. Coyote]] ( | * [[Ivan E. Coyote]] (b. 1969) is a Canadian author who has written extensively about being transgender and being butch. They<ref>Black, Eleanor (August 20, 2016). "Ivan Coyote: 'I always knew I was not the same as other little girls'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved July 26, 2017. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/83178100/ivan-coyote-i-always-knew-i-was-not-the-same-as-other-little-girls</ref> have made significant contributions to the representation of queerness in literature. They have won the ReLit Award for Best Fiction (2007), and the Stonewall Honor Book Award (2017). They describe themself as "a trans person who doesn't fit neatly into the [[gender binary]],"<ref>[https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms/transcript Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms], Ivan Coyote, November 2015</ref> and they identify as butch.<ref>https://abcbookworld.com/writer/coyote-ivan-e/</ref> | ||
* [[Leslie Feinberg]] (1949 - 2014) was a revolutionary communist | * [[Leslie Feinberg]] (1949 - 2014) was a revolutionary communist and activist for transgender rights. Feinberg identified as a butch lesbian, in the sense of a queer masculine transgender identity neither female nor male. Feinberg's novel, ''Stone Butch Blues'' (1993) won the prestigious American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award (Leslie Feinberg).<ref name="lesliefeinberg">[http://www.lesliefeinberg.net/ Village Voice]</ref> | ||
* [[Kelli Dunham]] is a comedian, writer, and nurse. Dunham is a [[genderqueer]] woman,<ref name="Wood">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act |last=Wood |first=Erin |work=Ms. Magazine |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/}}</ref>/[[nonbinary]], [[transmasc]], and butch.<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery}}</ref> | |||
* [[Sonalee Rashatwar]] is an American<ref name="Owens">{{Cite web |title=To end fatphobia, we need to dismantle Western civilization, says Philly therapist Sonalee Rashatwar |last=Owens |first=Cassie |work=The Inquirer |date=3 July 2019 |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://www.inquirer.com/news/sonalee-rashatwar-fat-positivity-body-acceptance-sexuality-therapy-20190703.html}}</ref> Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has given talks internationally about sexuality, fat positivity, disability justice, racism, and more.<ref name="Fabello">{{Cite web |title=Sonalee Rashatwar Is Returning Body Positivity to Its Political Roots |last=Fabello |first=Melissa A. |work=Bitch Media |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/sonalee-rashatwar-interview}}</ref> They identify as a soft butch enby.<ref name="IGbio">https://www.instagram.com/thefatsextherapist/</ref> | |||
* [[Sinclair Sexsmith]] is a writer and performer. They identify as a "White [[non-binary]] [[butch]] [[feminism|feminist]] dominant".<ref name="medium">{{Cite web |title=Sinclair Sexsmith profile |author= |work=Medium |date= |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@mrsexsmith}}</ref> Their short story collection, ''Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica'', was a 2016 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. | |||
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== Butch characters in fiction == | == Butch characters in fiction == | ||