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* ''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical historical fiction novel about a butch named Jess Goldberg. The story focuses on the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male. | * ''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical historical fiction novel about a butch named Jess Goldberg. The story focuses on the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male. | ||
* ''Orange is the New Black'' included a main character, Carrie Black, who is a butch lesbian. The word "butch" is tattooed on her arm. | * ''Orange is the New Black'' included a main character, Carrie Black, who is a butch lesbian. The word "butch" is tattooed on her arm. Carrie is a cisgender butch. | ||
* ''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said, "Aster is an [[intersex]] butch [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref> | * ''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said, "Aster is an [[intersex]] butch [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref> | ||
*In the book ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] butch who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref> | *In the book ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] butch who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref> | ||