In 2009, writer Sinclair Sexsmith devised an exhaustive list called Top Hot Butches, which catalogued some super sexy masculine women (most of them self-defined as lesbian, queer, genderqueer, or aggressive).
While Sexsmith continues to update the list, we got to thinking about how — aside from Rachel Maddow, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneres (wait, can a Cover Girl still be called butch?) — butchy gals of all persuasions still get the short shift even in lesbian media. So, we figured we’d profile 10 butch women you should have gotten to know more of in 2011.
In 2009, writer Sinclair Sexsmith devised an exhaustive list called Top Hot Butches, which catalogued some super sexy masculine women (most of them self-defined as lesbian, queer, genderqueer, or aggressive).
While Sexsmith continues to update the list, we got to thinking about how — aside from Rachel Maddow, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneres (wait, can a Cover Girl still be called butch?) — butchy gals of all persuasions still get the short shift even in lesbian media. So, we figured we’d profile 10 butch women you should have gotten to know more of in 2011.
Writer of the award-winning blog, Sugarbutch Chronicles: The Sex, Gender, and Relationship Adventures of a Kinky Queer Butch Top, Sexsmith’s work explores the intersections of sex, gender, feminism, kink, and relationships in a way that few do. Check out her entry in 2011’s Best Lesbian Erotica and her other online writing to see what we mean. She’s also the New York coordinator for the women’s programs at the Body Electric School, with whom she has studied for nearly ten years.
No other lesbian actress can work a masculine role the way Cooper can. She starred in two of last year’s best lesbian films — The Owls and Elena Undone, which are now on DVD — and this year was busy working on her own pet project, Hero Mars, in which she’ll serve as director, writer, producer, and star. While audiences wait (Hero Mars isn’t expected out until late 2012), you can catch Cooper in lesbian director Nanci Gaglio’s Fredericka, which became a smash hit in Europe this year. Cooper, who has played both male and female roles, is a symbol of butch appeal. “Since I am attached to androgyny and masculinity I have been asked if I have a preference of pronouns,” she says. “Actually, I don’t. He, she — people will see what they see. Besides, I never know which of the two spirits in me is projecting the most. I don’t have preference towards pronouns. However there is a noun that I do mind, and being a masculine woman it should come as no surprise. I don’t care for being called a “lady.” In fact, I prefer not to be called a ‘lady.’ I am a woman — a kind, compassionate, loving, masculine woman and proud to be just that.”
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