"Mary"
source: Girls' Night Out, photographed by Chloe Atkins
that-butch-archivist reblogged
"Ira Jeffries (far right), with her girlfriend, Snowbaby, and her mother, Bonita (standing), celebrating Ira's sixteenth birthday in a Harlem club" from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Captioned: "I'm the butch but I'm not allowed to dress as I please yet."
source: The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle
#the archivist reblogs#i also love this one it just warms my heart that a sixteen year old somewhere got to go to a club for her birthday#with her girlfriend and her mom#instead of suffering some painful aching loneliness as so often happens#i would kill to have a mom like that#or to have been in a situation like that#but for now i am just very happy for her#black lesbian#black butch#black butch lesbian#also snowbaby is a fucking awesome name#black lesbian history#wlw#black wlw#black sapphic
Anonymous asked:
the documentary "the aggressives" about poc butches is on streaming and can be bought idk if that's useful or anything but i just watched it and thought it fit in here
It's totally useful, thanks for reaching out!! I've not had time to watch this one myself yet but it's high on the list for ... whenever I get a moment. I've heard really good things and all, and--oh shit it's free on Tubi ... HMMM. Okay. Well. I know what I have to see later lol. xD
But yes, anon is right--for those interested in seeing more butches of color, or just butches in general, please take a look at "The Aggressives"!
"Fire" by Jennie Sullivan, 1988
source: Nothing But the Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image, edited by Susie Bright and Jill Posener
#photographer: jennie sullivan#author: susie bright#author: jill posener#nothing but the girl#lesbian literature#lesbian#dyke#thatbutcharchivist#archived#lesbian books#lesbian photography#year: 1998#publisher: freedom editions#black lesbian#black dyke#black sapphic#black butch lesbian#black butch#stud lesbian#leather dyke#leather
"Lesbian Weddings" by Wendy Jill York
source: The Femme Mystique, edited by Lesléa Newman
#lesbian literature#lesbian#dyke#thatbutcharchivist#archived#lesbian books#lesbian history#lesbian photography#black lesbian#black femme lesbian#black femme#black butch lesbian#black butch#stud lesbian#i pray i am using the term stud appropriately here#will edit if not#author: lesléa newman#year: 1995#publisher: alyson publications inc.#the femme mystique#photographer: wendy jill york#black lesbian couple#black couple#the gal on the left looks a little like my sister tsega ... i miss her so much 😭😭😭#femme4butch#femme4stud#butch4femme#stud4femme#femme#butch
"Ira Jeffries (far right), with her girlfriend, Snowbaby, and her mother, Bonita (standing), celebrating Ira's sixteenth birthday in a Harlem club" from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Captioned: "I'm the butch but I'm not allowed to dress as I please yet."
source: The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle
#lesbian literature#lesbian#dyke#archived#thatbutcharchivist#butch#butch dyke#butch lesbian#black lesbian#black lesbian history#harlem#black butch#black butch lesbian#black history#lesbian history#lesbian books#lesbian photography#author: joan nestle#the persistent desire#lesbian herstory archives#year: 1992#publisher: alyson publications inc.