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Welcome to Butch is Not a Dirty   Word.

Butch Is Not A Dirty Word is a decade-long portrait and narrative study of butch identity. It was created in response to the absence of nuanced butch representation within both mainstream and queer media. Spanning ten print magazine issues and half a decade of membership-only content, the project explores the cultural, emotional, and historical weight carried within the word butch, while constructing an alternative visual and narrative language that positions butches within frameworks of care, beauty, intimacy, emotional depth, and cultural significance.

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Hello Handsome

Zine · Vol. 1

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A small-format print zine that deconstructs queer masc-of-center sexuality as a monolith. Equal parts visual study and collective crush, this little love child of Butch Is Not A Dirty Word explores the emotional, aesthetic, and erotic textures of contemporary masc sexuality.

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The Digital Archive

An ever-evolving online archive: a small taste of the work, with more opening over time.

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  • Reading these stories is giving me life right now. Anywhere there are butch people, I feel at home, and right now I need all the home I can get. Thank you.

  • At school, I had the words butch and dyke thrown at me a lot in a really nasty way, but it wasn't until I encountered BINADW that I could see my own butch identity in a context that was tender and loving, and not perceived as disturbed, unnatural, or wrong.

  • Any time I tried to express my non-femme identity growing up, my mom would throw the word Butch at me like an insult. Now I can call myself Butch and smile. Love to everyone involved with this platform!

  • Butch Is Not A Dirty Word has helped me feel a sense of community in ways I didn't know I could. The essay's and interviews are truly incredible. Thank you for the work you do.

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A small selection of merchandise available year-round and then once a year, we release a limited-edition BINADW Annual Fundraiser Collection to help fund the continuation of the project through the following calendar year.

This year’s collection will be available from October 1–December 31, 2026 and will include new limited-edition apparel, our first annual calendar, and a selection of one-off printed archival pieces.

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