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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 examining, contemporary butch identity. It was created in response to the absence of nuanced butch representation within both mainstream and queer media. 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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2027 Calendar

BINADW Uncensored

BINADW Uncensored 2027 Calendar

Equal parts visual study and collective crush, this little love child of Butch Is Not A Dirty Word hangs twelve months of masc sexuality on your wall — one handsome page at a time. Because every morning deserves a “hello, handsome.”

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The 10-Year Digital Archive

Phase 1 is now live: a decade of interviews, essays, and the private story archive, gathered in one place and free thanks to our Kickstarter supporters.

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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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Limited-edition merch. New apparel, our first-ever calendar, and one-off archive pieces. 150 of each, on the site October 1–December 31 only.

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