Oh, the gorgeousness! What a wonderful way to start a week! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Posted by Sarah on 22 June 2009 @ 9am

Dear lord MzFontaine!

Posted by Tina-cious.com on 22 June 2009 @ 9am

Did you know that #28, Julie Wolf has an identical twin? Two for the fun of one!! (did some beach partying with both of them back in the 90′s)

[ Yes - Kate! She is also a musician and also hot, but I actually could not find any decent photos of Kate on the internet at all. She's on the Honorable Mention list. - ss]

Posted by Val on 22 June 2009 @ 9am

Fantastic!! Well done Sinclair and everyone else involved.

Posted by Holden on 22 June 2009 @ 11am

Oh my goodness! What a fabulous project! A feast for the eyes!
I’ve been a fan of Ivan E. Coyote for a while now, but thank you for introducing me to so many new faces, particularly LYNDELL MONTGOMERY QRx

Posted by QueerRose on 22 June 2009 @ 12pm

Oh wow, Sinclair. I LOVED the inclusion of Ellis and Daniela Sea. I met Ellis at one of her concerts recently and fell in love, and although I’m not thrilled with how Max’s character was written for The L Word, Daniela Sea is HOT. This is fabulous, and I’m sure all of us appreciate all the work you did!

I’ll have to go back and look at this again. And again. And again.

Posted by Em on 22 June 2009 @ 1pm

This is so good! Thank you for compiling this. As a femme I really appreciate it and considering the site crashes I’d say a hell of a lot of other people do as well. It really is big what you’ve done here.

Posted by DeviantDyke on 22 June 2009 @ 4pm

I liked this idea a lot; most lists of hot people leave me really disappointed. Looking at these pictures, I cannot understand why the mainstream media does not see the beauty in butch/androgynous/genderqueer/trans people!

And I know that the inclusion of trans guys is probably controversial, but personally I liked seeing several men here. (I think you did well to clarify –in the press release– why you included them.)

Posted by genderkid on 22 June 2009 @ 4pm

I was so excited to see this today. Thanks for all the work you put into it…I think this is going to be VERY popular once word gets out…

Posted by Ames on 22 June 2009 @ 7pm

What a wonderful list! I absolutely adore Rachel Maddow!

FYI, small typo on the Honorable Mention page: “an unfortunately” should be “and unfortunately” in the first sentence.

[thank you, fixed it! - ss]

Posted by nell on 22 June 2009 @ 7pm

ZOMG!!! SNOOP!!! TOSHI REAGON!!! I’m thrilled that so many slightly-obscure members of my private Pantheon made the list.

Posted by Ella on 22 June 2009 @ 8pm

What a fantastic list. I could look at this over and over again. Okay, yeah, I’ve got a thing for androgynous folk — this list has so many hotties on it.

Clearly a lot of effort, thank you for putting this together!

Posted by setya on 22 June 2009 @ 8pm

I, on the other hand, am unhappy by the inclusion of male identified people on the list. This list is about celebrating female masculinity, Angel Buck (for one example) is not displaying a female masculinity–but a gay male bear masculinity. I feel very uncomfortable with the conflation of butch and transexual man–both personally and politically. Transmen aren’t just extra butch women, and that is a misconception that is out there, and this list just furthers it.

Posted by trooper6 on 22 June 2009 @ 9pm

Love this list!! – Thank you for creating this. When I first came out I used to look hard to collect pics of butch-looking women from magazines, now here are 100 – out & proud and in one place. Awesome!

BUT… my own love/butch (Jeanne Cordova, soon to be a keynote speaker at Butch Voices Conference & featured in “Dagger” & ‘Persistent Desire’, among SO many other things) is an over 55 butch.
And – Hey Sinclair – I see almost none of them here!
What happened to honoring those hot butches who remained resistently butch (yet feminist) while living through the contradictions & criticisms of the’70s (& what Jeanne titled “butches, lies & feminism”?)
Maybe you could expand this list or create a list of hot butches over 55?! (there are stunning photos to be found, trust me)

Posted by lynnhb on 22 June 2009 @ 9pm

what about Sean dorsey http://www.freshmeatproductions.org/director.html Amazing dancer, activist, queer arts event producer and super hot trans butch.

Posted by Vanessa on 22 June 2009 @ 11pm

SO. EPIC.

I love that this was done in time for Pride.
I love that this was done and documented so well.

I’ve disseminated the list as far and wide as my net goes; the femme nation is thus far VERY appreciative and it’s even sparked some intriguing discussion and conversation.

Well done!

Posted by SBJ on 22 June 2009 @ 11pm

delicious!!!!!!!!!!!

though i do think D’Lo and Jack Halberstam both should have been rated much higher…

Posted by queerboi on 23 June 2009 @ 1am

Great job! A few little critiques, though:

1. That photo of Judith Halberstam is at least 10 years old. I had her as a professor, and she is *definitely* older than that.

2. A lot of white people. Just sayin’.

3. I also find including transmen problematic…I might feel differently if you had included any butch-identified transwomen (yes, they’re out there!) or cis-men, but instead it comes across as slightly disrespectful to transmen who identify as men only – not as butch, because it is essentially saying that being born into a female body will put you in the category of “butch” instead of “man,” regardless of what you want.

[ Hey, thanks for the feedback. 1. I looked around for a (high resolution) photo of Halberstam, but didn't come across one that was at least 350 wide. If you've got one, I would love to update it! 2. I know. I was very aware of the breakdown, and reached out, and am concerned about the inclusion of people of color. 3. There is one single butch-presenting (not sure how she identifies) transwoman on the list, #84 Riki Wilchins. I would have absolutely considered including more had I known of more, but I did look, and asked around, and she's the only one I found. This is the problem with lists like these - they will never be universal because they are limited to the creator's personal scopes. Also, I would consider butch-identified men for this list, but I don't know of any of them either. I'd love to find them, though, and would absolutely consider them. I agree it is totally problematic to include transmen - and I definitely understand that many of them do not identify as butch, and that they are men. But there are some specific reasons why I chose to include them, even given that. I think I'm going to have to write about this more, since obviously this inclusion touched a nerve. - ss]

Posted by a reader on 23 June 2009 @ 6am

I loved this list – As a butch, it was inspiring and made me feel good. Until I started noticing trans guys on it – What on earth are FTM’s doing on a list of BUTCHES? How utterly insulting to these men, who by transitioning clearly state their manhood (as opposed to butch-hood)? HOw utterly insulting to us butch dykes – You are basically saying that there aren’t 100 hot butch women so you’re gonna throw some men in for good measure? I understand that there’s no way to verify how most of these people identify w/r/t butchness. But it’s EASY to rule out those people who have clearly stated they are NOT butch. This is an insulting and transphobic list, unfortunately, and ultimately that ends up making it disrespectful to butches themselves.

Posted by A reader on 23 June 2009 @ 8am

I’m also disgusted that you included an accused rapist on this list.

Posted by A reader on 23 June 2009 @ 8am

Oops, just to clarify the last two comments by “A Reader” are not by the same person as wrote under “a reader” (lowercase a) – My bad, I should have looked for a more unique commenting name.

Posted by A reader on 23 June 2009 @ 8am

i had no idea bio essentialism is what counts as RADIKEWL these days!

Posted by jayadam on 23 June 2009 @ 10am

Yeah, ditto to those who find the inclusion of trans men on this list problematic (to say the least). Men don’t “resist compulsory femininity” – they don’t have to; they’re men. Chaz Bono is a particularly low blow. His inclusion can only be read as a patronizing way of saying “you may be transitioning and you may identify as a man, but deep down, we know that you’re still a lesbian/woman/dyke/whatever”. Some of the men you’ve unfortunately decided to include aren’t even particularly masculine gendered men, highlighting the ridiculousness of calling them “butch”.

As a guy who happens to be trans, i’m really, really tired of butch women, butches (as a a noun/as a gender), and other female-assigned, female-presenting, gender-variant people who live as women, appropriating trans men’s experiences and language.

As far as i’m concerned “transmasculine” was already a sort of wishy-washy term, but you’ve just rendered it completely meaningless, at best, harmful at worst.

Posted by ephraim on 23 June 2009 @ 10am

Thank you for this list, thank you for the research and links to etc. what a great way to start the day!

Posted by kim on 23 June 2009 @ 11am

THANK YOU for taking away the identities of so many male identified people on that list. Since they identify as male, not lesbian, butch or otherwise, they shouldn’t even be on that list in the first place. I notice that you do NOT include any transsexual women…oh yeah, right, I forgot…we’re not really women to you.

{headdesk}

Posted by Natalie on 23 June 2009 @ 3pm

butch beauty is rarely recognized anymore, and certainly not celebrated. thank you for showing us some love!!

Posted by mel on 23 June 2009 @ 3pm

so, thanks for reinorcing that trans men, no matter what, are just really butch women! it’s extra great when it comes from ‘our’ side, not just the fundies!

this coulda been a really cool project.

would you have made a list of ‘femme men’ and included trans women?

Posted by snarky maevele on 23 June 2009 @ 4pm

Hm. Let me start with the good. Thank you for your efforts in compiling a great group of 100 really hot people. They ARE all really hot, and that’s appreciated!

I do have a concern that is, I suppose, tangential to what has already been stated about the inclusion of trans men.

My problem is not with the inclusion of trans men in any form (since some trans men DO identify as butch, and WOULD include themselves in the running for this list). What I find problematic is the non-consensual nature of this list. I feel like by claiming these people as butch (which you explicitly say that you do in your “Why Butch?” section) without verifying how they identify you are only continuing the tradition of assigning people identities. I’m not sure that came out in a way that wasn’t redundant and a bit opaque, but hopefully you understand what I mean.

I understand that there are a lot of technical difficulties inherent in contacting each of these people to get their consent and to find out how they identify , but I feel like that was a necessary step that should have been taken. I feel that you could also have helped to expand your scope and address some of the areas in which your list could have been improved (diversity of age, race, body type…)by asking the people who were nominated for the list to recommend someone else.

As an avid reader of Sugarbutch, I really admire the majority of your incredibly thoughtful and insightful discussions about gender and identity. As a butch-loving femme, I am overjoyed to have you representing a wide range of feelings and dynamics on your blog that are pertinent to my life. As a result, I have confidence that you will respond to this in a way that will help soothe some of the hurt that has been caused by the way this list was created. Please do it soon, though, because those who don’t have a previous relationship with your work are not so willing to forgive yet another instance of transphobia and nonconsensual gender labelling, intentional or not.

Posted by Styger on 23 June 2009 @ 4pm

You should delete this or completely re-do the list. Your personal opinion does not trump the lives and experiences of trans people. Trans men are telling you that they are not butches and you need to listen to them. Ignoring them and privileging your own personal opinion over their opinion is insulting, invalidating, and transphobic.

Posted by Concerned on 23 June 2009 @ 5pm

I found this list amazing, i love AJ from the beaver bunch/ tuna talk… my TOP butch choice for sure…hopefully next year Jess from the beaver bunch will make the list also…

Jaymee

Posted by butchlvur on 23 June 2009 @ 6pm

what i see here is a list of trans men, genderqueers and femmes. chaz bono and joan jett? do the people who comprised this list know what a butch is?

Posted by Katie Liederman on 23 June 2009 @ 9pm

As a trans guy, I’m dittoing the comment above, “thanks for reinorcing that trans men, no matter what, are just really butch women! it’s extra great when it comes from ‘our’ side, not just the fundies!” It doesn’t matter if someone who likes butches also thinks trans guys are hot: in this context, tranny-chasing is fucked up. Take out the men from a project about women, and you’d have a great project.

Posted by vancouver guy on 23 June 2009 @ 9pm

It’s comical, really, how upset so many of you are getting over the inclusion of transmen on this list. If you knew Sinclair at ALL, you’d know that he is, far-and-away, one of the LEAST transphobic people you will ever meet. He advocates for the rights of transfolk, and for trans people to be included in the push for queer rights.

Do some of the people on that list reject the “butch” label? Yes, they do. But that doesn’t make them any less a part of our queer community. Even if they don’t identify as queer, they are a part of our queer landscape either by association or history. Katherine Moening isn’t queer; but she’s a part of our queer universe. She is a sexy, hot, woman out there in the public eye who doesn’t perform femininity in the way that we’re trained, as women, from a very young age. Buck Angel is a sexy, hot man who performs a gender that society-at-large says is unacceptable, dirty, and wrong.

Unless I’m quite mistaken, I think a large part of the motivation behind this list is to celebrate expressions of masculinity on bodies that aren’t “supposed” to be masculine. Not that Sinclair thinks they’re not “supposed” to be masculine, but that the culture we live in says that it’s not okay. Sinclair rejects that idea, as do the rest of us. It’s not about saying, “Transmen are really butch women.” It’s about saying, “Transmen aren’t sick, unlovable perverts; they’re hot, they’re amazing, and there’s a whole bunch of women out here who would let them eat crackers in our beds any day of the week.”

The fact of the matter is, as much as you might like to think that Sinclair has some magical ability to get in touch with these celebrities or their agents, he doesn’t. He’s just an average guy with a blog that most of the people probably haven’t even heard of. Contacting them to ask about their gender identity so they can be included on some list they’ve never heard of is exceptionally unrealistic. Even if Sinclair didn’t have a full-time job, and somehow had unlimited resources and time to try to get that kind of identity confirmation, the odds that most people would get back to him are very slim…making the publishable list very small. And thus, the whole POINT of the list–to celebrate masculinity on bodies that aren’t “supposed” to have it–would be defeated.

It’s really easy to complain about the work that someone else is doing for our community. If you’re unhappy with what you see, maybe you ought to try creating something yourself. Or maybe the idea of spending 20+ hours a week devoted to a pet project that you don’t get paid for seems like a little to much work. What a shock.

Posted by Colleen on 23 June 2009 @ 10pm

I suppose by now it’s not going to come as a surprise to hear from another trans man who has a problem with the inclusion of men on this list. If this list had included queer butch cis-men, then I would have understood the project of including ALL queer butch identified folks, but that is not the focus of this project. This is about female born people who may not necessarily identify with the word “woman”…maybe more on the side of genderqueer and all of the other awesome terms that have come to be. And there ARE some hot butches on your list. And they are my queer family no doubt about it.

That said, I’m in agreement with the folks who are wondering about possibly finding out HOW the trans men you included actually identify. One of the guys on this list is actually a friend, who I have never heard mention that he identifies as butch or connected to the lesbian community. I’d be surprised if he did. And if he does, he does. But I’m pretty certain you didn’t ask. Just like you probably didn’t talk with Ellen, ya know?

On another note, there are trans men out here who identify are genders in all kinds of terms related to gay MALE culture. If I were to find myself on this list, I would die a little inside. Not because I don’t dig my butch-identified, female-bodied friend/acquaintances, but because when I talk about being butch, it’s very, very much about being a gay bear. Conversely, I know a lot of trans men who identify as nelly fags who could easily show up on this list based on what I see here. Kinda painful, eh? And wow, what an assumption being made. I really do urge you to rethink it.

Posted by Also concerned on 24 June 2009 @ 1am

This butch lovin’ femme thanks you from the bottom of her heart…or at least I think that’s where.

Posted by Kelly G. on 24 June 2009 @ 8am

Another trans guy concerned about the inclusion of trans men on this list. Certainly there are butch-identified trans guys out there, but you didn’t check, and by not checking, you are just furthering the narrative that trans guys are just really butch lesbians. We’re men. We spend our entire lives trying to convince people that we’re not women. I hope you can understand why your inclusion of trans men on this list is problematic. It is a slap in the face to our identities.

That said, I’m glad you have been listening to feedback and are re-designing the list. I really appreciate that you’re willing to listen to trans voices and realize that you made a mistake.

Posted by Raven on 24 June 2009 @ 9am

how you gonna leave off allison miller!? hello, hottest butch drummer!

Posted by o. crush on 24 June 2009 @ 11am

What an awesome list! Glad to see Seattle’s Camille Bloom on here. I’ve been a fan of hers for years. She’s pretty damn hot (and talented too)!

Posted by carrie on 24 June 2009 @ 1pm

Ok… can someone explain to me why genderqueer isn’t removed, too? I identify as genderqueer so I realize I’m shooting myself in the foot, but if we are going to be so picky…

Personally, I don’t like being identified with masculine or feminine…

At any rate, I want to thank you for your work on this list =]

Maybe some day our community will agree on something… ;]

Posted by ChrisAM on 24 June 2009 @ 5pm

What an awesome list encompassing so many great people – wonderful to see the spectrum of activism, visibility, gender diversity, and hotness.

I’m a (medically transitioned) transman that is completely okay with transmen being included on this list. I can only wish to be in the same category as Rachel Maddow.

Posted by Jesse on 24 June 2009 @ 11pm

Thanks for the list and for listing the websites for them also. Eye candy + finding new stuff to get into = awesome.

My only “complaint” is I wish it was the Top 500 for even more people to be included. I already ordered new music and a book just from perusing the sites.

Regardless of how they identify personally or if some people don’t think some on the list are butch, I just really enjoyed perusing sites with new stuff to hear, read and of course to look at.

Posted by Lana on 25 June 2009 @ 1am

Cool list! and I agree with most of choiches, esp. Rachel Maddow and super AJ (#40) .

Keep rocking people.

Posted by Dana on 25 June 2009 @ 3am

There are so many hot people on this list! Yay!

HOWEVER- Removing all trans guys from the list seems arbitrary and unfair when some of them, one i know for sure, identify as Butch. I support removing ones who don’t, or who you aren’t sure of, but if these guys are open about having a butch identity, why not leave them on the list?

Similarly- I understand the point of this project. However, I have a hard time with ANYONE who doesn’t identify as butch being included under a label of Butch. I love butches with every bit of my heart. And the butches i know and love have fought and struggled to accept and love themselves, and walk in the world with pride. That struggle is disrespected, in my opinion, every time someone applies that label to someone who has not chosen it for themselves.

AND! What about my two favoritest hot butches, Peggy Shaw and (***SIGH*****) Esther Newton?

Posted by lilfemme on 25 June 2009 @ 6am

where did #96 go?

Posted by jg on 25 June 2009 @ 6am

If I’m not mistaken, the full title of the piece includes the following statement:

“…celebrates the wide range of diversity of butch, masculine, androgynous, genderqueer, transmasculine, studs, AGs, dykes, queers, and transguys…”

Ergo, one would not HAVE to identify as butch. Yeah, yeah, I get that the title of the site has the word ‘butch’ in it, but don’t y’all think calling the site tophotbutchesmasculineandorgynousgenderqueertransmasculinestudsAGsdykesqueersandtransguys isn’t a little ludicrous?

I mean get a little serious people. Someone takes the time to pull all of this together, and needless to say, there’s got to be complaining.

And yeah, yeah, I’m the first one to step up about self identifying…but it’s not a project strictly celebrating BUTCHES…

Also, not all butches are female or woman identified (however, including transguys without consent is a bit problematic…especially considering how the conflation of butch woman/transmale affects not only the transcommunity, but also the queer community as a whole, but I digress as enough transguys have spoken on the topic, and you’ve already removed the pics)

Congrats on your piece

Posted by Frank Lee Speaking on 25 June 2009 @ 11am

HOT HOT HOT!!!
Thanks!
Cooks,NYC

Posted by cooks on 25 June 2009 @ 1pm

I co-created a site called Butch-Femme.com about a decade ago when the gender revolution was in a very different place. Early on, some of the members organized a petition asking me to exclude Transmen and make the site exclusive only to Butches and Femmes. I know that’s hard to believe because Butch-Femme.com bridged so many different elements of the genderqueer communities over the years as it grew, and that kind of sentiment would not be popular in the current climate. All of our liberties are bound together, and I knew it wasn’t for me to decide who belongs and who doesn’t. I’m seeing a real divide concerning our transbrothers from some bloggers around the Butch Voices conference coming up in Oakland this August too. TOLERANCE is the key to all our freedoms, and it has to start with all of us. My next project is going to focus exactly on that.

Tricky place you’re in, Sinclair. Hang in there.

Posted by Daddy Rhon on 25 June 2009 @ 1pm

Hi there Sinclair! Great list you have put together. I just wanted to do some fangrrling regarding Her Hotness #8, Janel McCarville. Even before her WNBA days, JMac was breaking basketball records (and probably hearts) at the University of Minnesota. She was the #1 pick in the pro draft in 2005. Despite claiming not to follow basketball closely, you obviously noticed her amazing hands, which translate in basketball terms into her making amazing passes, and to the lesbian fans at the Garden becoming distracted from the game. You also pointed out that she was named league MIP for 2007, when she battled back to star status after simultaneously having to deal with a back injury and the death of her mom. So far this year JMac is among the top 10 WNBA players in (most) blocks and (fewest) turnovers, again testaments to those great hands. And she’s a frequent poster of silliness (and polls about what color nail polish she should wear to the next game) on Twitter. What’s not to love?

Posted by Amanda on 26 June 2009 @ 5am

hey out there,

thanks for the inspiration that this list gave me… i had no idea about the many diverse queer artists, activists and people out there… thanks for broadening my horizon.

two people i missed were a. j. shanti and marla glen (both musicians).

i’m quite sad about the decision to exclude the transmen… that to me made the list more than great… a step in a more inclusionary direction, a bridge over the st. andreas faults that split the queer community. since it wasn’t an exclusive butch list – i would have loved to see them stay.

greetings from germany,
maria

Posted by Maria on 26 June 2009 @ 9am

Hey Slick,

You have created a beautiful list. Too bad about all the backlash. I really respect and applaud you for all of your effort. Especially your retractions and deletions of those that got so many people so riled up. That is a very sensitive response.

Personally, I love the list! I love Dr Maddow and I’m glad she’s #1. She isn’t my cup of tea, at all, but with her visibility she makes a huge difference in the acceptance of our community by society at large.

Best of all: the Butchlalies made the Top 5!!! !Ojala, those chicas are muy caliente! !Me encanta ellas!

I’ve been reading you for a couple of years now and will continue to do so. Love your work, your thoughtfulness, your openness. Love Queer Eye Candy. Love this project. Love, love, love Butches! And you!

Posted by little e on 26 June 2009 @ 2pm

Um, I feel like my identity as a self-righteous ASSHOLE is invisibilized and compromised by your suggestion that not all trans men see themselves exactly the way I see them. In the future I demand that you consult me as an expert on all matters trans and butch instead of allowing individuals to identify themselves however they want. We can’t let that happen!

Posted by Concerned SRA on 27 June 2009 @ 12pm

Is there anyway to get the original full 100 list!? I’m a butch transgui and I liked seeing my people represented. I loved and miss the original.

Posted by Bo on 27 June 2009 @ 2pm

Great project. Some people on your list are now transmen. Maybe you should have left transmen on because some of your people may also identify as trans even tho they may not be on T.
I totally support the butch project but the limits of this gallery is that it is no use if people do not self-id as butch and defeats the purpose in a way.

Posted by Campbellx on 27 June 2009 @ 11pm

As a transman who DOESN’T identify as butch, I would never want to be included on a list like this. BUT, I can make the distinction between myself and transmen who DO still identify strongly as butch, and I’m very happy to see my boy Joe Stevens at number 96

Thanks for being so inclusive, and so understanding as to take down those who didn’t want to be there.

Posted by James on 29 June 2009 @ 3pm

Daddy Rhon – “tolerance”? Really? You want to be tolerated? How about acceptance? I’d rather be accepted than tolerated. Just sayin’.

Posted by ChrisAM on 30 June 2009 @ 10am

WOW…looks like this list has caused some serious reactions, obviously lots of anger and unresolved issues. I was just gonna say to add me next year…;-D

Posted by Lola on 1 July 2009 @ 2pm

Good Lord, Thank you Sin for #21 ! Great job !

Posted by saintchick on 1 July 2009 @ 6pm

Love it. Thanks so much for putting this list together. If you’re accepting nominations for the honorable mention list, I’d add Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey and spoken word artist Alix Olson…

Posted by tgifreytag on 3 July 2009 @ 6pm

so delicious!

How to apply to my partner? The is a beautiful
chile transsexual, by transgender visibility Latino!

Posted by Cati on 8 July 2009 @ 9pm

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Mitten on 10 July 2009 @ 2pm

Recommended add-on:
Bruce the Drag King (Jennifer Lanier)

Posted by LaVerne on 24 July 2009 @ 8pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this list! I’m a regular on AE (because I like the abuse in the forums) and their Hot 100 list was depressing. I so hoped the visibility of Rachel Maddow last year would cause the list to change but I felt like it ended up worse than the year before as a whole, and Maddow was the exception.

Because AE’s list is “reader” picked a lot of it is young lesbians that haven’t really been exposed to queer culture and just know what’s in the mainstream.

Posted by GrrrlRomeo on 25 July 2009 @ 12pm

Well, if you have decided to remove the transguys from the list, how about a 100 hottest transguys list? I’m sure it would be appreciated!

Posted by Keltik on 26 July 2009 @ 2pm

Please do consider the following, definitely and definitively:

Jennifer Lanier (aka Bruce the Drag King) &
Vanessa McFarland

Posted by LaVerne on 27 July 2009 @ 7pm

how do i inquier to try and start modeling

Posted by dilan lynn arreguin on 19 August 2009 @ 1pm

Il y a quelques jours sur paris, lors d’un concert d’un groupe de gouines féministes, Kaël est venu, accompagné de quelques ami-e-s à lui. Des personnes présentes, dont une personne ayant été agressée sexuellement par lui il y a 4 ans sur Paris, ont décidé de lui demander de partir.
Dans un premier temps, après en avoir brièvement parlé entre “nous” (nous étant femmes, gouines, trans féministes), nous lui avons demandé discrètement de quitter les lieux, lui expliquant que sa présence, en plus de ne pas être la bienvenue, mettait mal à l’aise des personnes qui seraient obligées de quitter la soirée si lui restait. Il nous a répondu qu’il ne partirait pas.
Dans la foulée, nous avons interrompu le concert et expliqué publiquement que nous lui demandions de partir. Lui et ses ami-e-s ont argumenté en disant que tout ceci était faux, qu’on était ensemble pour faire la fête, et que personne ne savait vraiment. Nous leur avons répondu qu’il n’avait pas le choix, et que non, ce n’était pas FAUX! Dans le public, des gens criaient “Violeur Dehors!” et prenaient la parole pour lui dire de sortir. Des personnes s’énervaient de plus en plus devant le déni de ses actes.
Sa réaction était une agression de plus!
Sous la pression et suite à l’intervention du gérant du bar, lui et ses ami-e-s ont fini par sortir de la salle, tout en restant à l’entrée du bar jusqu’à la fin du concert.
S’il n’entend pas les limites de nos corps et de leurs désirs, comment pourrait-il entendre la limite de nos espaces communautaires.
Ce soir là, ce fut la première fois qu’une réaction collective s’organisait autour de cette histoire. Combien d’années après?
Ce soir là, il ne fut pas évident, alors que nous étions en milieu féministe, d’arriver à le faire partir, à sécuriser nos espaces, mais nous y sommes arrivées.
Espérons qu’un jour il comprenne que nous ne tolérons pas ses actes, ses propos, et encore moins ses mensonges et son mépris, mais espérons surtout que nous aurons à nouveau la force de le faire plier.
Et comme d’habitude, c’est nous qu’on a traité de fascistes!

Féministes, tant qu’il le faudra!

Posted by anonymous on 31 August 2009 @ 11am

Where is JD Samson from Le Tigre??
She’s hawt!

Posted by Rachael on 28 October 2009 @ 6pm

Hmm, perhaps it would have been better for me not to be better late than never on this particular post. Wow. Yikes! What a time to come out from under!

You are a good human being, Sinclair, and the object of my continuing admiration for your willingness to remain open and thoughtful in how you exist & practice life in this wonderful and shifting world. What was a fun list of hot butches became an actual learning and teaching moment, for all of us. A moment facilitated by you, by your work. I am grateful that you continue to do what you do, despite the challenges.

From my small corner of the world, I have only two little complaints (sorry) about your list – You’re not on it, and neither is my still hot and very sexy beloved M.

Posted by runningawaywiththespoon on 11 November 2009 @ 6pm

Joan Jett should be #1 unless # 100 means the hottest of all. She is sizzling.

Posted by Kat on 6 December 2009 @ 10am

Horse McDonald (Scottish singer/songwriter) belongs on this list.

See http://randan.org and http://myspace.com/horserandan

Posted by anon on 29 December 2009 @ 1am

Ashley Merriman should certainly be on the list – hot hot hot butch from Top Chef.

http://www.ashleymerriman.com

Posted by Amy on 26 January 2010 @ 3pm

it said to leave a nomination, i’d like to nominate dilan arreguin if possible. she’s extremely androgynous. for more info email her she will be suprised

Posted by dilan arreguin on 4 February 2010 @ 7pm

Sorry, but I still think still having transmen on the list is pretty offensive and dismissive of trans identities. It’s like you’re saying no matter how you identify, you’re still part woman to me because you have a pussy. In other words, your genitals are the most important part of defining you. Big time fail! Very disappointed.

Posted by Smokey on 5 February 2010 @ 12pm

great page…site…are you still maintaining it?
thanks for the effort..as a lover of BUTCHES or all types

peace

Posted by gg on 1 April 2010 @ 8pm

Dear God. What started as a semi-innocent googling for “where the hell are the butches in Los Angeles hiding?!” led me to this page. This is surely what heaven must look like. THANK YOU! There’s such a dearth of butch visibility, even on the web. And, trust me, this femme has been looking! Bravo!

Posted by robotfemme on 2 May 2010 @ 8pm

Can we have Peggy Shaw please ?

Posted by JF on 17 May 2010 @ 8am

McCarville is HOT!!!

Posted by Mary C. on 6 June 2010 @ 7pm

The discourse about this site is so much more fascinating to me than the actual content (and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the content). Thank you for your thoughtful approach to what you publish. I have great love for the butch-identified trans men in my life, and so I was excited to see trans men included on the list, but I have loved reading your updates about how and why they were originally included and have now been removed. It has sparked conversation in our households in ways that are exciting and thought-provoking. Thanks for all the butch visibility.

Posted by elaine on 1 July 2010 @ 11pm

If you come out with a 2010 list, please consider adding comedian Sabrina Matthews. She’s is just so adorable. Also, please check out French rocker Mademoiselle K on You-Tube. The cover of her first album is hot and she’s even hotter and kick-ass on stage.

Posted by Lover on 21 August 2010 @ 3am

you said you removed the trans men from the list but you left ian harvie and buck angel. i’m just curious as to why.

Posted by lisa on 3 May 2011 @ 12pm

Lisa—Because some of trans men identify as butch, and some trans men on this list specifically consented to being on it, including Ian Harvie and Buck Angel, Bear Bergman and Joe Stevens.

Posted by admin on 3 May 2011 @ 9pm