We've come a long way since the days when every Sapphic was tossed into a box labeled either "butch" or "femme." There's a greater understanding and acceptance of people who fall outside of those ...

This LGBTQ+ History Month, we're asking writers to reflect on a moment in queer pop culture history that has allowed them to experience queer liberation in their own lives. Check out our coverage here ...

If you’re butch, you get a lot of shit. We know logically that 'womanhood' is not one size fits all – and that 'femininity' is not the default. But butch and masculine-of-centre women and non-binary ...

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. TXA Lambda Literary Award, 1992. NMAH copy 39088020696266: Gift ...

There are two commonly held beliefs about femmes, and both of them are wrong. The first is that real lesbians aren’t femmes (with the pernicious corollary that all bisexual women are). The second is ...

She is a 66-year-old self-proclaimed all-American Jewish lesbian folk singer and cardboard cobbler, a queer punk icon who forged her feminist voice before most riot grrrls were born. “Queercore was a ...

Theatre Passe Muraille will present BUTCH/FEMME, a tense and intimate new drama from writer/director Emily Paterson, produced by The Green Couch Theatre Company, onstage September 20 – 27, 2025. Set ...