spacer

Top Hot Butches of 2009: Help!

Posted on May 27, 2009 in on butches | 53 Comments

If you're new here, you should know that this site contains BDSM, kink, gender explorations, and explicit queer sex. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed, Twitter, Facebook, or not. This warning will self-destruct.

The 2009 AfterEllen Hot 100 list was announced on May 11th – it’s “the sexiest women according to women” (as opposed to other hot lists, which are picked by men). I kinda enjoy this list, I’ve followed AE’s lists in the past few years, but this year especially I looked through it thinking, where are all the butches?

Seriously, in this, 2009, The Year Of Dr. Rachel Maddow’s Serious Badassness, there are only … what, 6? (at best) genderqueer, andro, or masculine women included in the list of 100 hot women.

This year, unlike other years, AE also put out some supplemental lists of Out Women, Women of Color, and Women Over 40. Aw, isn’t that nice – they’re at least recognizing that this Hot 100 Chosen By Women List is completely lacking in women who are publically out, not white, and not young. And yet … still no acknowledgment that, according to this list, sexy women are feminine.

If there’s anything I’ve learned from running Sugarbutch for three years, it’s that there are a whole lot of y’all out there who think butches and genderqueerness and masculinity on women is hot.

So, let me introduce to you: the 2009 Sugarbutch Top Hot Butches list.

Here’s how it’s going to work:

  1. Leave a comment nominating a genderqueer, andro, masculine, or butch woman who did something awesome in 2009 (or late 2008). Like the other top hot lists, this list will lean more toward celebrities and folks who are somehow in the public sphere. Linking to a hot photo of her or to an article about her would be a bonus. NOTE: these women do not have to identify as butch, but should be at least somewhat masculine, androgynous, or genderqueer in appearance. It would be best if she was out, but that won’t ban her from the list.
  2. A panel of judges will determine the order of hotness. (I know, other hot lists are chosen by voting, but I am not able to compile and coordinate and count votes, so this is the best way to do it.) The panel will include a couple self-identified butches, some femmes who love butches, and a few genderqueer folks who love butches too. I’ll announce the judges soon.  The list will be judged by sexiness primarily, but other factors include: impact on society, major accomplishments, queer community work, etc. If you’ve got other suggestions for how we should determine a) who should be on this list or b) how we should determine the order, leave that in the comments too.
  3. The list will be posted on Sugarbutch in June for all your swooning butch-love attention.

So, tell me – who are the hottest butches in 2009?

53 Comments | Category: on butches | Tags: 2009 sugarbutch top hot butches list, after ellen's hot 100 list, butch, celebreality, help help help!, how can rachel maddow NOT be #1?, I promise not to fix the voting, participation, rachel maddow, ranking people according to hotness seems mean but it's all in good fun, there's a serious lack of masculine female representation

Comments

53 Responses to “Top Hot Butches of 2009: Help!”

  1. spacer royaroo
    May 27th, 2009 @ 7:31 am

    Julie Goldman.

    Also, THANK YOU for doing this list. I've been thinking the same thing for the past couple of Hot 100 lists

  2. spacer undercover punk
    May 27th, 2009 @ 7:56 am

    MARY BONAUTO rocks my world. She's butch enough, right? I think so. She argued the Goodrich case in Massachusetts (gay marriage) and the Baker case in Vermont that granted civil unions back in 99.

    Can't WAIT for the results in June! Thanks, Sugarbutch!

    On March 3, 2009, GLAD, with Mary Bonauto acting as lead attorney, opened the first salvo in the battle to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act. In particular, GLAD is challenging Section 3 of the law, which denies federal benefits to married same-sex couples. [www.courtingequality.com/archives/170#more-170]

    pics:
    www.life.com/image/52890592 www.boston.com/news/specials/gay_marriage/... www.glad.org/about/staff/

  3. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 9:18 am

    Dani Campbell, good god. Don't know if she fits the timeframe requirements, since I don't have a tv, but so. hot.

    As is this site, btw.

  4. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 9:24 am

    Ooh. And Meshell NdegeOcello. More andro than full-on butch, but my butch-lovin' wife goes absolutely weak at the knees for her.

    Also – I'm Canadian – Chantal Hebert is a bit like the Canadian version of Rachel Maddow, only way more butch. And Francophone. She's on the Canadian version of PBS, which is CBC, on a weekly political roundup. My wife also hearts her; this is my acid test for butch hotness.

  5. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 9:27 am

    Sorry; here's a link to a clip of the Chantal hotness.

    www.booklounge.ca/multimedia/hebertchantal...

  6. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 9:31 am

    Oops; this was the one I was looking for:

    www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/about_us/ch...

  7. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 9:44 am

    Also Angela Robinson: www.imdb.com/name/nm1286340/

    Okay, I'm done, I swear.

  8. spacer Shereen Samuels
    May 27th, 2009 @ 10:35 am

    I lied. Toshi Reagon.

    www.toshireagon.com/photos.shtml www.toshireagon.com/gallery_09.shtml

  9. spacer Becky
    May 27th, 2009 @ 10:42 am

    Um, probably goes without saying, but Dr. Maddow HAS to be on this list. Also I'd nominate Ellen, but I dunno how much she counts as butch. Also definitely going to second Dani Campbell. Adding Michelle Wolff (Mango Kiss, Dante's Cove, etc.)

  10. spacer Althea
    May 27th, 2009 @ 11:21 am

    What about transfolk? I was thinking Lucas Silveira and Katz.

    cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo...

    www.wigpr.com/AthensBoysChoir_hoodie.JPG

  11. spacer Jess
    May 27th, 2009 @ 12:13 pm

    How about some women of size? Fat butches are just as sexy as Fat femmes!!!

    [ Hell yeah! Got any to suggest? - ss ]

  12. spacer Miss Ida
    May 27th, 2009 @ 2:13 pm

    Hmmmm…..

    I have 2 votes. One for Lea Delaria & one for Julie Goldman. In 2009 they were both very funny and very attractive ;)

  13. spacer Katerina
    May 27th, 2009 @ 3:21 pm

    Was definitely going to nominate Chris Pureka, but was beaten to it! She is so hot.

    Lyndell Montgomery, who plays fiddle & recently toured with Chris Pureka. It was a swoon worthy moment for me.

  14. spacer Omster
    May 27th, 2009 @ 3:43 pm

    How about Janel McCarville? Ok, all you non-East Coast or non-WNBA-fan folks may not know who she is, and she may not be out, but I present the following hotness as evidence of why I think she should be nominated: hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Janel_McC...

    I've been following her since her NCAA days, and she has gotten only more deliciously short-haired, visibly-tattooed, and ripped. Yum.

  15. spacer jnbklyn
    May 27th, 2009 @ 4:33 pm

    i. am. drooling.

    i third julie goldman, and will add angie evans, super hot and talented musician and self-described feminist! (www.myspace.com/angieevans)

    oh and alison bechdel, she's ALSO hot and talented! www.lizacowan.com/portfolio/alisonanddrawi...

  16. spacer jnbklyn
    May 27th, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

    and i meant to add, what a great (and clearly needed) idea sinclair!

  17. spacer Sara
    May 27th, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

    God-des from God-des and She. She is soooo sexy! Love their music as well.

    www.god-des.com www.myspace.com/goddes

  18. spacer miss chatelaine
    May 27th, 2009 @ 5:45 pm

    I don't usually post, but I had to this time! I'll nominate Maddow obviously, but also k.d. lang and Amy Ray. I saw the latter two live, and my knees went wobbly and I didn't stop smiling for about a week. and I have to add Judith Halberstam, my huge academic crush.

    And what, no nomination for our one and only Sugarbutch?

  19. spacer Victoria (thatfemmeg
    May 27th, 2009 @ 6:09 pm

    Many of you have already picked some of my faves:

    Chris Pureka, Katz, Lucas Silveira, Rachel Maddow…

    But lest we forget:

    Leslie Feinberg
    www.transgenderwarrior.org/

    and

    Judith Halberstam:
    www.egomego.com/judith/home.htm

    :)

  20. spacer genderkid
    May 27th, 2009 @ 6:10 pm

    Chris Pureka put out a new album this year; pictures:
    www.chrispureka.com/Images/album2/index.htm

    And in this interview she states that she identifies as a gender-queer woman:
    findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3693/is_200507/ai_n15665933/pg_2/?tag=content;col1

    Very beautifully androgynous, in my opinion. She first caught my attention in this music video/interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQ8kjGU7Iw

  21. spacer alisha
    May 27th, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

    maddow.

    goldman.

    pureka.

    oh goodness, yes.

  22. spacer black and blue
    May 27th, 2009 @ 10:02 pm

    Christine Marinoni for being publicly scrutinized
    of course Rachel Maddow
    and I have to vote for Chantal Hebert now that I know about her..

  23. spacer MsF
    May 28th, 2009 @ 12:04 am

    Ok, I’m an academic nerd, so how about some academic nerds? Most are Anthropologists, which is super hot, write?
    Gayle Rubin:
    estherspace.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/gaylerubin1.jpg
    This picture is …. wow…..
    She wrote “Traffic in Women” and “Thinking Sex,” which totally changed the lives of nerds like me.
    Lochlann Jain
    www.stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/?q=node/68
    Out, hot, wrote a fabulous article about Butchness and breast cancer called “Cancer Butch”
    Oh, and non-academic stuff:
    Rapper katastrophe (Rocco Kayiatos)
    More coming…….So much to think about!

  24. spacer Gold
    May 28th, 2009 @ 4:12 am

    So, I didn't read the comments or the list so I don't know if they've already been mentioned, sorry…

    Deak Evgenikos. An actor who was the only redeeming thing about Itty Bitty Titty Committee (sorry, Babbit, I still love you). I think she's also in one of the She Likes Girls movies. As to whether she personally identifies as butch or not, I don't know, but goddamn is she hot.

    Speaking of Jamie Babbit, how about Andrea Sperling? She's Babbit's partner, and a film producer who's been involved in most of the more mainstream lesbian films produced in the last ten years.

    Alison Bechdel. Of course. You might know she's a brilliant writer, but what you might not know is that she has the most stunning blue eyes ever. I tried to talk to her at a signing once and just couldn't even manage to speak coherent English.

    Last but not least, all the butches involved with the porn industry. Nan Kinney for a classic, and maybe Shine Louise Houston (who knows how she identifies, but she's hardly femme). Jiz Lee and all of her playmates as well…

  25. spacer Jo
    May 28th, 2009 @ 4:16 am

    well, Maddow and Pureka were my first thoughts

    but I also want to add Ellis. Folk singer-songwriter, and look at those gorgeous eyes: www.ellis-music.com/@/Photos/_entries/47/p...
    Her website (which that picture is from): www.ellis-music.com

    My pretty-sure-she's-straight best friend introduced me to her, describing her as the one woman she'd go queer for (Angelina Jolie? Nuh-uh).

  26. spacer undercover punk
    May 28th, 2009 @ 5:30 am

    Daniela Sea.

    She apparently lived as a man in India for 6 months! Who knew?? Now you do.

    www.danielasea.com/bio.htm

  27. spacer lady brett
    May 28th, 2009 @ 5:38 am

    i absolutely second toshi regan and chris pureka (not that almost all of these aren't great nominations)

    and on the subject of music nerd – i nominate mary gauthier! hell, i'd nominate just her voice for top hot butch, but there's also, y'know, everything else =)
    www.marygauthier.com/

    and tracy chapman

    also, jane lynch

    i'm a bit out of the culture loop, so i've no idea if the last two are gay, but i'd certainly call them butch (oh, and hot)!

  28. spacer saintchick
    May 28th, 2009 @ 7:41 am

    I love Lyndell. I have yet to see her in concert, but hopefully she will make it to New Orleans.. cause she is to die for.

    www.lyndellmontgomery.com/pages/bio.html

  29. spacer riotfemme
    May 28th, 2009 @ 8:49 am

    Oh yay! So glad you're doing this, Sinclair. Every year i vote in the AfterEllen Hot 100 and every year I am frustrated by the results. So, my nominations would be:

    * Rachel Maddow

    * kd lang

    * Ivan Coyote

    * Lucas Silveira (ok, transman and not butch, but god, how could I not include him?)

    * Cindy Wonderful – www.magicclubfilms.com/Cindy.jpg
    * Hannah Blilie – viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...
    * Amy Ray

    * Cheryl Dunye

    * JD Samson

    * Kate Moennig (oh yes)

    I also have two furiously hot but totally unknown butches in my life and they always top my list.

  30. spacer Sarah
    May 28th, 2009 @ 9:35 am

    She will probably kill me, and may not fit all your requirements, but I nominate Stephanie Tamez, one of the world’s top tattoo artists:

    www.inkedmag.com/inked_people/52/

    nymag.com/guides/everything/tattoos/37981/

    www.nyartbeat.com/nyablog/2008/07/high-ink-tattoo-artists-out-of-the-parlour-into-the-gallery/

  31. spacer runningawaywiththesp
    May 28th, 2009 @ 9:42 am

    My M, the Maddow, you Sinclair, and Pureka. Pureka is really hot in an understated academic way (I met her once when she worked in a lab), nice to see her getting votes…I am also crushed out on Dana Owen and Donna Brazile, I don't know that they count as out butches, but damn, they are both have intense sexy butch attitude.

  32. spacer AP
    May 28th, 2009 @ 1:47 pm

    Maddow obviously.

    Alison Bechdel is also amazing.
    www.glbta.umn.edu/schochet/mcnaron/bechdel...

  33. spacer Alexandra
    May 29th, 2009 @ 5:50 am

    Deak Evgenikos!!! She was SO incredibly hot in 'Itty Bitty Titty Committee'… And apparently has a bit part in the upcoming Taking of Pelham 123. :)

  34. spacer fran
    May 29th, 2009 @ 7:48 am

    JD Samson

    Julie Goldman

  35. spacer Catherine
    May 29th, 2009 @ 4:01 pm

    Lianna Carrera

  36. spacer Jenny
    May 29th, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

    Alison Bechdel and Rachel Maddow for sure. JD Sampson, yes, but where has she been lately?

  37. spacer Sunny
    May 29th, 2009 @ 7:23 pm

    Tracy Chapman is 100% gay – and gorgeously butch – but I'm not sure if she's out.

  38. spacer freedomgirl
    May 30th, 2009 @ 3:27 am

    lyndell montgomery!!

Related searches:
maddow pureka rachel should shereen
gipoco.com is neither affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible for its contents. This is a safe-cache copy of the original web site.