"I think the most important thing about my butch identity has been my ability to stay soft. Everything about the world seems to try and mold me into something different. But my strength comes from staying soft, understanding, and considerate of the needs of others, and my own. ⁠ ⁠ I will never allow myself to harden, the world can not take my softness from me without my permission. This is something that I wish people could gauge about me at first glance. However, I’m heavily tatted for my age and butch - people tend to associate these things with the opposite of softness and I hate it."⁠ ⁠ - @issadadhat⁠ ⁠ 📸 by @esthergoodboy⁠ ⁠ Amber's our newest monthly columnist over at Patreon so you can expect to hear more from them very soon! 🤩⁠ ⁠ Beautiful interview by Amber over at Patreon.com/ButchIsNotADirtyWord (link in stories).⁠ ⁠ #butch #butchisnotadirtyword #butchplease #butchesofinstagram #queerpoc #qwoc #gender #butchdyke #dykes #dyke #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtqiapride #pride2022 #masc #mascofcenter #gendernonconforming