Meet The Team

Project Head / Editor-in-Chief
Lottie Valiente - They/Elle/She
Lottie is an OFOS high femme lesbian with a background in zine making, mural painting, and butch defending. They have lived all over America but currently reside in NYC, working as an art teacher part time and for a publishing company full time. When they're not starting unnecessarily ambitious new projects, Lottie can be found painting her nails, writing love letters, sewing, gardening, visiting cemeteries, leaving lipstick ALL over her butch, making educational ButchFemme videos on Tiktok, and baking heart shaped treats.

Layout Director / Formater
Victoria - They / Them
Victoria is a Mexican femme lesbian designer based in the Midwest. They love ‘slow cinema,’ tokusatsu series, and funny butches! In their free time, they oil paint. Most of their work is a synthesis of body horror, lesbianism, and other aspects of their personal identity.

Art Director
Avalon
Avalon is a Texan butch lesbian artist & former cowboy currently earning her BFA in illustration. Her personal work weaves together her complicated religious upbringing with her butch identity & love for other butches. She adores star-shaped things, female saints, The Last Unicorn, misandry, rose lattes, giant swords, & Oxford commas.

Art Director
Ripley Larue - She/He/They
Ripley is a femme (for butch) lesbian artist based in Austin, Texas. She is an illustrator, printmaker, educator, and muralist who enjoys working in both digital and traditional mediums. They have a deep love for their home state and are committed to creating opportunities for queer and trans artists in Texas. When she isn’t working one of her many jobs she is probably obsessing over indie comics or baking her butch some treats.

Writing Director / Prose Editor
Sunny
Sunny is a femme who loves butches! And co-hosts The Lavender Menace Podcast and runs a booktube channel. She grew up in the American South but currently splits their time between the Midwest and the East Coast, but their best friend and podcast co-host is a West Coaster, so make of that what you will. They drink hot earl grey tea and smoke cigarettes every day as fuel for their endless hatred of men, bad writing, etc.

Communications
Mars - They / Them
Mars is a black lesbian located in Texas who works as a muralist and helps run a local Gallery.They spend most of their time thinking about D&D, reading their conversion books, and rewatching LOTR. Their personal work is a reflection of all the things they love which is black lesbians,bugs and space.

Organizer / Events Coordinator
Mar - He / They
Mar is an opinion-having, people-loving, butch dyke for dykes. His current mission is to read every word ever written, and he has a special place in his heart for the weirdos and the queers throughout history. Keeping track of him is hard, but if you really want to find him, he can usually be caught running around fulfilling silly little tasks or listening to a butch with rapt attention in the corner of a bar.
We are always seeking extra hands! If interested in joining our team in one of the blank spots, please shoot us an email.