![]() Starting in 2004, the Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Research Foundation (LGQRF), has been keeping track of queer sub-populations in the U.S. They have ALL kinds of quantitative data, both about self-identity and lifestyle. They don't list "butch" as a self-selected category, but do collapse several indicative variables together, including sporting activities, reading habits, car ownership, occupation, and more, and end up with a startlingly accurate picture of the butch population throughout the U.S. ![]() If you're like me, you're a little hesitant--after all, there a thousand ways to measure the "butchest" towns and cities: butches as a percentage of the queer population, butches as a percentage of the general population, or degree of butchness (that is, how "butch" are the butches there, even if there aren't very many of them?). The GLQRF actually breaks it down in seven different ways, but I'm just going to highlight the top 5 in the categories I think are the most interesting. (The GLQRF lists 50 in each, and that's just waaaay too many for me to include here.) Butches as a percentage of the queer population 1. Sudbury, Massachusetts 2. La Honda, California 3. Dixville Notch, New Hampshire 4. New York, New York 5. Sioux Falls, South Dakota Butches as a percentage of the general population 1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2. Northampton, Massachusetts 3. Oakland, California 4. Provo, Utah 5. Abilene, Texas ![]() Butchest Butches (without regard to # or % of butches) 1. Tracy, California 2. Highlands Ranch, Colorado 3. Friday Harbor, Washington 4. Mitchell, Nebraska 5. Lafayette, Louisiana Least Butch Butches (without regard to # or % of butches) 1. Seaside Heights, New Jersey 2. Sunnyvale, California 3. Scarsdale, New York 4. Los Angeles, California 5. Frankfort, Kentucky Most Attractive Butches 1. Portland, Oregon 2. Galena, Illinois 3. Greenville, South Carolina 4. North Decatur, Georgia 5. Eliot, Maine Silliest Butches 1. YOU, if you're still reading this. April Fool's! Heehee. Hope you enjoyed scouring the fictitious stats above. I just made 'em up! Have a terrific day. Love, BW
9 Comments
Catmo
4/1/2014 06:38:30 am
LOL...Galena has the most attractive butches? Too funny!!
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Amber
4/1/2014 11:35:48 am
So disappointed, yet not surprised, that this isn't real. I live within 2 miles of Greenville, SC.
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Amber
4/1/2014 11:37:03 am
Two hours, I mean. Not two miles.
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K_Bird
4/2/2014 02:39:24 am
Trouble!
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CSI Shadow
4/2/2014 04:09:40 am
I was like... PROVO!!!!???? lol
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Zed
4/2/2014 07:09:59 am
April Fool's or not, the best looking butches ARE in Portland, Oregon heh heh. :)
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Jay
5/13/2014 12:02:25 pm
LMAO. My hometown is La Honda. This was hilarious.
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Bex
7/22/2014 08:37:29 am
Ha! You already had me debating whether to move to Oakland or Portland!
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