note: "butch" encapsulates all butch, masculine and androgynous characters for the sake of this list. as long as the character is not feminine, i have included them.

── films

• cheryl, the watermelon woman
• corky, bound
• graham eaton, but i'm a cheerleader
• hazel, bottoms
• jean newman, blue jean
• josie, bottoms
• viv highton, blue jean
• wil pang, saving face

── television

• bernie, daisy jones & the six
• bert hart, a league of their own
• darcy olsson, heartstopper
• jade claymore, willow
• jess mccready, a league of their own
• jo deluca, a league of their own
• kit tanthalos, willow
• kj brandman, paper girls
• lupe garcía, a league of their own
• mac coyle, paper girls
• max chapman, a league of their own
• nico silva, vida
• shane mccutcheon, the l word (+ gen q)
• tasha williams, the l word
• van palmer, yellowjackets
• vi, arcane

── literature

• idgie threadgoode, fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe
• jess goldberg, stone butch blues
• kath miller, last night at the telegraph club

── games

• ellie williams, the last of us