The Butch Manual: The Current Drag and How to Do It

Now back in print after 40 years, this tongue-in-cheek manual advises gay men on how to appear more "butch"

"No one was born Butch. People were born babies and promptly burst into tears, which was most Un-Butch," declares Clark Henley's Butch Manual, a hilarious 1980s cult classic that reminds us that being "butch" is just another form of drag. The Butch Manual educates wannabe Butches on how to walk, talk, stand (or lean), dress and even what drugs to take to avoid "the freak out zone." He...