Photographer Esther Godoy, left, and her camera assistant, Murph Murphy, take a peek at what she's captured during a photoshoot on Sept. 8, 2024.
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Photographer Esther Godoy identifies as butch or masculine-of-center. She grew up in Australia and came to Portland more than a decade ago. She says she saw a distinct difference in how her masculine way of presenting herself was received in Portland compared to her hometown in a suburb of Melbourne. She credits the queer community she found in Portland with helping her embrace her butch identity and serving as the inspiration for her multimedia project called “Butch Is Not A Dirty Word.”
Esther Godoy, seen here in her home on Sept. 8, 2024, is the founder of the multimedia project "Butch is Not a Dirty Word," which uplifts people who identify as butch across the gender spectrum.
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OPB video producer Emily Hamilton went along on a recent photoshoot and joins us to talk about Godoy’s multifaceted embrace of the word “butch.”
You can see Hamilton’s video about Esther Godoy and her project here.
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