In her own words, Allen describes what BUTCH means to her:
"It is a celebration of those who choose to exist and identify outside of the binary; who still get he'd and she'd differently throughout the day."
"Who get called out in bathrooms and eyed suspiciously at the airport."
"Who have invented names for themselves as parents because [neither] 'Mom' nor 'Dad' feels quite right."
"It is an homage to the bull-daggers and female husbands before me, and to the young studs, gender queers, and bois who continue to bloom into the present."
Growing up in the San Francisco area, Allen was exhilarated to see people that looked like her in "such a vast variety."
"They were masculine and they were proud and irreverent."
"It's harsh to have people stare at you, especially in the bathroom, with almost anger because they can't figure out if you are a boy or a girl. Why is this question so important?"
"Especially when someone is pregnant, it's the first thing we ask. It's like this major guiding factor for how we decide how to interact with someone."
You can see Allen's full photography collection here.
