The Butchies were a punk rock band from Durham, North Carolina, that existed from 1998 to 2005, and are currently on a hiatus but have been touring with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls promoting Amy's new album. The frequent focus of their lyrical content concerned lesbian and queer themes.

Made up of Team Dresch guitarist and frontwoman Kaia Wilson, bassist Alison Martlew, and drummer Melissa York, The Butchies has been referred to as "queercore crusaders." The band has been performing together since the recording of their first album, Are We Not Femme? in 1998. Since then, the trio has recorded three subsequent albums, Population: 1975 in 1999, 3 in 2001, and Make Yr Life in 2004. They have also appeared on a number of compilations of note, including Being Out Rocks, produced by the Human Rights Campaign (Centaur Productions, 2002), and Fields And Streams (Kill Rock Stars, 2002). In 2005 the band announced a hiatus.