A new exhibition, Near Shave, celebrates and pays tribute to butch dyke identity and type through the lens of haircuts When the musician k.d. lang came out as a lesbian in 1992, country new music stations in the US banned her audio and she faced protests outdoors the Grammys. In the Summer season of 1993, Self-importance Honest put her on the go over of the magazine. Dressed in a waistcoat, crisp white shirt and tie, she sits back again in an old-school barber’s chair for a shut shave from supermodel Cindy Crawford.  The go over is what we might call “dykonic” – a breakthrough minute in lesbian media illustration it sent…