If you happen on this post, my name is Justy I’m from Brooklyn, NY and I’m actively sharing my music every single day. If you have a moment to stop and listen check out the attached track and please reblog this to help boost ❤️ Let’s see how far we can take this.
Mabel Hampton and her dog Liberation pouring over documents on the floor of the original Lesbian Herstory Archives located in Manhattan in 1977 | ph: Joan Nestle
Gladys Bentley at the Ubangi Club in Harlem, early 1930s.
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) joined the Harlem Renaissance jazz scene at age 16 and became an instant sensation and gender identity pioneer. She performed piano and vocals at the most popular gay bars, wearing men’s clothing, and openly flirted with women in the audience. She headlined in the early 1930s at Harlem's Ubangi Club, where she was backed up by a chorus line of drag queens. She dressed in men's clothes (including her signature: tuxedo and top hat), played piano, and sang her own raunchy lyrics to popular tunes of the day in a deep, growling voice.
radfem lesbians how are you guys dating rn bc I am going through it everybody cute is queer, radfem dating pool is likely too small+finding people is unreliable, the constant risk of getting attached to someone who will leave you when you tell them you’re rad.
i love being a lesbian i love other lesbians i love butches i love femmes i love everyone in between i love dykes i love mean lesbians i love soft lesbians i love all lesbians sm