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sensualnoiree · 1 month

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manicpixiedepressedwitch · 2 months

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kelela for true laurel magazine lensed by myles loftin

#kelela #myles loftin #black women #magazine cover #true laurels magazine #black female musicians #black woman beauty #black girl fashion #black women hair #black lgbt #black queer musician #queer black women #black woman aesthetic #raven

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thundergrace · 2 years

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On the flip side of that coin, though, it’s been Black women in the entertainment business who’ve said the most injurious things to her about queerness, with no regard for her sexuality. For reasons Ellis can’t quite put her finger on, people fail to recognize she’s part of the LGBTQ community.

“There is an assumption made of me — a presumption made of me. Is it because I’m a Black woman from Mississippi? Is it because I’m older?” she muses. “I don’t know what the mechanics are that goes into them not processing, or them not just being able to believe that in the same way I am Black, I am queer. This is who I am.”

#aunjanue ellis #black actresses #qwoc #queer Black women #king richard #lovecraft country #quantico #pride month #wonderful article

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anonil88 · 1 year

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POV: You're video chatting with the butch/masc vampire before going to bed.

+cis het men please don't touch this+

#lgbtq #butch #stag #masc #lesbian #bisexual #queer #queer vampire #queer black women #nbpoc #nonbinary #pov

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lesbian-empire · 7 months

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sapphic love letters

Addie Brown to Rebecca Primus (1860s)

"O my Dear Friend how I did miss you last night I did not have any one to hug me and to kiss. Rebecca don't you think I am very foolish. I dont want anyone to kiss me now . . . no kisses is like yours."

“I never shall love any person as I do you.”

“Wishing that I was in your loving arms and you would be imprinting sweat [sic] kisses.”

Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus were two free Black women who met in Hartford, Connecticut. Brow worked as a domestic servant to support herself as an orphan, while Primus taught recently freed Black people and built a school in Maryland. The two exchanged over 150 letters (though only Brown's were salvaged). Their love and adoration for one another gives us an amazing insight on the history of women who loved women.

Rebecca Brown (first image) & Rebecca Primus (second image, middle with large, flowery hat)

Sources [i] [ii] [iii] [iv] & book: Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends

#ive fallen in love with their story #i would highly recommended looking deeper into this #because i cant do it justice #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #history #lgbtqia #queer #queer black women #queer black #queer blogging #lgbtq history #lesbian love letters #lesbian history

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feehippielove · 10 months

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thecsquirrel · 2 years

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Holding my Black queer girls real close today.

Representation really does matter and the fact of the matter is that it's just so nice to be able to see yourself on the screen- big or small. Yes, Black and POC folks understand the point of universal themes and how you can find parallels in stories that often lack us, but sometimes it's just nice to look at a screen and see someone that looks like you and sounds like you.

Personally, I have been waiting basically 84 years to see a badass Black Vampire/Monster-slaying woman on screen, ever since Rona showed up on season 7 of Buffy. Heck, I just knew we were going to get a spinoff about the Hellmouth in Cleveland and Rona was going to be leading the charge! Obviously, that didn't happen, but some 20 years later (holy crap!) in comes Ms. Calliope Burns/Imani Lewis and the possibilities were endless. The potential was there! I didn't need First Kill to be perfect, nor should it have to be. It was a fun premise that was focused on the characters who would otherwise be sidelined in other shows. And damn it, it was just fun.

The most hurtful thing of course is the very loss of a character like Calliope Burns, and the Burns family for that matter. The last few years of superhero films/tv shows have both given and taken away. Yes, we got the women of Black of Panther, Misty Knight, Monica Rambeau, Maria Rambeau, Ryan Wilder, Sophie Moore, Anissa, and Jennifer Pierce. That list has gotten a bit smaller and other than the BP women, the Rambeaus remain and even then Maria may just be a memory. (Ugh it hurts to write that.) I won't pretend that the entertainment business is easy, but it certainly seems like the stories and characters that are expendable, more often than not, belong to those of us often pushed to the margins. We cannot and we must not overlook the fact that First Kill had a dark-skinned Black co-lead, a Black woman showrunner, and a crew/staff full of women and queer people. Additionally, we cannot overlook that the folks making decisions about these shows tend to be cis white heterosexual men. It is really hard to make/keep diverse content if BIPOC arent' even in the room.

Anyway, deep sigh. I'm doing all this rambling to say that it sucks to lose this show in general. It sucks to lose this over-the-top, enemies to lovers to enemies fated love story. And it is extra awful to lose a young Black QUEER/LESBIAN character with so much potential. To get a character with agency and vulnerability. A character with some flaws but also with such strength. (And obviously, the accolades should go to Imani, Felicia, and the writers for not just creating some stereotype.) We deserve all the things. The great characters and even the crappy ones. We deserve camp and frivolity. We deserve to be superheroes and super villains. And again, we deserve all the things because our stories matter. And we should be allowed to escape into fantasy and build worlds upon worlds.

So, yes, I'm going to be cranky for a bit on this one because it feels like one after another. And to make matters worse, it feels like there's no place to go. HBO sure as hell ain't saving Batwoman, because they won't even let Batgirl (what in thee whole frak is that! I'm sorry to Leslie Grace.) see the light of day and Disney is too busy running paperbag tests (I will be mad about America Chavez's casting forever!) to be bothered. Although, crazier things have happened and maybe Netflix will be financially bothered enough to either sell the rights or give it a proper series finale. Give me a freaking 2hr movie at this point.

So, to my queer babies who feel like they are going through it right now, be easy with yourself. Kick and scream and fight and rage. Write and create and keep putting it out there in the world. And if no one has said it today: You Matter. Your stories Matter. You belong. And You have something to say.

#First kill #calliope burns #imani lewis #queer black girls #queer black women #representation matters #Netflix is on some b.s. for this one #save first kill #I want good things for this whole cast #rants and rambles

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blackgirlsreverything · 2 years

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