One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
For those who don't know, you can now get married in D.C.! yay for the gays. It became official this past Tuesday and while the turnout wasn't as spectacular in numbers as it was in California, it wasn't any less significant. But my favourite part of it is that we're seeing black couples get married. not a big deal u say? well everytime someone speaks of blacks and gays
Sarah Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson
once again, this historic piece really isn't about ones sexuality. i'm just reporting and making observations. seems 2 me that if one wants 2 do battle they have 2 do it as a man. and while we are not necessarily in a war on a day 2 day basis, i do see my studs as soldiers that go out in uniform every day and challenge society. they fight for
Cathay Williams: Buffalo Soldier
while it is not my practice to ASSume someone's sexuality. i am intrigued by this bit of history i recently learned. by posting this piece, i am in no way saying that this woman was or was not gay. but as it stands. baby did the damn thing and she did it in men's clothing.
Cathay Williams was born in 1842 outside Independence, Missouri. Born into slavery she served as
Gladys Bentley: A Stud to Remember
Gladys Bentley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 12, 1907. Like many African Americans of her generation she ended up in New York Citys' Harlem , the capital of "The New Negro ". For Gladys , her lesbianism made her need to strike out on her own all the more urgent. As she would recall many years later in an Ebony Magazine Article , “It seems I was
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