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jannie's avatar

i applaud you both for such an important piece of writing. i am completely speechless at the accuracy and the awareness of something that black lesbians were taught wasn’t universal. our experience really is unique — i didn’t know i could be gay because i believed only white people were granted that. so i agree representation is super important and needed now more than ever during this time of online politics with young lesbians. there is no community, there is no representation, there is nothing. we need this! beautiful work my friends.

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Kalima Masum's avatar

thank you so much for reading and engaging 🫶🏽 i agree 100% with everything you said and i hope as time continues black lesbian representation is the norm because it’s deserved!!!

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Antonia George's avatar

I’m so happy to hear that this piece resonates with you, thank you for reading! I’ve never really wrote anything about my existence as a Black lesbian and opening myself up was very therapeutic. We should be able to express ourselves and not feel hesitant to do so. I’m looking forward to working towards more community and us seeing ourselves in everything because we deserve to be seen, respected, and loved! Again, thank you so much for the support 🩷

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Zuru's avatar

This was beautiful and gave me so much hope. Thank you to you and your partner for opening up this way, it has strengthened my heart in more ways than one. I hope the year ends beautifully for the both of you ✨

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Kalima Masum's avatar

Thank you for sharing! We really appreciate the engagement and support 🫶🏽 May you have a blessed new year and experience lots of love and joy ✨

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Antonia George's avatar

Thank you so much for reading! 🥹 This is incredibly sweet and I’m overjoyed to hear that this piece touched you. It’s always really nice to see how vulnerability can impact an audience. Sending my best wishes to you for the end of this year and the start of the next 💝

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Traci Joseph's avatar

You are assuredly soul-mates. At times it was difficult to separate where one began and the other ended. Both are exceptionally gifted with the expressive side of language and with crafting and shaping words into poetry ❤️

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