black./womyn.:conversations...leah on gender/race/sexuality

leah talks about her experience with the balance of gender-race-sexuality in her lif...part of a new documentary on lesbians of African descent...coming soon!.

"black./womyn.:conversations..." will be a feature length docu-film that will concern lesbians of African descent living in the U.S. It will include over 50 interviews with black lesbians of all ages /classes /nationalities/locations discussing a variety of topics including coming out, sexuality and religion, love and relationships, patriarchy, visibility in media, among others as well as a series of short vignettes representing the topics discussed. I'm hoping to provide a film that can encourage progressive dialogue between people on dealing with the image of the black lesbian and the stereotype that come with who black lesbians are portrayed to be. I hope to encourage conversation between black lesbians dealing with class and age, and the lack of communication between these groups and how that affects the overall unity between black lesbians as a group in society.

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http://blackwomynconversations.blogspot.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• black
• lesbian
• documentary
• leah
• activism
• tiona.m.

[TuSmart4BS]

This is important...There arent enough stories that come from the mouths of black lesbian womyn.

[zaloveza]

" how are you gonna know what i'm experiencing" EXACTLY

[jeighjoans]

mistreatment based on Race.. mistreatment based on Sex.. mistreatment based on Sexual Orientation.. The common denominator in all of these is the "mistreatment".. should we allow how we are treated by others to affect the way we see ourselves? Not at all. Ideally it should only impact the way we see them. But like most things related to our internal selves, that's easier said than done.

[jeighjoans]

@JGvisions.. I had the same thought.. not that I'm questioning her analysis of her own situation.. I'm just wondering is the intellectual computation that I hear based in actual personal experience or is it based in the potential personal experience? That said, I think she hits the nail on the head when she acknowledges the intersections of race, gender and sexual orientation and their impact on identity..

[JGvisions]

its funny, im wondering what real experiences have you had with discrimination? like real situations, scenerios, ect did you really go through (with details) that brought this conflict into light. it really sound like you consciously and subconsciously assimilated this supposed mindset into your psyche to create an identity for yourself by juxtaposing subtle difference between yourself and the "other". in this case, straight white men...or men in general!

[teddet87]

is this about the circus?

[asana1973]

oh yea stepping outside that bubble will fuck ya up..in fact..im still in shock...signed, swivelhead

[luvavellable]

Whoever we are, wherever we are, it's just really a matter of respect. Respect can also be shown by protecting ourselves from STD so we can protect others from these diseases too, no matter what race they may have. Get the protection now from the new gene eden for safer sex formula at gene-eden. com/For-Safer-Sex. php

[jgrier2006]

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[tammy1ize]

can i suck your pussy!

[zulubi]

stupid comment. thats why white domination is still so powerful, because black people argue who is "really black and who not" race is an invention of white colonial european subjects. You could empower her instead telling what she isn't. To be BLACK is not just a matter of your skin color or your ancestors.

[tammy1ize]

honey your mixed not fully black!