Black Lesbian Resistance and Resilience
By Sheila Alexander-Reid
Editors’ Note: This herstory was written and read by Sheila Alexander-Reid, founder of the Women in the Life Association, to millennial Black queer women and Black lesbians who honored her at a 2018 Black History Month celebration of community activist elders in the District of Columbia. The Feminist Wire is pleased to publish this affirmation of Black lesbian herstory on February 18, 2019, the 85th birthday of the late Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Mother, Warrior, Poet, Audre Lorde.