Enter the (1974). This group of Black feminists and lesbians, named after the river where Harriet Tubman freed 750 enslaved people, wrote a revolutionary statement: "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression."
Here’s a look at the fascinating, often untold, layers of that world. Decades before Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term "intersectionality" in 1989, Black lesbians were living it. They understood that their fight couldn't be just about race (often led by Black men who sidelined sexism and homophobia) or just about gender (often led by white women who sidelined race). black lesbians
To understand Black lesbians is to understand that identity isn't a burden—it's a launchpad for a kind of creativity, community, and power that the rest of the world is still trying to catch up to. And they’re not waiting for permission. They’re too busy throwing the party. Enter the (1974)