@demi — :) you stay finding me on tumblr! - email me about ur project and I’ll send u my numba. <3 @newmodelminority — indeed. race, class, geography … totally a “mixed bag” @curate — thanks for posting :) sapphrikah: newmodelminority: Talk about the ways in which sexual identities are both influenced by Race + Class and Space. #Ummhmm. curate: “When I’m in L.A., I’m not a AG. In LA., I’m a stud. In the Bay, I’m still a stud, sorta. In circles where there are elders, it’s butch. If it’s primarily a white circle, it’s butch. I don’t even like to call myself a lesbian because I feel like it’s politicized. Well, I could be. Some people think I’m a lesbian. It’s a fair assumption. I like women.“I do this work as a way of rebuilding myself. Because I have the access, the privilege and the brain space to try and manage it. I float. I float. And I’m sort of a chameleon so I tend to use the language of the people that I’m speaking with. Code switching is what they call it.” Queer Oakland: The Phenomenon that is Krys Freeman | Oakland Local This is my girlfriend’s dope cousin. (Am I bragging? Maybe.) Hopefully, this time we’ll find a suitable time for me to interview her for this project I’ve got coming up.

@demi — :) you stay finding me on tumblr! - email me about ur project and I’ll send u my numba. <3

@newmodelminority — indeed. race, class, geography … totally a “mixed bag”

@curate — thanks for posting :)

sapphrikah:

newmodelminority:

Talk about the ways in which sexual identities are both influenced by Race + Class and Space. #Ummhmm.

curate:

“When I’m in L.A., I’m not a AG. In LA., I’m a stud. In the Bay, I’m still a stud, sorta. In circles where there are elders, it’s butch. If it’s primarily a white circle, it’s butch. I don’t even like to call myself a lesbian because I feel like it’s politicized. Well, I could be. Some people think I’m a lesbian. It’s a fair assumption. I like women.

“I do this work as a way of rebuilding myself. Because I have the access, the privilege and the brain space to try and manage it. I float. I float. And I’m sort of a chameleon so I tend to use the language of the people that I’m speaking with. Code switching is what they call it.”

Queer Oakland: The Phenomenon that is Krys Freeman | Oakland Local

This is my girlfriend’s dope cousin. (Am I bragging? Maybe.) Hopefully, this time we’ll find a suitable time for me to interview her for this project I’ve got coming up.

(via sapphrikah)

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