Jan 10th 2012 
by ELIXHER
by ELIXHER
It Did Not Start With Stonewall: Black Lesbian Elders Tell Their Herstories
Our revolution didn’t start with Stonewall. African American lesbian elders tell the tales of gay New York life in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx before the world-altering Stonewall rebellion. In this clip they recall, raids and suffocating laws and racial discrimination faced within the gay community.
nativenotes
Interesting. Thanks for this post.
Ashton Christie
Cut off before she was done!! Would love to see more Herstories like this.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Love this!!!! This is exactly why the Mobile Homecoming project exists! To lift up those elders who “paid dues” so we could exist! Thank you for affirming the resilience of our amazing community!!!! If you love this video check out these! http://www.mobilehomecoming.org/digital-baptism-innovative-documentation/videos-podcasts/
and everything here! http://vimeo.com/33291921
Nikki Young
This is wonderful! Resilience, Wisdom, and Courage - these are our legacies! Love love love this!!!
Ben Greenberg
If you know more about what this video clip is from, who produced it, etc, that would be great to know! Thanks for sharing it.
Lesbian Brooklynite
I loved this, I am trying to find more videos like it.
sistah sinema
Is the a part of the untitled black lesbian elders project?
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Sister I
Check out Rukus Federation on line, for similar testimonies.
Efia Miles
Wow-need to hear and see so much more of this. It’s as much a part of my heritage as what I’ve been taught to view as my heritage that excludes the struggles of queer folks of color. Thank you!
ELIXHER
Hi, we’re working on tracking down the original source of the clip and the producer. We will update as soon as we have this information. Some folks are saying it is a clip from the 1985 documentary “Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community” but these women do not appear in the documentary. Stay tuned!
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CaribbeanLGBT
Thank God you are here! We appreciate your work!
mary jones
I seen the video it didnt start at Stonewall i love it it should have been longer but got the understanding of it all and thanks for this site elixher.com alot of things for me on here