ABSTRACT
Lesbianism is a recognition, an awakening, a reawakening of our passion for each (woman) other (woman) and for same (woman). The woman who embraces lesbianism as an ideological, political, and philosophical means of liberation of all women from heterosexual tyranny must also identify with the worldwide struggle of all women to end male-supremacist tyranny at all levels. While most political black lesbians do not give a damn if white America is negrophobic, it becomes deeply problematic when the contemporary black political community (another male-¡dominated and male-identified institution) rejects us because of our commitment to women and women's liberation. Black lesbians who do work within by-for-about-black-people groups or organizations either pass as straight or relegate our lesbianism to the so-called private sphere.
