Abstract
What is at stake when queer Black women dare to make tangible their longings to belong? More importantly, what is at stake when they dare to do something about those desires? This article explores Canada’s first Black women’s newspaper, Our Lives, as part of a Black, feminist, scribal activism tradition in Canada. Through the trope of intimacy, this article investigates the counter-narratives found in Our Lives and employs them as a means to gain insights into 1980s queer Black women’s experiences. More precisely, intimacy is used to highlight the importance of scribal activism in bringing forth Black lesbian visibility as both a political and personal enterprise. Consequently, we are able to gain knowledge about the ways in which these counter-narratives gave not only visibility but also voice and validation to queer Black women.
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