Abstract
ABSTRACT Even with the major movements in current gender studies that attempt to expand the simple notions of monolithic identity there are still major blind spots that perpetuate what they seek to disrupt. These blind spots are sometimes heterosexist, sometimes racist, or sometimes both. This essay analyzes how the lesbian of color is situated at the interstices of many fields of identity studies - gender, queer, and ethnic - and the specific difficulties she has with this position. By using the theories of Judith Butler and Gloria Anzaldúa, I describe how the lesbian of color can survive numerous sites of hostility by constructing a positive identity within her own ethnic/racial community through creative acts of cultural revision. After considering the power of these acts I call for the empowered performance of the mestiza state - the state of contradiction wherein the lesbian of color finds herself.
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