Granny Babette lay in bed, feeling pleasurably sore all over. The tall, dark-skinned, curvy and very voluptuous, sixty-something, feisty Black woman smiled with contentment as she thought of all the fun and wicked things she did just hours ago. For once, she left the brothers alone and had some fun with a feisty young Black woman named Maxima "Max" Muchina, a tomboyish gal who actually taught Granny a thing or two...
"I'm a bull dyke, what you call a stud or one of them butch types, I own the words that describes women like me," Max Muchina said as she spoke at the church meeting, boldly asserting her Black lesbian identity in front of these conservative church folks in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario. The Pastor was not pleased, nor were any of the deacons and deaconesses. That's why the Pastor spoke to the toughest deaconess out there, to try to set the young Black woman on the straight path, so to speak...
"Sister Babette, I know you have experience handling these wayward types, can you do something about Max Muchina?" Pastor said, and Granny Babette smiled at the preacher man and nodded sagely. The two of them sat at the back of the crowd of sixty or so people who were in attendance at the church's discussion on homosexuality, bisexuality, lesbianism and the Black community.
"I will do my best, preacher man," Granny Babette assured Pastor, who smiled and nodded. The deaconess focused her gaze on Max Muchina, who continued to speak about her trials and tribulations as a tomboyish, dark-skinned, openly gay Black woman in a world that was deeply racist, sexist and homophobic. This young woman has a lot of spunk, Granny Babette thought with a smile.
After the church meeting ended, Granny Babette approached Max Muchina, and understandably, the young gay Black woman was weary of the tall, straight-laced, well-dressed and very feminine Black church lady. Please don't be one of those church women who wants to convert me to heterosexuality with praying and all that jazz, Max Muchina thought as Granny Babette approached her.
"Sister, you were on fire up there, so much courage and spunk," Granny Babette said, and Max Muchina looked at her, clearly surprised by her words. Granny Babette grinned, noticing the deer-caught-in-headlights look on Max Muchina's beautiful face. The dark-skinned, short-haired, athletic young Black woman reminded Granny Babette of the character played by Hollywood actress Dawn Lewis on A Different World back in the day.