The name is Jasmine Taylor, and I'm a young Black woman originally from the City of Boston, Massachusetts. I transferred to Spelman College in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, from Bay State College, a small school located in downtown Boston, and life hasn't been the same since. Even though the Dirty South and its ways get on my nerves as an outspoken young Black woman in the Age of President Barack Obama, I've grown fond of the place.
Being Black, female and openly gay isn't easy in the South, let no one tell you different. Add butch to the mix, and you've got a recipe for disaster. Boston is a racially diverse and fairly liberal town, and gays and lesbians are well-received in pretty much every avenue of life down there. Up here in the Dirty South, things are extremely different. Both black citizens and white citizens seem to have something against us queers, and that's a doggone shame if you ask me.
I believe in living this little life of mine my way. I'm five-foot-ten, neither fat nor thin, but rather stocky, with long black hair, dark brown skin and soulful light brown eyes. Oh, and I've got a nice, round and thick ass. Butch girls got booty too and I'm one of them! I get my height from my father, Jerome Taylor. He once played basketball for Boston University, way back in the day. My Pops is a retired member of the Massachusetts State Police, and he always encouraged me to follow my dreams.
A lot of lesbians I meet tend to have something against men, and male authority figures in particular, calling them the patriarchy. Well, I'm a strong black lesbian who loves her Daddy. My Pops is the only member of my family to support me when I came out of the closet in the summer of 2013. The other members of our family are rather close-minded. My brother Elijah and I haven't spoken since I came out of the closet. I should mention that he's deeply conservative, since he's a church deacon and all.
Damn shame if you ask me. Oh, well. Can't please the world. I came to Atlanta because I wanted a change of scenery, and also because I'd grown tired of Boston, the town where I spent eighteen of the past twenty years. Change is good, I say. Besides, after a romance gone bad, many places in Boston which were dear to me and my ex-girlfriend left me feeling sour, folks. Seriously.