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What We'd Like You to Know About Us (and tell a Friend) Blac Gurlz Ink is the brain child of Spring Opara and Tonette Woodson, two American lesbians, of African descent who between the two of them could not find a card, a print, a calendar, napkin, doily, bumper sticker...anything that represented them as lesbians! They found that lesbians, in general, were not "realistically" being represented and that any representation of Black lesbians simply just did not exist. So, being the creative types they decided to develop their own line of quality, greeting items, versus just complaining about it and waiting for someone to come out with a line to fill the void that currently exists. The company name, Blac Gurlz Ink, was chosen because Spring and Tonette are two, tattooed (inked), black lesbians and it was the most logical commonality they shared. They felt it was important to ensure that everyone knew who was behind the scenes of this endeavor -- two women loving women who have a vision of building community with other like-minded lesbians, for sure, and anyone else that posses a positive, inclusive attitude. They’ve been asked if they are going to feature other brown lesbians? Why YES! They started with their images because they are dedicated to this endeavor, but have completed their second photo shoot – Graffiti Queers – in which lesbians of all shape, race and gender expression modeled and the subsequent cards are scheduled for release in time for San Francisco Pride 09! It is Blac Gurlz Ink’s intent to bring quality greeting products to the LGBT community as a whole, with an emphasis on the lesbian consumer. Thus, brown, yellow, green, white, purple and blue lesbians will be used, however, there is a caveat to this…they need YOU to represent those groups and model for them! Remember the Blac Gurlz Ink motto – They whole-heartedly believe that ALL women, regardless of race, shape, gender expression, size, age, etc., who carry a positive attitude are sexy and those are the women they seek. There will be"calls for submissions" and "model casting calls" for future series that they will be creating. So Bookmark their website and join the Blac Gurlz Ink mailing list to keep abreast of upcoming events and sightings. Love, Peace & Prosperity Blac Gurlz Ink |
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