Tell Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll to Apologize to Black Lesbians

Earlier this month, Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her female staff members. In response to the allegations, the Lt. governor told reporters “Black women who look like me don’t engage in relationships like that.”

Immediately, Black women from around the country spoke up to criticize Carroll for her comments and to share their stories including LGBT activist Kimberley McLeod, from The National Black Justice Coalition, and Aisha and Danielle Moodie Mills, two DC-based lesbian women who were the first to be featured in Essence Magazine’s wedding section. Doria Roberts (via The Huffington Post) launched the #ThisisWhatALesbianLooksLike hashtag which many women used to show the diversity of the lesbian community and now Equality Floridia’s Founding Executive Director Nadine Smith, who also penned an op-ed for TheGrio.com, is launching a Change.org petition to demand the Lt. Governor apologize for making sexist and homopbic comments.

Please take action by reblogging this and heading over to the Change.org petition here.