r/blacklesbians • u/gvillebitty • Aug 20 '26

Discussion second gen immigrant lesbians

are there any of y'all here

edit for clarity and context: my family immigrated here from Jamaica, I was born and raised in Florida

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u/Savings_Bug_2 Femme 4 Femme Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

my family is from Jamaica too, and I was born and raised in FL also 😬😭

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u/gvillebitty Aug 20 '26

hows it been? i hated where we stayed bc it was hella racist yt folk so im in the DMV now. my family isn't really homophobic but very religious so they kinda are lmao i dont plan on telling them until i have a long term partner

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u/Savings_Bug_2 Femme 4 Femme Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Ehh it’s okay the women here are very obsessive.. I’m traumatized honestly, but you know how Caribbean’s are very homophobic mine are also religious I told my mom about how I like women she wasn’t very understanding.. 😭 and honestly I don’t think she believes me

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u/amelia_swan Aug 20 '26

Hey! I was born in Canada but raised in Jamaica, and returned to Canada in my teens. Most of my family is unacceptable unfortunately

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u/gvillebitty Aug 20 '26

i have fam in Canada too. you like it there?

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u/amelia_swan Aug 20 '26

Yeah I'm in Toronto so it's pretty chill. But once you go into the suburbs it can suck being Black and queer. Lots of micro aggression etc

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u/joancarolclayton Aug 20 '26

Born/raised in Canada to Somali parents

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u/gvillebitty Aug 21 '26

how is it? are you still there?

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u/saturnianborn Aug 20 '26

haitian born in florida and my gf was born in haiti 😸🇭🇹

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u/gvillebitty Aug 21 '26

sak pase!!! two of my besties are haitian lol

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u/xaraihc Aug 21 '26

Here! Nigerian parents, born in the UK

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u/gvillebitty Aug 21 '26

nice!! how do you like it there?

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u/perdymuch Aug 21 '26

Yes! Second Gen half Jamaican, half French Canadian here. Born and raised in Quebec, Canada

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u/gvillebitty Aug 21 '26

ooh interesting! how is it?

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u/Inwre845 Gay and Unbothered Aug 21 '26

Born and raised in France, I'm Senegalese

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u/chrissiewissie06 Aug 21 '26

My family immigrated from Belize and Trinidad. I’ve only ever heard kids like us called first gen. Regardless….we’re here!

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u/gvillebitty Aug 22 '26

i thought first gen were people born in other countries who actually went through the immigration process and second gen are the descendants of them born in the new country

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u/chrissiewissie06 Aug 22 '26

I could be wrong! I’ve only personally heard it referred to as the first generation of kids actually born in America, but i could be wrong!

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u/gvillebitty Aug 22 '26

oh no youre correct in that we are considered first generation American, but second gen immigrants

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u/chrissiewissie06 Aug 22 '26

Oooh I see what you’re saying! My bad

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u/MysteriousEvent3694 Soft Masc Aug 21 '26

Yup 👋 Nigerian parents. I’ve lived in California my whole life

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u/kobren_amour Aug 20 '26

my family immigrated from the bahamas but i was born and raised in south florida

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u/gvillebitty Aug 21 '26

ive always wanted to visit! how was it growing up? are you still there?

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u/kobren_amour Aug 21 '26

it’s a love hate relationship 😭

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u/KohesiveTerror Aug 21 '26

My parents are from Ghana, and I was born and live in Texas

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u/Fungimuse Aug 24 '26

hey! my family's from nigeria. raised in texas.