Veronica Lee

‘Black Women Are Marrying—We’re Marrying Each Other:’ Lesbian Marriage Grows as Black Women Defy Marriage Trends

Growing up in the progressive Washington D.C. area, lesbian-identified Britney Lee never gave a thought to whether she’d be able to marry when the time was right. The right time arrived in 2020, five years after a chance meeting of a fellow soror with whom she shared a near-instant bond. The pair married last July, in an intimate ceremony in their East Point backyard, becoming one in a wave of Black lesbians increasingly saying “I do.”

‘Black Women Are Marrying—We’re Marrying Each Other:’ Lesbian Marriage Grows as Black Women Defy Marriage Trends