Nobody handed us a roadmap. Nobody sat us down and said — here is what to expect when you walk out the door looking like yourself. So I wrote one. For every Black masculine woman who has ever been told she was too much.
The guide nobody
gave us.
Until now.
A stud is a Black masculine lesbian. And for too long, there has been no guide — no one to sit us down and say: here is what this life will ask of you, what it will cost you, and what it will give you back if you stay the course.
STUD is that guide. Part history, part roadmap, part love letter — written by a Black masculine woman who figured it out the hard way and refused to let the next generation do the same.
From the B.D. women of the Harlem Renaissance and the fire Stormé DeLarverie started at Stonewall, to navigating corporate America in a tailored suit, building a family through IVF, and defending your faith — this book covers the territory nobody mapped before.
Owning Your Space
Living Out Loud
Everything they never
told us. All of it.
Words that hit different.
Faith.
The real story.
The church hurt is real. But so is this: you have been given an incomplete picture. Here is what was left out.
wrote love letters to other men.
Not the religious elite.
Bringing the conversation
to your community.
Let's
Connect.
For speaking engagements, youth programming, media inquiries, and bulk book orders — reach out directly.
ashley@bradleyliterature.com