The Pregnancy Experiences And Motivations of Young, Black Women Who Have Sex with Women by Sarah J. Reed

[Citations from] Although studs seemingly guided the pregnancy decision-making process, femmes who became pregnant did not see themselves as coerced by their partners to have children, instead, they viewed the choice to have children as one made together and indicative of their desire to have a family together.

They refused to feminise their appearances for any reason and prohibited others from touching them in ways that made their female anatomy salient (as substantiated by stud and femme descriptions of sexual roles).

They frequently referred to others who attended the drop-in space as their ‘gay family’, calling one another ‘stud brothers’ and ‘gay mothers’