In January, I was walking through the Atlantic/Pacific subway station, when I heard a hoarse voice shrieking, “Being  a dyke is nasty! Cunnilingus between women is nasty!”

Appalled, I turned and saw the screaming was coming from a Black Hebrew Israelite, a so-called member of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Reaching back into my memory, I knew that I knew of these guys, but I had no idea who they really were, or why they yelled what they yelled. And, as silly as they looked, something about watching him scream down one of my lesbian sisters made me feel enraged.

Instead of just growing afraid, I set out to find out who these cats were. The Village Voice published my findings today. The highlight of the experience was having photographer Michael Premo, my former StoryCorps consort, shot the story. We saw some strange shit when we were on the Griot Tour in Memphis together. This may have taken the cake.