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Documents the contributions of Laura Bragg, a member of the first graduating class at Simmons College who journeyed to Charleston, Southern Carolina in 1909, within the context of antebellum culture where the Southern Bell was placed on a Victorian pedestal. Bragg's lesbian relationships; Bragg's network within the homosexual male community during the era of the Charleston Renaissance.

Studies the impact of gender and race on growing up lesbian and gay in the Southern States. Differences on the problems and experiences for lesbians and gay men; Importance of religion in the black culture; Influence of the black culture in the construction of personal meanings for male and female roles and relationships.