you made my rose bloom in a field of daisies (black lesbians)

This takes place in the late 1860's. Ezra McLachlan had just become be-wedded by her husband, Emerson McLachlan. She isn't much attracted to him, but tries to make excuses for it, Until she meets Cephas Forbes, a non-binary black trixic, living underground GSA society that accepts everyone's orientation and gender identity.