WHO I AM

Lyric Ramsey has always been unique. A self-proclaimed “black unicorn,” she has never been afraid to stand out or let her voice be heard.  

Born and raised locally in Carson, California, she attended the foreign language magnet of Gardena High School studying French and Spanish. Lyric took her leadership skills employed as captain of the drill team and started the first LGBTQ club at the school. She then went on to Howard University, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in Television Communications, as well as a minor in African-American Studies.

After finishing her collegiate career, Lyric returned to her beloved West Coast with one goal in mind – to break into the entertainment business. The very day she landed back in Los Angeles, she ran into a television crew that was filming at a salon she had stopped at to get her hair done. Always the hustler, Lyric immediately talked herself into a job on the spot and the rest is history. Since then Ms. Ramsey has worked her way up the ladder as a TV editor and producer, working on a wide range of programs and rubbing elbows with big name celebrities from the world of entertainment and music.  

However, Lyric noticed that there was a void missing in the media. The point of view of the black, gay, feminine woman was invisible. In a business dominated by other races, other genders, and other sexual identities, Lyric sought, through her work, to provide a unique voice for all those who hadn’t otherwise found themselves represented in the public eye. But this wasn’t enough. Lyric wanted to raise that voice to an even louder level. So she, along with several others, founded a non profit called Gay Girls Rock in order to amplify the perspective of black lesbians everywhere.

But sexual identity doesn’t make a person unique, it’s their actions that define them and ultimately break down barriers. So Lyric is coming out again. Again she has been forced out by teenagers – not by her old classmates but by the next generation of young people who need someone to speak up for them, someone to be the role model she never had. She’s coming out for a bigger purpose. To make some noise. To say that you can be black and gay, fabulous and feminine. To say that you, too, can be a black unicorn.