A chance encounter at a lesbian bar gets Maya closer to her college crush, Layla, who is an exciting, charismatic leader of a lesbian activist group called the Riot Girlz. Maya falls hard for Layla, but soon discovers she's at the forefront of a dark underground political subculture.

At the same time, Maya begins to develop feelings for her coworker, activist civil rights lawyer Melanie. When the Riot Girlz take political activism into violence, Maya must make the choice between her past and her present, between right and wrong, and between her heart and her head.