Published inForge·Aug 4, 2020Member-onlyWhat to Do When Our Heroes Fail UsCan we learn to live without the people we once revered? — In the past few months, the American media has been filled with images of protestors pulling down public statues of racist historical figures — many of them Confederate soldiers. A startling number of these statues were created during the Jim Crow era for the express purpose of intimidating Black Americans…Culture6 min readCulture6 min read
Jul 1, 2020Member-onlyCoconutA version of this short story previously appeared in Small Axe after winning second place in its Caribbean literary competition. I wanted to make it available again here (with a few small edits). I The girl the three boys are watching emerge from the river casts a long shadow, noon…Caribbean7 min readCaribbean7 min read
Published inZORA·Nov 20, 2019Chanel Scurlock Had a Design for Life That Was Simply BeautifulShe dreamed of becoming a makeup artist and clothing designer — This story is part of Know Their Names, a collection of articles illuminating and celebrating the lives of Black Trans women. Looking at photographs of Chanel Scurlock, it’s difficult not to get lost in her eyes — deep and piercing yet playful. The false eyelashes she particularly loved to wear…Lgbtqia7 min readLgbtqia7 min read
Published inGay Mag·Apr 24, 2018Member-onlyVolcano DreamsOn reclaiming the story of my womanhood — I think this story begins at a bar in Greenwich late last year, when New York was under a record freeze. I was meeting an old friendly African acquaintance I hadn’t seen in nearly a year. Some months before, he had messaged me on social media to say he might…LGBTQ9 min readLGBTQ9 min read
Oct 15, 2017The Fisherman’s VisionThis short story of mine was originally published, under my old name, in the first issue of the now-defunct literary journal Belletrist Coterie in 2012. …Short Story6 min readShort Story6 min read
Published inGender 2.0·May 5, 2016On The Antioch Review, Daniel Harris, and TransphobiaOn The Antioch Review, Daniel Harris, and Transphobia In an extraordinary post from the 1st of May, The Antioch Review — a literary journal whose name, in this moment, reflects the antiquatedness of the views in one of its most recent articles — decided to publicise some of its most…Transgender7 min readTransgender7 min read