Why I write
My writing emerges from the intersections of trauma and healing, spirituality and authenticity, pain and resilience—from a deep desire to express my true self in a world that often demands silence. As a pastor, advocate, and queer person who has journeyed through profound transitions, I write to unsettle comfortable assumptions and call us into radical transformation.
Growing up in South Africa, I witnessed firsthand how systems of oppression dehumanize both the oppressed and the oppressor, though not equally and not the same. Upon arriving in the United States in 1998, I discovered these same forces at work in my new home. These experiences taught me that reclaiming our humanity requires naming injustice and imagining new possibilities.
I write to challenge systems of white supremacy and patriarchy, religious oppression of LGBTQ+ people, and the criminalization of people living with HIV—especially how faith communities perpetuate stigma through silence and moral judgment.
Whether addressing social movements, religious, theological orthodoxies, or personal transformation, my work aims to disturb the peace of injustice and celebrate the power of living authentically. I believe truth-telling, even when uncomfortable, frees us to imagine and create new possibilities for how we might become whole together in this world.
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