As a writer, I specialize in long-form narratives, solutions journalism, arts journalism and community journalism.
I have been a freelance journalist for nearly two decades, including the creation of “A Gay in the Life” published by Weekly Surge, a free alternative publication of The Sun News (McClatchy). The weekly column on LGBTQ+ issues in Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas of South Carolina was one of the first regular LGBTQ+ features in a major newspaper in the Southeast.
Regular contributor for Qnotes in Charlotte, N.C. Additional by-lines include Windy City Times, Philadelphia Gay News, and LGBTQ Nation.
Featured in Huffington Post, Wells Fargo Viewpoints, NC Local, on Comcast Newsmakers and blogs/guides from the Center for Cooperative Media, The Lenfest Institute and Solutions Journalism Network.
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Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte – BFA
Johns Hopkins University – MA
STORIES
The importance of mental health for the LGBTQ+ community
For Mental Health Awareness Month, a Charlotte woman tells her story
A visit to the Archives at UNC Charlotte
Charlotte’s Black LGBTQ+ history collection includes political victories, Pride and personal stories, but needs the community’s help to grow.
Building a better workplace, one t-shirt at a time
How a queer-owned print shop in Nashville is setting an example for small businesses focused on sustainability and success.
Queer and HIV erasure in museums
The change in a museum label raises public attention to the lack of LGBTQ representation and the growing threats against it in public spaces.
Photography and transgender representation
CAM Raleigh showcases the work of documentary photographer Titus Brooks Heagins in feature exhibition this October
Helping first-gen college students and grads succeed
Firstly is leveling the playing field with a focus on social capital
United for LGBTTQ hotel workers
Unions and LGBTQ people fight together to improve working conditions for all
LGBTQ farming in the Deep South
Out farmers come home to the Carolinas and envision a different future
Quilting for the Met Gala
Gay North Carolina native helps craft this year’s most talked about look
Fighting gentrification
An LGBTQ project in Houston is part of the solution to affordable housing
Surviving the Silence
The Army found out this colonel was a lesbian. The woman who oversaw her discharge was, too.
