DEVIANT

An Origin Story

“Am I dealing with a demon of homosexuality?” My dad, a black pastor, weighing in at about 220 pounds scolded me, when I was just 11 years old. I was a frail boy, weighing barely 100lbs, and I was terrified at this line of questioning, coming from a man of his stature. He’d just finished interrogating me in front of my mom in the basement, while pulling up all the “gay porn” tabs in the computer history. I was embarrassed…