My Theological Work
Eden in Babylon:
The Manifesto of a Black Transsexual Theological Abolitionist, The Shortform
Eden in Babylon is my thesis-in-progress for my Master of Divinity at Emory — a living testament to my journey as a Black trans woman reimagining what freedom, faith, and reclamation can look like when the garden and the empire collide. It weaves personal witness with abolitionist theology, asking what it means to survive the ruins of exile and still name your own paradise. This work is my prayer, my protest, and my promise that even in Babylon’s shadow, an Eden can be planted — and tended — by the unforgotten.
“Our bodies, then, are not just suffering—they are scripture. Not because we chose the cross, but because we refused to disappear beneath it. In our resistance lies revelation. In our visibility lies testimony.”