Dennis R. Upkins

Dennis R. Upkins is a speculative fiction author, a journalist and an equal rights activist. His first two young adult novels, Hollowstone and West of Sunset, were released through Parker Publishing. Both Upkins and his previous work have been featured in Harvard Political Law, Bitch Media, MTV News, Mental Health Matters, Geeks OUT, Black Power: The Superhero Anthology, Sniplits, and The Connect Magazine.

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Whitewashed History
Other Moments in Whitewashed History: Five Additional Erasures of Black Excellence

A gentleman and a scholar by the name of Dick Gregory once said, “When you’ve…

Black People
‘Black People Don’t Support One Another’ and Other False Witness We Bear

“What if we believed in Black people as much as we believed in appeasing white…

Rising Tides and Why Black LGBTQs Deserve Better

Social media was recently ablaze with debate regarding an episode from the third season of…

Convenient Seasons and Why the MCU Doesn’t Get Props for LGBTQ “Diversity”

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins “I’m not interested anymore in the conversation of tolerance. I’m…

The Goddess That Is: A Character Study on Jessica Pearson

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins When you work with tigers, once in a while, they…

Hidden Gems: 5 LGBTQ TV And Web Series Worth Watching

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins June may be over, but the celebration of LGBTQ Excellence…

Iris West-Allen: The MVP of the Arrowverse

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins   “It’s okay. A girl’s gotta be her own hero…

Cue the Pulse to Begin: How ‘Queer as Folk’ Possibly Saved My Life

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins “Be very careful whom you allow to tell your story.…

Perry Moore
That Hero of Mine: Remembering Perry Moore

Written by Dennis R. Upkins You should never meet your heroes. While there is a…

More Moments In Whitewashed History: Five Erasures of Black Excellence

Written by: Dennis R. Upkins As previously explained in the first op-ed on whitewashed history,…