Billy Wayne Coakley

Comedy writer. LGBTQIA focus. Black lives are multi-faceted. Kicked out of Annapolis (US Naval Academy) for violating "Don't Ask Don't Tell," but not before winning a Brigade Boxing Championship. BA (U of South Carolina). MFA (Pitt).

Survivor of Southern Baptist Pentecostal Holiness -- first cousin to snake handling, in my humble opinion. Proud descendant of the Gullah/Geechee people in coastal South Carolina. Classically trained singer.