Timothy DuWhite is a writer, poet, playwright, performance artist, and activist. His work is both brave and exhilarating, and directly addresses difficult and controversial issues such as HIV, state-sanctioned violence, racism, and queerness.  He has performed at the United Nations/UNICEF, Apollo Theater, Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Brooklyn Museum, Bowery Poetry Club, BAM, Dixon Place, La Mama Theater, Issue Project Room, on the behalf of Adidas and many more. He has delivered keynote speeches and appeared at institutions such as San Diego State University, Indiana University, Columbia University, Oregon State University, John Hopkins University and many more. His writing and poetry can be found in The Rumpus, The Root, Afropunk, Black Youth Project, The Grio, and elsewhere. His writing will be included in  the forthcoming anthology The Future is Black: Afropessimism, Fugitivity and Radical Hope in Education co-edited by Michael Dumas, Ashley Woodson, and Carl Grant. A committed educator, he has facilitated workshops at New York City’s legendary Urban Word, the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, Housing Works, and Rikers Island. In the summer of 2018, Timothy debuted his one-man show NEPTUNE as the headliner for Dixon Place’s “Hot Festival.” Following rave reviews and sold-out performances, Timothy then restaged his show as the 2019 kick-off event for Brooklyn Museum’s acclaimed “1st Saturday”, where it also sold out. A great deal of Timothy’s work and activism is around HIV/AIDS and related issues. In 2015, he developed a writing workshop entitled “HIV & the State: Coalition Building beyond the Condom,” in which he debunks popular narratives surrounding HIV as it relates to black people. Timothy has taught this workshop at major institutions across the country.