Thokozani Mbwana (he/they) is a “nosey researcher” by day and an Ancestor-summoning poet/writer by night. Their research interests lie within the realm of queering and radically reimagining realities within human rights and transitional justice processes, as well as finding ways of incorporating African-centric healing practices in research and community work involving LGBTIQ+ folks. His creative work explores existing and becoming and the murky confusion that lies in between. Thokozani is the author of The Sunflower Faces East At Dawn, a chapbook collection of poems, and Agender Daydreams, a collection of personal essays on gender interrogation both due for release in 2022 at www.floratry.com.
When we think about gender interrogation we usually reserve the practice for transgender, genderqueer and gender-diverse persons. Exploring gender is frequently associated with queering oneself or their identity, but there are many benefits to everyone, including cisgender persons.
