Orville Lloyd Douglas
| Orville Lloyd Douglas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 26, 1976 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Essayist, writer |
| Alma mater | York University |
| Genre | non-fiction, journalism, poetry |
Orville Lloyd Douglas (born September 26, 1976) is a Canadian, essayist, poet, and writer.
Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents. He graduated from York University with two Bachelor of Arts degrees. He completed his first Bachelor's degree in History and the second Bachelor's degree with honours in Sexuality Studies. Douglas' work focuses on the tensions and intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality.
He has contributed to several Canadian and international publications, including The Hill, TheRoot.com, Washington Blade, The Guardian, ColorLines, Word Magazine, The New Zealand Herald, Georgia Straight, The Toronto Star, Xtra!, NOW, Library Journal, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Douglas' first volume of poetry, You Don't Know Me, was published by TSAR Publications. It is no longer in print. The book explored many polemical issues such as death, drug abuse, male prostitution, suicidal idealization, suicide, depression, identity, love, homophobia in Caribbean culture, and gay racism.
Douglas' second poetry volume, Under My Skin, was published by Guernica Editions on May 15, 2014.
In 2006, Douglas' piece "TV Still Stereotyping black women" was published in the The Philadelphia Inquirer. His perspective is the character Dr. Bailey on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy is the stereotypical loudmouth and overweight black mammy. He also criticized the ABC talk show The View for engendering the racist stereotype of making television host Star Jones a modern Aunt Jemima.
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