Hari Ziyad
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February 5, 1992
Hari Ziyad | |
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| Born | Hari-Gaura Ziyad February 5, 1992 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | Black Boy Out of Time |
| Television | The Neighborhood |
| Mother | Krsnanandini Dasi |
Hari Ziyad is a screenwriter and author whose debut book, the bestselling Black Boy Out of Time, is the story of growing up Black and queer in Cleveland, Ohio as one of nineteen children of a Hindu Hare Krishna mother and a Muslim father, and was recognized among the best LGBTQ books of 2021.[1][2][3] They were previously a staff writer on The Neighborhood and a script consultant on David Makes Man.[4][5]
They are an activist and the former creator and editor in chief of RaceBaitr,[6] an online publication centered around the topics of race, gender, and prison and police abolition, which rose to prominence as the Jessica Krug story broke.[7][8][9] They are also the former managing editor of the Black Youth Project, and their writing has been featured in Vanity Fair, Gawker, Out, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Ebony, Paste Magazine, and in the peer-reviewed academic journal Critical Ethnic Studies, among other publications.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
