Rev Derek (he/him/his) 🏳️🌈
@revderekterry.bsky.social
Rev. Derek Terry; BLACKITTY BLACK BLACK & Queer Pastor and Artist. Author; #creative; Iyanla: Fix My Life Season 3. [email protected] ig-RevDerekTerry 513. 502.
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for everyone who helps us remind LGBTQ+ people that they are BELOVED BY GOD!
Please visit this link to read our full message openandaffirming.org/thanksgiving...
Thank you for helping us build a wider affirmation and a stronger movement rooted in love and justice.
Please visit this link to read our full message openandaffirming.org/thanksgiving...
Thank you for helping us build a wider affirmation and a stronger movement rooted in love and justice.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for everyone who helps us remind LGBTQ+ people that they are BELOVED BY GOD!
Please visit this link to read our full message openandaffirming.org/thanksgiving...
Thank you for helping us build a wider affirmation and a stronger movement rooted in love and justice.
Please visit this link to read our full message openandaffirming.org/thanksgiving...
Thank you for helping us build a wider affirmation and a stronger movement rooted in love and justice.
I’ve got about ten museum-quality 16x20 matte prints of both This Is America (Thank You 47) and She Begat That. Vibrant, detailed, signed if you want. Ready to ship. If one needs to come home with you, DM me. Please share. 💛 #BlackArt #Afrofuturism
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’ve got about ten museum-quality 16x20 matte prints of both This Is America (Thank You 47) and She Begat That. Vibrant, detailed, signed if you want. Ready to ship. If one needs to come home with you, DM me. Please share. 💛 #BlackArt #Afrofuturism
🎨 Joy is resistance
I’ve spent years calling out what’s broken, but I’m shifting. Resistance can be joy, breath, creation, existence. This Black man — maybe queer, maybe not — is seen, worthy, free. Our joy is sacred.
Art. Joy. Resistance. Repeat.
#BlackJoy #JoyIsResistance #blackgayart #blackgaysky
I’ve spent years calling out what’s broken, but I’m shifting. Resistance can be joy, breath, creation, existence. This Black man — maybe queer, maybe not — is seen, worthy, free. Our joy is sacred.
Art. Joy. Resistance. Repeat.
#BlackJoy #JoyIsResistance #blackgayart #blackgaysky
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎨 Joy is resistance
I’ve spent years calling out what’s broken, but I’m shifting. Resistance can be joy, breath, creation, existence. This Black man — maybe queer, maybe not — is seen, worthy, free. Our joy is sacred.
Art. Joy. Resistance. Repeat.
#BlackJoy #JoyIsResistance #blackgayart #blackgaysky
I’ve spent years calling out what’s broken, but I’m shifting. Resistance can be joy, breath, creation, existence. This Black man — maybe queer, maybe not — is seen, worthy, free. Our joy is sacred.
Art. Joy. Resistance. Repeat.
#BlackJoy #JoyIsResistance #blackgayart #blackgaysky
Would you hang this on your wall? 🎨🍽️
This meal feels like home. Can you name everything on the plate—or tell me what you would add/take away👀
What’s your go too comfort meal?
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #SoulFood #BlackJoy #FoodArt #DATArt #blackgaysky #lgbtartist #lgbt #queerart
This meal feels like home. Can you name everything on the plate—or tell me what you would add/take away👀
What’s your go too comfort meal?
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #SoulFood #BlackJoy #FoodArt #DATArt #blackgaysky #lgbtartist #lgbt #queerart
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Would you hang this on your wall? 🎨🍽️
This meal feels like home. Can you name everything on the plate—or tell me what you would add/take away👀
What’s your go too comfort meal?
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #SoulFood #BlackJoy #FoodArt #DATArt #blackgaysky #lgbtartist #lgbt #queerart
This meal feels like home. Can you name everything on the plate—or tell me what you would add/take away👀
What’s your go too comfort meal?
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #SoulFood #BlackJoy #FoodArt #DATArt #blackgaysky #lgbtartist #lgbt #queerart
October 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨LIMITED EDITION🚨
Only 20 sets available!
✨COSMIC MADONNA✨ — Afrofuturistic greeting cards celebrating divine love, Black beauty, & cosmic connection. Blank inside.
Ships 11/1/25 🌌
➡️ www.derekterry.com/store/p399/C...
#Afrofuturism #BlackArt #CosmicMadonna #BlackJoy #BuyBlack #AddBlackSky
Only 20 sets available!
✨COSMIC MADONNA✨ — Afrofuturistic greeting cards celebrating divine love, Black beauty, & cosmic connection. Blank inside.
Ships 11/1/25 🌌
➡️ www.derekterry.com/store/p399/C...
#Afrofuturism #BlackArt #CosmicMadonna #BlackJoy #BuyBlack #AddBlackSky
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨LIMITED EDITION🚨
Only 20 sets available!
✨COSMIC MADONNA✨ — Afrofuturistic greeting cards celebrating divine love, Black beauty, & cosmic connection. Blank inside.
Ships 11/1/25 🌌
➡️ www.derekterry.com/store/p399/C...
#Afrofuturism #BlackArt #CosmicMadonna #BlackJoy #BuyBlack #AddBlackSky
Only 20 sets available!
✨COSMIC MADONNA✨ — Afrofuturistic greeting cards celebrating divine love, Black beauty, & cosmic connection. Blank inside.
Ships 11/1/25 🌌
➡️ www.derekterry.com/store/p399/C...
#Afrofuturism #BlackArt #CosmicMadonna #BlackJoy #BuyBlack #AddBlackSky
✨ Muses inspire me—it’s not about gender or size but confidence + energy. Digital sketch of lyfeofjay___ on IG bending gender, giving masc, fem + everything between. 🖤🎨 #BlackArt #QueerArt #DigitalArt #blackgayart #SkyArt #blackart #blackgaysky #lgbtart #ArtOfExpression #blackgay #blackqueer
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
✨ Muses inspire me—it’s not about gender or size but confidence + energy. Digital sketch of lyfeofjay___ on IG bending gender, giving masc, fem + everything between. 🖤🎨 #BlackArt #QueerArt #DigitalArt #blackgayart #SkyArt #blackart #blackgaysky #lgbtart #ArtOfExpression #blackgay #blackqueer
🚨LOCS ARE STILL CONTROVERSIAL Even in 2025, folks argue if locs are “professional.” ✨ Afrofuturism bends time—reclaiming what was denied + celebrating Black joy across past, present, & future. 🎨 Partner with & read my full reflection here: patreon.com/RaceRageFear #Afrofuturism #BlackJoy #BlackArt
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🚨LOCS ARE STILL CONTROVERSIAL Even in 2025, folks argue if locs are “professional.” ✨ Afrofuturism bends time—reclaiming what was denied + celebrating Black joy across past, present, & future. 🎨 Partner with & read my full reflection here: patreon.com/RaceRageFear #Afrofuturism #BlackJoy #BlackArt
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I’m a Black, queer pastor + artist creating bold art, resources, & sacred resistance that doesn’t always make it to the public feed. To partner with me in this work please support
👉 patreon.com/RaceRageFear
#BlackArt #QueerArt #SacredResistance #BodyPositivity #FaithAndJustice #justice
I’m a Black, queer pastor + artist creating bold art, resources, & sacred resistance that doesn’t always make it to the public feed. To partner with me in this work please support
👉 patreon.com/RaceRageFear
#BlackArt #QueerArt #SacredResistance #BodyPositivity #FaithAndJustice #justice
September 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I’m a Black, queer pastor + artist creating bold art, resources, & sacred resistance that doesn’t always make it to the public feed. To partner with me in this work please support
👉 patreon.com/RaceRageFear
#BlackArt #QueerArt #SacredResistance #BodyPositivity #FaithAndJustice #justice
I’m a Black, queer pastor + artist creating bold art, resources, & sacred resistance that doesn’t always make it to the public feed. To partner with me in this work please support
👉 patreon.com/RaceRageFear
#BlackArt #QueerArt #SacredResistance #BodyPositivity #FaithAndJustice #justice
That ain’t no Beyonce lol
September 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That ain’t no Beyonce lol
✨ Free Download ✨ I created a new project reflecting on Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Met—where the beauty of Black men, queerness & style are celebrated and shine as dignity, resistance & hope. Download it free: Patreon.com/RaceRageFear #BlackArtSky #AddBlackSky #QueerArtSky
September 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
✨ Free Download ✨ I created a new project reflecting on Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Met—where the beauty of Black men, queerness & style are celebrated and shine as dignity, resistance & hope. Download it free: Patreon.com/RaceRageFear #BlackArtSky #AddBlackSky #QueerArtSky
@carmenlunarose.bsky.social is a muse & a real friend. She inspired me to start arting. I’ve painted her most—not just for her beauty, but her kindness. People hate on her because she is trans; I see brilliance, joy, & a friend who shapes my art.
#BlackArtSky #QueerArtSky #ArtSky #AddBlackSky
#BlackArtSky #QueerArtSky #ArtSky #AddBlackSky
September 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@carmenlunarose.bsky.social is a muse & a real friend. She inspired me to start arting. I’ve painted her most—not just for her beauty, but her kindness. People hate on her because she is trans; I see brilliance, joy, & a friend who shapes my art.
#BlackArtSky #QueerArtSky #ArtSky #AddBlackSky
#BlackArtSky #QueerArtSky #ArtSky #AddBlackSky
Soft. Sweet. Rich. Delicious. My 2nd favorite type of #cake #artsky #skyafterdark #blackart #digitalart #vintageart #harlemrenaissance #ink #waterfolor
September 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Soft. Sweet. Rich. Delicious. My 2nd favorite type of #cake #artsky #skyafterdark #blackart #digitalart #vintageart #harlemrenaissance #ink #waterfolor
I make art to heal. Some pieces are body-positive (and sometimes erotic), the kind pastors are told not to make. here is a beautiful soft queer body the full piece is on my Patreon Body Positivity tier. Here is the Redacted preview. See the full image here: www.patreon.com/posts/thick-... #blackart
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I make art to heal. Some pieces are body-positive (and sometimes erotic), the kind pastors are told not to make. here is a beautiful soft queer body the full piece is on my Patreon Body Positivity tier. Here is the Redacted preview. See the full image here: www.patreon.com/posts/thick-... #blackart
Work in progress: Afro Futuristic #BlackMadonna Reimagining Christ’s story w/ Blackness at the center affirms our past, present & future. Afrofuturism lets us claim the sacred as ours— art as theology, resistance & joy.
#Afrofuturism #addblacksky #BlackJoy #blackartsky #artsky #blackart #blackgaysky
#Afrofuturism #addblacksky #BlackJoy #blackartsky #artsky #blackart #blackgaysky
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Work in progress: Afro Futuristic #BlackMadonna Reimagining Christ’s story w/ Blackness at the center affirms our past, present & future. Afrofuturism lets us claim the sacred as ours— art as theology, resistance & joy.
#Afrofuturism #addblacksky #BlackJoy #blackartsky #artsky #blackart #blackgaysky
#Afrofuturism #addblacksky #BlackJoy #blackartsky #artsky #blackart #blackgaysky
The 1966 reissue of The Book of Negro Folklore came out as Black people marched, sang, and demanded freedom. Folktales, songs & memories of survival joined the movement—our culture alive in the fight for justice.
#BlackHistoryMatters #WeWillNotBeErased
#BlackHistory #History #BookSky
#BlackHistoryMatters #WeWillNotBeErased
#BlackHistory #History #BookSky
September 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The 1966 reissue of The Book of Negro Folklore came out as Black people marched, sang, and demanded freedom. Folktales, songs & memories of survival joined the movement—our culture alive in the fight for justice.
#BlackHistoryMatters #WeWillNotBeErased
#BlackHistory #History #BookSky
#BlackHistoryMatters #WeWillNotBeErased
#BlackHistory #History #BookSky
I’m working on my Christmas card design — reimagining the Madonna through an Afro-futuristic lens. This Christmas I want to honor our stories, our brilliance, and the sacred beauty of Blackness in divine form.
#Afrofuturism #BlackMadonna #ArtAsResistance #ChristmasCardDesign #blackart #blackartsky
#Afrofuturism #BlackMadonna #ArtAsResistance #ChristmasCardDesign #blackart #blackartsky
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’m working on my Christmas card design — reimagining the Madonna through an Afro-futuristic lens. This Christmas I want to honor our stories, our brilliance, and the sacred beauty of Blackness in divine form.
#Afrofuturism #BlackMadonna #ArtAsResistance #ChristmasCardDesign #blackart #blackartsky
#Afrofuturism #BlackMadonna #ArtAsResistance #ChristmasCardDesign #blackart #blackartsky
Anyone have this? Anyone wanna read it with me? (Maybe lol) it just came out a few weeks ago. It could be a book clubs selection but i don’t like picking new books because they are expensive and hard to reserve at the library.
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Anyone have this? Anyone wanna read it with me? (Maybe lol) it just came out a few weeks ago. It could be a book clubs selection but i don’t like picking new books because they are expensive and hard to reserve at the library.
Work in progress. Watercolor on canvas
This is how it starts—efforts to whitewash our story. To erase the truth of slavery, & racism. But history cannot be erased. Our truth will not be painted over!
##StayWoke #ArtAsResistance #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackSky #QueerSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #ResistSky
This is how it starts—efforts to whitewash our story. To erase the truth of slavery, & racism. But history cannot be erased. Our truth will not be painted over!
##StayWoke #ArtAsResistance #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackSky #QueerSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #ResistSky
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Work in progress. Watercolor on canvas
This is how it starts—efforts to whitewash our story. To erase the truth of slavery, & racism. But history cannot be erased. Our truth will not be painted over!
##StayWoke #ArtAsResistance #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackSky #QueerSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #ResistSky
This is how it starts—efforts to whitewash our story. To erase the truth of slavery, & racism. But history cannot be erased. Our truth will not be painted over!
##StayWoke #ArtAsResistance #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackSky #QueerSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #ResistSky
This month marks 62 years since the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing, I honor Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins & Carol Robertson. My coloring book keeps their stories alive against erasure. www.derekterry.com/store/p385/B...
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #coloringpages #art
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #coloringpages #art
September 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This month marks 62 years since the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing, I honor Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins & Carol Robertson. My coloring book keeps their stories alive against erasure. www.derekterry.com/store/p385/B...
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #coloringpages #art
#BlackArtSky #ArtSky #HistorySky #coloringpages #art
Coloring in my Vibrant Voices coloring book! 🎨🖤✊🏾 Featuring the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry, Civil War. Support Black art & history — order today! 👉🏾 www.derekterry.com/store/p385/B...
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqueerart #lgbtart #coloringbook #blackhistory
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqueerart #lgbtart #coloringbook #blackhistory
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Coloring in my Vibrant Voices coloring book! 🎨🖤✊🏾 Featuring the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry, Civil War. Support Black art & history — order today! 👉🏾 www.derekterry.com/store/p385/B...
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqueerart #lgbtart #coloringbook #blackhistory
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqueerart #lgbtart #coloringbook #blackhistory
😏 Male or female? Does it even matter?
Skating meets vintage glamour bold, unapologetic, gender-bending energy frozen in motion. A digital print, matte finish, I LOVE IT!!!!
✨ HMU for commissions.
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
Skating meets vintage glamour bold, unapologetic, gender-bending energy frozen in motion. A digital print, matte finish, I LOVE IT!!!!
✨ HMU for commissions.
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
August 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
😏 Male or female? Does it even matter?
Skating meets vintage glamour bold, unapologetic, gender-bending energy frozen in motion. A digital print, matte finish, I LOVE IT!!!!
✨ HMU for commissions.
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
Skating meets vintage glamour bold, unapologetic, gender-bending energy frozen in motion. A digital print, matte finish, I LOVE IT!!!!
✨ HMU for commissions.
#BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
BIGGEST COMMISSION YET!!! Honored to share these Harlem Renaissance–inspired prints celebrating Black queer dandy brilliance. 🎩✨ Art is resistance, joy, and legacy. Which look is your favorite? HMU for a commission #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
August 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BIGGEST COMMISSION YET!!! Honored to share these Harlem Renaissance–inspired prints celebrating Black queer dandy brilliance. 🎩✨ Art is resistance, joy, and legacy. Which look is your favorite? HMU for a commission #BlackArt #QueerArt #BlackGaySky #addblacksky #blackartist #blackqyeerart #lgbtart
Fat. Black. Queer. Unstoppable. 🎨🔥
Art that refuses to whisper — it shouts & SERVES. Our bodies are power, our joy is resistance. The #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender.
#FatAndFree #BlackAndQueer #artsky #MenInSkirts #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky #blackart #queerart
Art that refuses to whisper — it shouts & SERVES. Our bodies are power, our joy is resistance. The #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender.
#FatAndFree #BlackAndQueer #artsky #MenInSkirts #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky #blackart #queerart
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Fat. Black. Queer. Unstoppable. 🎨🔥
Art that refuses to whisper — it shouts & SERVES. Our bodies are power, our joy is resistance. The #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender.
#FatAndFree #BlackAndQueer #artsky #MenInSkirts #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky #blackart #queerart
Art that refuses to whisper — it shouts & SERVES. Our bodies are power, our joy is resistance. The #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender.
#FatAndFree #BlackAndQueer #artsky #MenInSkirts #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky #blackart #queerart
He looks familiar… and that’s the point. Big, Black, queer, and unbothered—taking up space in red where they told us not to. Bold is beautiful. 🎨 the #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender…
#artsky #MenInSkirts #BodyPositive #BlackAndQueer #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky
#artsky #MenInSkirts #BodyPositive #BlackAndQueer #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky
August 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
He looks familiar… and that’s the point. Big, Black, queer, and unbothered—taking up space in red where they told us not to. Bold is beautiful. 🎨 the #reddressrun has me in a chokehold. Clothes don’t have a gender…
#artsky #MenInSkirts #BodyPositive #BlackAndQueer #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky
#artsky #MenInSkirts #BodyPositive #BlackAndQueer #addBlackSky #addBlackgaysky