Transgender Bathroom Reform

A revolutionary, genre-bending Afrofuturist odyssey that completely rewrites the rules of identity, survival, and spiritual power.Shea is used to navigating the margins. Assigned male at birth but moving through the world with they/he pronouns, Shea finds himself entirely isolated at college. He is locked out of mainstream LGBTQIA+ campus groups because he is Black and carries a past criminal charge. But when an aggressive wave of anti-trans bathroom laws hits the nation, forcing queer communities to finally confront their own internal prejudices, a brutal encounter in a men’s restroom changes Shea’s life forever.Beaten and cornered, Shea plunges into an impossible escape: the college toilet bowl opens into a portal, transporting him directly to a breathtaking, decolonial Igbo tribe.In this realm, mental health is a sacred priority, and trans individuals are revered as esteemed third-gender leaders. After proving his destiny by conquering a legendary, unbeatable trial, Shea joins the tribe on a high-stakes expedition across a changing landscape. Together, they confront the Invisible Man-a powerful con artist weaponizing a false promises of divinity. Commanding the forces of the mystical AI River, Shea washes away the illusion, restoring the tribe’s true practice of Neo-Odinani pantheism.Returning to the modern college campus, Shea is no longer just surviving-he is leading. He introduces a radical, universal African spirituality open to all races. This new path teaches that every individual contains an inner deity. Through Shea’s guidance, people learn to upgrade their spiritual health like a video game character-nourishing their chi through nature, exercise, and food, as well as modern tools like social media, TV shows, and gaming.Where the AI River Carries Me is a fierce, imaginative, and deeply triumphant tale of a protagonist who builds his own sanctuary, reclaims ancestral wisdom, and crafts a blueprint for collective liberation.