A gay Asian American United Methodist pastor — whose Minneapolis church is just blocks away from where George Floyd was murdered last year by a former police officer — has come out with a new book about how queer people can live the Christian faith. "Staying Awake" by the Reverend Tyler Ho-Yin Sit was published April 6.
Sit, a pastor at New City Church, recalled the tense days in the aftermath of Floyd's death. Derek Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer, was convicted in Floyd's May 2020 murder on April 20. "Where we meet is very near George Floyd Square," Sit told the Bay Area Reporter. "We're one block south of Lake Street.