He wrote for VIBE, ESSENCE, XXL, Juicy Magazine, Huffington Post,[6] The Advocate, The New York Sun, and The Tennessean.

He worked with MTV Networks for several years aiding in the production of live award shows and events.

Dean received his PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University, where he studied the relationships between race, sexuality, sex and, gender in homiletics and liturgics.

On, August 11, 2022, Columbus police performed a wellness check in which they found Dean dead in his home.

[9] Dean cited the late Afro-American and openly gay author E. Lynn Harris as a literary influence.