While I was watching the State of the Union address I couldn't help but ponder in the aftermath of that speech the overall status ...

It's almost halfway through Black History month 2013 an I realized I haven't done any Black trans history posts yet. My bad, Trans...

Just as New York area transwomen were extremely ticked off about the transphobic reporting of the New York that came to a head in the stor...

Today is the 13th annual National HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.  As someone who has lost two extended family members and many dear friends to the ...

January 20 marked two months since the November 20 day that Sage Smith went missing. Still no word about Sage, but a "person of in...

Was stunned and saddened to hear the news from Tona Brown that trans organist T. Desiree Hines passed away January 24 due to the Stag...

Transpeople were in the news in 2012, and Black transpeople played major roles in not only making it but  also making some trans history...

The 2012 election cycle is rapidly receding into the history books and the winners during these hard fought campaigns across the country...

One of the cases I've been tracking ever since I started the blog is the Nizah Morris case.  In the pre-dawn hours of December 22, 2...

Today is Sage Smith's 20th birthday.    Unfortunately she's still missing ..  We'd hoped that she'd be back home by no...

Sage Smith's 20th birthday on December 13 is rapidly approaching, and the trans teen that has been missing since November 20 still has...

While there's unfortunately still no word about Sage Smith and her family has yet to hear from her a week after being reported missin...

t One of our young transsisters is missing in the Charlottesville,VA area .  The local police and the family of Sage Smith is asking for h...

You hear my take on being Black and trans on a regular basis here at TransGriot.  Stumbled across this video of my sis Laverne Cox express...

Was sent a link by reader Segmoh Hareema Akinak to a Clutch magazine story by Ella Vincent discussing how Black LGBT women became visible ...

This is a post I'm so happy to write because at times she's had a challenging year.   One of the highlights of my trip to Cha...

Our late trans sister Nizah Morris in Philadelphia has been gone almost ten years.   The Philadelphia trans community and our allies ha...

Been a while since I posted some video from my Houston homegirl's video blog.    Posting an interview she did with another one of my f...

As a child and godchild of historians, I have always believed it is important to know your history. It not only fortifies your self-este...

It's October 1st and I wasn't going to let today slide by without a TransGriot Happy Birthday shout-out to my twentysomething litt...