Showing posts with label African American transwomen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African American transwomen. Show all posts
Monday, April 22, 2013

Memorial Candlelight Vigil For Brandy Martell Next Week

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For those of you in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area there will be a candlelight vigil next Monday April 29 to commemorate the one year ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Three Girls Like Us-One Year Later

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35 year old Coko Williams of Detroit was one of three African-American transwomen killed during the month of April 2012 along with Paige C...
Friday, April 12, 2013

ELIXHER Showing Their Trans Sisters Some Love

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The Trans 100 List is definitely doing its job of facilitating positive conversations inside and outside the trans community in terms of ...
Friday, April 05, 2013

Will My Transsisters Have The Pleasure Of Growing Old?

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I hit the Big 5-0 last year and I'm four weeks from hopefully reaching another Cuatro De Mayo celebration and turning 51.   But that...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Conversations With Tona Brown Video Series

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The multi-talented Tona Brown has started posting interviews of various people in the trans community and others that pique her interest on ...
Friday, March 01, 2013

Women's History Month 2013 Includes Us Trans Women, Too!

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  With today being March 1, it's the start of Women's History Month. For the next 31 days we'll focus our history attention on...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Congrats On Your Fab Fashion Show, Isis!

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What many people don't realize about my multi-talented sis Isis is that she is a fashion designer who creates many of the dresses she ...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Arrest In Hampton Murder Case

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Needed to give your TransGriot readers an update in the Kendall Hampton case, the 26 year old transwoman who was shot and killed in the Cinc...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Trans Model Connie Fleming Strikes A FLOTUS Pose

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The fledgling trans style magazine Candy is only four issues old, but publisher Luis Venegas looked to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for inspi...
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Divine Nine Sororities, Are You Open To Trans Women Joining?

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Because of my elder stateswoman status in the trans community and this blog I'm blessed to have, I do get my fair share of inquiries fro...
Monday, October 08, 2012

More News In The Nizah Morris Case

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Our late trans sister Nizah Morris in Philadelphia has been gone almost ten years.   The Philadelphia trans community and our allies ha...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

2012 NBJC Out On The Hill-I'm Part Of The Star Studded Lineup

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Note to you peeps in the Washington DC area and beyond, I'm going to be in the Washington DC area for the 3rd annual edition of the Na...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Black Trans History-Ajita Wilson

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Stumbled across an interesting piece of Black trans history while searching for something trans related to write about.   It concerns th...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Another Young Chicago Transwoman Killed

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Sad news to report before I depart for Charlotte, and thanks to reader Jessica Wicks for bringing it to my attention. 19 year old Tiffan...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Time To Pay Us Black Trans Speakers, Too

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One of the things that irritates me and other African-American trans community people who have gotten the opportunity to do speaking engag...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Black Community, It's Past Time To Fight For Black Trans Women's Human Rights

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“When people are fighting for women’s rights, they’re not so much fighting for trans women’s rights. And when people are fightin...

Isis Appears In Trailblazing American Apparel Ad Campaign

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This is turning out to be my little sis Isis King's year so far as well.  She's got a role in an upcoming movie called Hello Forev...