Showing posts with label TWOC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TWOC. Show all posts
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Moni's Thoughts On The Root 8 Trans Women Of Color Doing More Than Being Visible Article

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I had three major goals when I began my transition in 1994. On of them was wanting to be a visible role model for other girls like me. T...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Updates In Two 2015 California Trans Murder Cases.

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Have some updated information concerning the trans murder cases of Taja DeJesus and Michelle Yazmin Payne , who were murdered in northern...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Have Much Love For My Trans Latina Sisters

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One of the things I got to do during the just concluded 27th edition of Creating Change in Denver that I really didn't get a chance ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

RIP Penny Proud

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New Orleans is another place I call home because I lived in Marrero for two years as a toddler and my god sister still lives there. I am sad...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Janet's Got A Talk Show!

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If you're wondering what Janet Mock has been up to lately, it's being a talk show host . Janet's So Popular show is on the re...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Another Trans Woman Beaten In New York City

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Back in October a trans woman was attacked by four men in Brooklyn.  She survived the assault, but may have been left with permanent brain ...
Sunday, February 01, 2015

LA Vigil For Michelle Yasmine Payne Tonight

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New month, but the same old crap we have to deal with as we mourn the death of our 33 year old LA area trans sister Michelle Yasmine Payne. ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fix Society, Not Trans People!

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Lourdes Hunter last Saturday cut loose a powerful speech during a Washington DC rally attended by over 200 people organized to call for ju...
Friday, January 09, 2015

Call For The Ballroom Community And Allies To Boycott Saks

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Saks Fifth Avenue is facing a discrimination lawsuit filed by trans woman Leyth O. Jamal, that occurred when she was an employee of the loca...
Friday, December 26, 2014

It's Important For Trans Women Of Color To See Peeps Like Themselves

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Ever since Christine Jorgensen stepped off the plane at what is now JFK Airport from Denmark in February 1953, the discussions about trans...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Since When Is Featuring Glamorous TWOC On A Magazine Cover A Trans Activism Problem?

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Once again, we trans women of color have to point out the freaking obvious in terms of these salient points.   *Our trans feminine transit...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Laverne Is A 2014 Glamour Woman Of The Year!

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This has been one amazing year for Laverne Cox in which she has broken ground for transkind on one level or another.  She was the first tr...
Friday, October 31, 2014

And Now There Are Ten-RIP Ashley Sherman

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We have lost another transsister to anti-trans violence. Location this time was Indianapolis, IN, in the Tudor Park Condominiums on the...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Loving Myself Unapologetically

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Guest Post by L'lerrét Jazelle Ailith Marc Lamont Hill asked me once whether or not I ever felt like the burden of being trans was...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Koko's Album 'Who's That Lady?' Drops November 18

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I've talked about Koko Jones,  my seriously talented musical sis from time to time on the blog and had the pleasure of doing one of my T...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Is The Media Disrespect Of Deceased African-American Trans Women Ever Going To End?

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We have lost four transwomen of color this month to anti-trans violence in 40 year old Kandy Hall , 28 year old Zoraida Reyes, 31 year old Y...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Tona Brown As Principessa

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Time for a little culture, TransGriot readers!.  I mentioned Tona Brown was performing in the DC metro area last weekend in the Puccini...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

Islan Nettles Rally And The Lingering Questions After It

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Something else that was happening while I was busy hosting 4000 of our TBLG family and allies in H-town last week was a January 30 New York ...