As I constantly remind people, trans folks are part of the diverse mosaic of human life. That means we'll find ourselves intertwined ...

One of our pioneering trans women of the 70's and 80's was born on this August 31 date in Britain. She was a model and a Bond Girl...

Y'all know how much I love Phyllis Hyman and hate the fact she's no longer on this planet gracing us with her singing talents. We ...

The Decision has been made, and once again Cleveland is on the short end of it as another high profile athlete leaves for a bigger market an...

Must See TV when I was growing up was getting up at 7 AM on Saturday morning to watch my favorite cartoons, then flipping the channel at noo...

On the occasion of her 50th birthday last year, being a big fan of hers back in the day (and still am), I wrote a post wishing Evangelist De...

Today would have been the 59th birthday of one of my fave singers back in the day, Luther Ronzoni Vandross. He was born on this date in Ne...

Being the 70's music lover I am, there was an interesting topic posted on Womanist Musings in which Renee and Sparky debated 70's ve...

The Caroline I'm referring to in this post is one of our transgender icons. Back in the 70's and 80's she was a Bond Girl, mod...

When Teddy Pendergrass had the traffic accident that paralyzed him back in 1982, there was another passenger in his car whose life was affec...

The 50's had Christine Jorgenson as a transgender newsmaking icon. In the 60's it was April Ashley and Coccinelle. In the 70's...

They say deaths come in threes, and that is especially true of celebrity ones. Farrah Fawcett died this morning, Ed McMahon a day ago, and...

June marks the 30th anniversary observance of Black Music Month, and I haven't had much discussion about it thanks to various higher pro...

Since I'm still impatiently waiting for Carsey-Werner, Ventura, Viacom or whoever owns the rights to A Different World to stop stalling...

There are many whites who love R&B music, and some even try to sing it with varying levels of success. For those of us growing up in t...

Some of you may not recognize the name, but probably recognize that beautiful face. You may also recognize who she is if I say the name Van...

Back in the BI (before Internet) days I was searching for any information I could get on transgender people. If I spotted a newspaper artic...

While I was perusing the celebrity birthdays on New Year's Eve, I discovered that one of my favorite singers was celebrating a milestone...

I remember where I was when I first began to hear about the NY ballroom scene. I was with one of my then homies who was trolling for adult f...

Don Cornelius getting busted last Friday in LA triggered memories about my favorite way in my teens to enjoy a Saturday besides watching my ...