I get to enjoy the brilliance of my homegirl Dora Silva Santana on a regular basis when I pop up to Austin, see her at BTAC or chat with h...

Another Donahue trans show, circa 1987 in which he interviews a trans woman and her supportive sister. Enjoy the video

We are hours away from the September 10 deadline to gather 100,000 signatures for a petition calling for the federal government to formal...

Today is the milestone 50th birthday of San Francisco based trans advocate and pioneer Cecilia Chung! Before I had the pleasure of spend...

Still in Dallas at the Doubletree Campbell Center for the Black Trans Advocacy Conference for my second full day here. The highlights tod...

One of the things I've asked for on this blog in two open letters in 2007 and 2010 was for Oprah to interview a Black trans person o...

I've been coming to Washington DC since 1998 to lobby for trans human rights issues, policy meetings, board meetings, retreats, and pa...

"In my two decades of lived experience as a Black trans woman, I have seen more than a few young gay males who liked doing drag, clai...

Yesterday I got an opportunity to participate in a Twitter discussion on the topic of stopping anti-trans violence disproportionately aimed ...

It's been an amazing year so far for me and it still has five more months left in it before we flip the calendar page to 2015. Anoth...

I have yet to have this happen for me, but so happy to hear that it has for someone I know.   Dr. Kortney Ziegler is headed to DC for the LG...

TransGriot Note:  From the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) On December 20 trans community leaders Laverne Cox and Brooke Cerda Guz...

Back in May I talked about a JET magazine story that was brought to my attention by ELIXHER magazine and Janet Mock featuring Washington DC ...

Has FIVE trams people on it. .    There are four trans Latinas and trans man Isaac Gomez on the 2013 edition of the Honor 41 List.  To exp...

Despite the efforts of thousands of people around the world who attempted to get transphobic Archbishop Michael Sheehan to defer to common...

June 28 will mark the second anniversary since those of us who know Tracy Bumphus were stunned to hear the news about her untimely passing. ...

In case you're wondering how the situation with Albuquerque transteen Damian Garcia played out, when the ceremony kicked off at 10 AM MD...

Lakiesha Washington was homeless and needed help when she showed up April 3 at the John L. Young Shelter for Women.  But instead of help, be...

Was happy to note that on the 45th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr a campaign is being launched to ...

So when will trans persons of color be invited to participate in a Melissa Harris Perry show discussion?  Will that happen sometime befor...