Kim Coco Iwamoto Reelected!

Reelected and it feels so good....

Pardon the mini Peaches and Herb song lyric rewrite, but found another nugget of wonderful news out of a sucky Tuesday night politically 

Kim Coco Iwamoto garnered the votes of 102,845 people on Oahu to get reeelcted to a second four year term on the Hawaii State Board of Education.   

She was elected to her first term back in 2006 and has garnered much praise as a tireless advocate and hard worker for Hawaii's schoolchildren.

The good people of the president's birth state will have her around for another four years as one of the three Board Of Education members from Oahu, and they are fortunate to have such a dedicated public servant.  .

LA Po-Po's Looking For Suspects Who Assaulted Trans Person

Damn, can a trans person just peaceably go about their lives without being jacked with?


The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for five suspects in as they called it an 'unusually vicious'  assault on a 25 year old transperson in Hollywood that left the victim bloody, battered and with a broken cheek and jawbone.

To add insult to injury, the KTLA-TV report misgenders the victim as a 'transgender woman'.

News flash, a transgender woman is a male to female transperson or transwoman who presents herself in the female gender role.   A 'transgender man'  or transman is a female to male transperson who presents himself in the male gender role.  

Such a simple, straightforward concept that you media peeps continue to screw up.


The 5'4" and 125 pound transman lives in the San Fernando Valley and had just departed a bar near the intersection of La Brea and Melrose avenues in the wee hours of October 1.

The transman was attacked by three ciswomen and two cismen, and according to witnesses, the attackers were beating and kicking the victim in the middle of the street, said Los Angeles Police Sgt. Mitzi Grasso. The victim was kicked in the face and was hit on the head with a bottle, leaving cuts on the victim's neck before fleeing in a white Chevy Suburban.

Police has not classified this attack as a hate crime, but the investigation is continuing to find the waste of DNA who did it.

So help the LA Police out.   Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the LAPD Wilshire Division's Major Assault Crimes Section at (213) 922-9234 or (213) 922-8268. During non-business hours or weekends, callers can try 1-877-LAPD-24-7 or anonymously contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, (800)-222-8477.

Tipsters may also contact Crimestoppers by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most key pads) using a cellphone. All text messages should begin with the acronym LAPD. Tipsters can also go to www.LAPDOnline.org, click on "web tips" and follow the prompts.

Shelcy Sanchez-First Colombian Trans Candidate

Back on January 26 Shelcy Sanchez launched a historic campaign for the Colombian Congress.  She made history by becoming the first trans person in the country to run for political office.

Sanchez transitioned at age 16 and is vocal in her support of gay and transgender rights in Colombia.  She registered her candidacy for the Colombian House of Representatives in her home department of Valle del Cauca.

"My aspiration is born from a conviction and a necessity: to show that we can achieve a destiny away from living in the closet and seeing ourselves forced into prostitution. However, those that are obliged to work in the sex industry should enjoy dignified working conditions ... with access to social security and the healthcare system," said Sanchez.

Sanchez  produces the country's only GLBT radio station and was vice president to the Fundacion Transmujer, which supports the rights of trans Colombians.

Her political candidacy reportedly had the support of over 25,000 members of the Colombian GLBT community.   Sanchez did have her detractors and faced death threats from people who didn't want to see her make history.

If she was successful, she would become the third transperson worldwide elected to their national legislative body after New Zealand's Georgina Beyer and Italy's.Vladimir Luxuria  

She would also hold the distinction of being the first in Latin America, the first in South America and the first in the Western Hemisphere to do so. 


The election was held March 14, and have been unable as of yet to determine if her candidacy was a success.

If she did, I'll definitely let you know if Shelcy made history.