Showing posts with label transgender history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transgender history. Show all posts
Sunday, July 01, 2018

A Trans Woman Is Crowned Miss Universe Spain!

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Transgender women have been eligible since 2012 to compete for the Miss Universe title.  It has taken a few years, but when the 2018 editi...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

25th Anniversary Of The ICTLEP Conference

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Today is the 25th anniversary of the first of eventually six ICTLEP conferences that took place in Houston from 1992 to 1997. The Inter...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Happy Transgender Pride Flag Day!

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Today is the anniversary of the day 18 years ago that Navy veteran Monica Helms came up with the design of the transgender pride flag that...
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Monday, August 07, 2017

Dallas' Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade Names First Ever Trans Grand Marshal

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During our pride parade here in Houston history was made when Lou Weaver was elected to become our first ever trans masculine parade grand...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Danica Roem Wins VA Dem Primary!

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Danica Roem made a little political history in Virginia tonight. She surprisingly bested three candidates, Steve Jansen, Andrew Adams a...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

TDOR History Snapshot

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We know that TDOR occurs on November 20, and has grown to become an international event. But what is the history of it and why did it st...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Three 2016 Major Party Trans Candidates Trying To Make More Electoral History

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Hillary Clinton isn't the only candidate on the ballot attempting to make American electoral history tonight.  There are three trans c...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Happy Transgender Pride Flag Day!

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Happy Transgender Pride Flag Day!   So why is today Transgender Pride Flag Day?   Time for another TransGriot trans history lesson concern...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

'Doubt' Trailer

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I've mentioned that Doubt  was greenlighted by CBS back in May and is going to premiere during the 2016-17 television season, One o...
Monday, August 08, 2016

Lea T Makes Some Olympic Trans History

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We don't know definitively is we have trans folks competing at the Rio Olympics even though trans people have been eligible to do so...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Sarah McBride's Historic DNC Speech

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Hillary Clinton wasn't the only woman making history last night at the Wells Fargo Center . When Sarah McBride stepped to the podium o...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Two Trans Presidential Electors For The 2016 Cycle!

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I keep pointing out the fact that trans people are integrated into the fabric of American society, despite the best efforts of our right w...
Friday, May 06, 2016

Will The Philippine's Geraldine Roman Become The World's Sixth Trans National Legislator?

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In November 1999 Georgina Beyer made news that electrified trans kind and gave hope to trans people dreaming of holding elective office ...
Monday, December 07, 2015

Tamara Adrian Elected To Venezuelan National Assembly

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Since 2010, trans women in Colombia, Ecuador and Chile have attempted to run for their national legislatures  and not only become the fir...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

My Thoughts About 'The Danish Girl'

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The Danish Girl movie about pioneering trans woman Lili Elbe is being released this Friday, and it is already getting some Oscar buzz f...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Historic Day For Trans WOC At The White House

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