There's been a long history in the United States of tension between the police and the transgender community. In fact, the August 1966 ...

Back when I was in school the 'F' was something to avoid and be ashamed of. It was a source of negativity and a graphic representati...

photos-Halle Berry and Lonette McKee from the miniseries Queen , Ellen Craft, the ladies of the MBU pageant system, Iman Besides telling fam...

When W.E.B DuBois first envisioned the Talented Tenth in his book The Souls of Black Folk it wasn't intended to be interpreted as being...

One of the things that I was apprehensive about after I started transition in 1994 was finding a beauty shop to hook up my hair. I had the t...

Give me your unconditional love the kind of love I deserve the kind I want to return That's the chorus of the Donna Summer song Uncondit...

TransGriot note: This morning one of the peeps on the TSTB list asked this question. I want to know from others what makes you complete or ...

You can buy your hair if it won’t grow You can fix your nose if he says so You can buy all the make-up that MAC can make But if you can’t lo...

One of the things I've been thinking about recently is why some people get so bent out of shape when someone is perceived as not being i...

I was baptized at my home church on August 2, 1972. Ever since that day, just like other African-Americans my faith has been an important c...

By DEBRA DENNIS / The Dallas Morning News debdennis@dallasnews.com photos by Ben Sklar / The Dallas Morning News 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May...

Some of you may have heard about longtime LA Times sportswriter and syndicated columnist Mike Penner's April 26 announcement that he wa...

UCLA Scientists Find Genes Organize Male and Female Brains Differently; Research Suggests That Sexual Identity Is 'Hard-Wired' Befor...

TransGriot Note: It's no longer a secret. Many biowomen and transwomen do form and are willing to do the work to not only have each othe...

TransGriot Note: I ended up running out of space in Part 2 . Question 4's responses in their entirety are posted here. 4. TransGriot: Wh...

TransGriot Note: After the original May TransGriot column got sent to my editor I discovered a few e-mails from both sides of the debate th...

Me and my homegirl Sharron were having another one of our marathon phone conversations the other night. (despite the fact I've been batt...