"Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. And when a decent man messes up, as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does apologize,"-Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
When are these conservafools going to get the message not to mess with Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez?
We get it Republican Party, FOX Noise and conservafool movement. .Y'all have your hate on for her because she's a smart young Latina who doesn't have to work hard to make y'all look foolish on a regular basis. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is also considered to be a future contender for higher office, and that scares the crap out of you.
On Wednesday Yahoo Yoho (R-FL) decided to be his usual azzhole self out on the Capitol steps and accost Rep Ocasio Cortez, who was headed into the building to cast a vote and minding her own business. . He made disrespectful comments about her, and concluded by calling her the b-word.
On Tuesday, Yoho tried to do damage control and makemade a non apology apology on the House floor that was no only pathetically weak, it didn't even mention Rep Ocasio-Cortez by name.
Rep Ocasio Cortez as y'all already know is a formidable communicator. On top of that, Yoho probably realized after he opened his big mouth he'd messed with the wrong congressional woman.
Rep Ocasio Cortez used some of her time this morning to clap back on that conservaazz and call Yoho out for his non apology apology.. She also turned this incident into an opportunity to talk about how men disrespectfully talk to and about women they are intimidated by.
Back on May 9, the US Trans Caucus got together via Zoom to discuss the changing landscape of American politics.
The US Trans Caucus is comprised of Minneapolis city councilmembers Andrea Jenkins and Philippe Cunningham, and state Reps Brianna Titone of Colorado, Reps Gerri Cannon and Lisa bunker of new Hampshire and Del Danica Roem of VA
Here's the video of that historic meeting of out trans legislators moderated by Councilmember Jenkins..
There are times I absolutely love Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), and there are other moments in which she exasperates the hell out of me.
But I down with Team AOC in this case because she's on point about calling out the evilgelicals (they don't deserve to be called 'Christians' ) for their bigotry and anti- TBLGQ prejudice they are merrily trying to legislate into existence under the Orwellian 'religious freedom' buzzword.
She called out the long, ugly history of right wing evilgelicals using Scripture to justify slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and discriminating against trans and SGL people
This happened during a House hearing earlier in the week entitled 'The Administration's Religious Liberty Assault on LGBTQ Rights'
Here are Rep Ocasio Cortez's remarks in which she called out the evilgelicals
I'm loving this video from The Lincoln Project that smacks the evilgelicals surrounding Trump and exalting his as their lord and savior as the power hungry grifters they are.
They're racist and LGBTQ phobic too, but since Republicans created this video, guess they didn't want to go too far in excoriating their kindred spirits and fellow party members.
The Lincoln Project was launched by Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson and George Conway last month, and is called the 'MAGA Church'
Amen! Tell the truth and shame the conservadevil.
Oh yeah, has anyone checked Trump's combover to see if the mark of the Antichrist is there.?
While I was already having a very enjoyable evening watching my beloved Astros take a 3-2 lead in the 2019 World Series after beating the Nationals 7-1, the game was even more enjoyable because of Dolt 45 getting dissed by Washington Nationals fans
Trump and his GOP posse decided to show up for Game 5 of the World Series. As his smirking orange mug was shown on the Nationals Park jumbotron screen, loud lusty sustained boos arose from the sellout crowd along with chants of 'Lock Him Up!'
Think this is fake news? Here's the video receipts.
In addition to the beautiful sight of Nats fans exercising their First Amendment rights to demonstrate their disgust for him, Veterans for Impeachment displayed a blue sign in view of the behind the plate camera.
A red Impeach Trump banner was also unfurled during the game from the right field upper deck.
Nope Dolt 45, this was not your carefully curated MAGA rally crowds or the supine GOP pols kissing your orange behind. There are the overwhelming majority of Americans who despise you with every fiber of their being.
These are the real Americans who let you know last night they aren't happy about you occupying the Oval Office, and you can't dismiss it as inside I-495 peeps.
They reflect the feeling of a sizable majority of Americans who will eagerly demonstrate at the ballot box in 13 months jst how much we want you to be a one term POTUS.
I met Sarah McBride during the 2012 NBJC Out of the Hill conference when she was a White House intern and I was there for a policy briefing being conducted by the Obama Administration.
I remember saying to Laverne Cox and Janet Mock that day this young woman was going to do great things for our community, and she has lived up to that prediction.
She now running for a seat in the Delaware State Senate, and if she's successful next year, she will become the first out trans person ever elected as a state senator.
This is a 2016 TEDx talk she was part of in which she expounds on the subject that the gender assigned to us at birth should not dictate who we are.
Y'all know I absolutely love MJ Rodriguez from POSE, and if you've watched seasons one and two of the show we've discovered that she has an amazing singing voice.
Now that we're anxiously awaiting Season 3 of POSE, until they start filming it Rodriquez is keeping herself busy with other acting projects like playing Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors That Pasadena Playhouse production of the musical play started on September 25, and also stars George Salazar. It's running through October 20 for you Cali folks who wish to see it.
MJ and George Salazar were on CBS' The Late Late Show With James Corden performing the Suddenly Seymour song from the play, and here's the video from it to brighten your day
We are blessed to have some amazing college bands in the Houston area like TSU's Ocean of Soul, Prairie View A&M's Marching Storm, and UH's Spirit of Houston.
But none of them can match the legendary irreverence of Rice University's Marching Owl Band, or 'The MOB' as they are affectionately known.
The MOB doesn't wear traditional band uniforms or march onto the field. They scatter into formations in their pinstriped three piece suits and fedora hats. They also live for irreverently poking fun at their game day rivals, politics, life on the Rice campus and themselves.
While those MOB shows can be good natured at times, there are other times the MOB drew ire from their targets because they struck a nerve. One memorable MOB show involved them during a November 17, 1973 game at Rice Stadium poking fun at cherished Texas A&M Aggie traditions.
The MOB Nazi goose stepped onto the field, mocked the Aggie War Hymn and the Corps of Cadets, and formed a fire hydrant while playing 'Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone' to mock the Aggie mascot Reveille
The Aggies were not amused, and losing the game to Rice didn't help matters The pissed off Aggie fans formed a mob of their own that trapped the embattled band in the stadium tunnel for several hours after the game. HPD had to come in to disperse the crowd as the band escaped the Aggie wrath in empty food trucks
In 2007, the MOB mocked the legal woes of the Texas Longhorns by playing the theme from Dragnet as three band members dressed as Longhorn players were chased by other band members carrying cardboard police cars.
In 2011, days before Texas A&M announced they were leaving the Big 12 for the SEC, during the Owls season opener against Texas in Austin, they formed the words '$EC' during their halftime show.
In 2016, when Baylor last made the trip to Houston to play the Owls, the MOB not only formed the roman numeral IX to refer to Title IX and the sexual assault scandal engulfing the school at the time, they formed a star and played 'Hit the Road Jack' to allude to the firing of former Baylor president Ken Starr
They whacked UT again this season when they spelled out '2.89', which is the cumulative GPA of the Texas Longhorn football team.
The MOB struck again last Saturday as they hosted Baylor at Rice Stadium. They took a jab at Baylor for denying a charter for an on campus LGBTQ group. They formed the word 'Pride' and played the Village People's YMCA as students ran onto the field carrying the various TBLGQ community group pride flags.
Aw yeah. Going to have to check out a Rice home game before the season is over to see what the MOB does next.
Finally found the YouTube video of the ABC What Would You Do show that featured Jazz Jennings and people in the situation of a transphobe dissing a trans woman for going to a fracking restaurant bathroom.
FYI for you transphobes. Trans people have to poop and pee as well. But then again you're more concerned with aiming oppression and disrespect at trans people than minding your own damned business and letting trans people go through their day without hearing your unsolicited comments.
It's one that we increasingly run to no thanks to the conservafools and evilgelicals stirring up anti trans hate, and even led to on August 13 a trans woman in the Philippines getting arrested for using the potty in a shopping mall in Quezon City.
If you're looking for predators and pervs, start in in your right wing evilgelical churches and Republican Party meetings.
Here's the Friday episode of the WWYD show if you missed it.
We fought a knockdown drag out battle over the 2017 regular and special oppression session to kill SB 6, which specifically targeted trans people for bathroom dehumanization.
Now in an episode ripped straight (pun intended) from the headlines, John Quinones and ABC's What Would You Do hidden camera are back to test the reactions of people who are confronted with the situation of a trans feminine person withing to use a public restroom.
And yes, our fave Harvard college bound student makes a cameo appearance in this one.
As you TransGriot readers know, I am a huge fan of the FX show POSE. With five major trans characters, it has been showing what we deal with in our trans community lives through Blanca, Elektra, the now deceased Candy and Angel.
In last week's episode Elektra took her trans daughters on her working vacation to the beach, and ended up giving a master class in reading when a transphobic Becky made the mistake of stepping to her and her children.
I first met Sarah McBride back during the 2012 NBJC Out on the Hill event when she was a White House intern and I was visiting the Obama White House for an all day policy briefing.
After being pleasantly surprised pleased to see a girl like us Obama White House intern, I made a mental note to keep up with her because I felt at the time she was destined to do some great things for our community and our country.
My intuition about her turned out to be right on target. Sarah went on after completing that White House internship to do some amazing things.
She was hired by HRC to become its national press secretary. In 2013 she helped pass her home state of Delaware's statewide trans non discrimination law, and received the Delaware Order of the First State for her efforts to do so from former Gov. Jack Markell.
She became the first out trans person to make a political convention stage speech when she did so during the 2016 DNC convention in Philadelphia.
And now Sarah McBride is attempting to become a Delaware state senator in 2020.
She recently announced her candidacy for a recently vacated state senate seat, and if she's successful, she will become the first out trans person to ever be elected as a state senator.
But her run will focus on the issues facing her potential constituents, not her trans identity.
"At the end of the day, I'm not running to be a transgender state senator, I'm running to be a senator who serves her community, I'm running to be a senator who fights for affordable health care, I'm running to be a senator who works to expand access to paid leave and reform our broken criminal justice system," McBride told local radio station WDEL. "Those will be my priorities."
She's running for the Delaware 1st District seat formerly held by Harris McDowell (D-Wilmington North) He was Delaware's longest serving state senator, having been first elected to the chamber in 1976.
McDowell announced his retirement on June 30, the last day of the 2019 legislative session, and capping a 44 year career.
I'm already enthusiastically giving her a 2020 TransGriot endorsement for this position. I'm also hoping this happens for her, her potential constituents and our community.
One of the things we've learned form season one of POSE is just how talented MJ Rodriguez is.
Hopefully after this year's season, she'll get some Emmy Award consideration and maybe even snatch a trophy this time.
But one of the revelations about Rodriguez is that girlfriend can 'sang'. The 'Love Is The Message' episode in which she and Tony award winner Billy Porter, who plays Pray Tell, sang the song 'Home' from The Wiz in a room full of AIDS patients had me shedding tears by the time it was over.
Here they are again with Our Lady J at piano singing it again at the Trevor Foundation's TrevorLive event in Los Angeles back in December 2018.
Every now and then you get to see a video that tugs on your heart and reminds you what you are fighting for.
I constantly say in any interview I do that the trans rights work I'm getting recognized for is about the kids behind me and leaving a better world for them.
This video short illustrates that better world I and other trans advocates are working to make a reality. This video is about a teen trans girl who has a father in the military and transitions while he is deployed.
You'll have to watch it and see what happens when he finds out his child has transitioned while he's away.
Happy Juneteenth, people! Today is the day back in 1865 that Union Major General Gordon Granger read General Order Number 3 that freed all slaves in Texas.
That day has been celebrated by Texas Black people ever since, and was made an official state holiday in 1980. Black Texans as they moved around the country took the Juneteenth traditions with them, and the day is increasingly celebrated in many states, with Pennsylvania the latest to do so.
Here's Rep Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) to discuss Juneteenth and the effort to get long overdue reparations for African Americans. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has filed HR 40 to jump start the process of making that happen.
Y'all know how much I love my sis Jessica Zyrie. In addition to her ripping Fashion Week runways, we are fortunate to have her here in the Houston area doing her thing to advocate for our community.
Jessica recently shot a commercial for Absolut Vodka released just in time for Pride Month and Father's Day. The commercial also featured her amazing dad who I got to meet on my birthday trip last month.
I'm going to need to hit Wayne's Wings again the next time I find myself in the Alamo City.
Anyway, here's the commercial, entitled Absolut Acceptance
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