Happy Anniversary Of Your 25th Birthday, Isis!

Hey, couldn't let today pass without sending a TransGriot birthday shoutout to my fave model and America's Next Top Model superstar.

Today is the first anniversary of my little sis Isis King's 25th birthday.

More than a little pissed you got robbed in that All Stars competition, but hey I'm biased when it comes to you and I freely admit it.  

As I said in the first open letter I wrote to you:

As time goes on, transition will get easier for you. Your confidence will grow as you learn who Isis is, get comfortable with your body and figure out what type of woman you want to project to the world. As you work through that ongoing process, you will eventually get to the point in which you feel as strong, sexy, beautiful and confident as the Egyptian queen you chose to name yourself after. This America's Next Top Model experience will only help speed that inevitable day along. 

What I wrote back in 2008 has become glaringly apparent that you are fulfilling those prophetic words I penned at that time. 

As you continue to travel down your ongoing evolutionary path of womanhood, you are as sexy, beautiful and confident as the Egyptian queen.  The name Isis fits you like a glove and as the years pass it will only get better for you.  It's just a matter now of you continuing to own your power and confidently expressing it.

Still looking forward to the day that our paths finally cross, I get to meet you and give you that big hug I been promising on these electronic pages. 

Happy birthday,.Isis!   I hope and pray that your birthday is a blessed, low stress day full of abundant blessings. and may you have many more!

TransGriot's NFL Picks-Week 4

I had a great week in Washington DC at OUT on the Hill and the CBCF-ALC but a disastrous one for me in picking NFL games after going 12-4 in Week 2

And yeah, not a happy camper about that either.  

I went 8-8 and that was by the skin of my teeth. I had to sweat out the Steelers-Colts and Redskins-Cowboys game results just to avoid a losing week.

Michael Watts had a better Week 3 than I did at 10-6. 

The road to NFL prognosticating redemption starts today.   I have to treat last week like a cornerback who gets toasted on a deep touchdown ball and forget about it.  

Mr. Watts, don't get too happy.  This is a long season and you will have a bad week sooner or later.. Mine just came early.    Mike's Week 4 picks are here. 

Time to focus on Week 4   Home team is in bold print and the team I'm picking to win the game is to the left.

Week 3 record  8-8
TransGriot overall record  29-19

Sunday October 2
12 Noon Games

New Orleans over Jacksonville
Minnesota over Kansas City

Chicago over Carolina
Tennessee over Cleveland

Houston over Pittsburgh

Philadelphia over San Francisco

Washington over St Louis

Buffalo over Cincinnati
Dallas over Detroit 

3 PM Games

NY Giants over Arizona

Atlanta over Seattle

Green Bay over Denver

New England over Oakland
San Diego over Miami

Sunday Night Game

NY Jets over Baltimore

Monday, October 3

Tampa Bay over Indianapolis

Putting Some Soul And The Capital 'T' In TBLG History Month

If you haven't heard, October is TBLG History Month in the US.   One of the things I'm going to be diligent about this month is not only ensuring that the trans community isn't erased, but the POC end of it isn't whitewashed out of the narrative.

So to get this party started I'm going to post links to previous Black Trans history posts I've written at TransGriot to make it easy to access them.

I'm also going to come out this month with new TransGriot Ten Questions interviews some of you have told me you want to see more of from our chocolate trans icons in addition to posting the previous ones..

The TransGriot is going to do her part to ensure that the 'T' is not only capitalized during this month, it has soul as well.

The First Annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz

The 1965 Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit In

TransGriot GLBT History Links

This Is How Whitewashing Us Out Of GLBT History Begins

Trans Activism Is 'Too New'?  Bull Feces


African-American Transgender History 50's Style

Sir Lady Java-Trans Civil Rights Warrior

Black Trans History: Lucy Hicks Anderson

Devastating Ballroom Beauties

Where Africa?

Black Transpeople Are Making Black History, Too

Who Was The First African-American Transwoman?

Why Black Transgender Role Models Are Important 

Saturday Sellout-Rep. Allen West

It's time to do another Saturday Sellout post, and this one features freshman Rep. Allen West (R-FL)

He was one of the two Negroes elected to Congress since JC Watts retired in 2003 and under the GOP label from Florida for the first time since Josiah T Wells left office in 1876. 

West is also the first Republican to join the Congressional Black Caucus since Gary Franks did so after being elected as a Republican in Connecticut in 1994 and left after being defeated in 1996...

Not that this cookie chomping knee-grow is wanted in it. 

Allen West served 20 years in the US Army, served in Iraq and a civilian advisor in Afghanistan and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the wake of an investigation into an interrogation incident in which his weapon was discharged involving an Iraqi in Taji, Iraq.

West has proudly called himself a Tea Bagger, denied they are racist and joined the Tea Klux Klan Caucus in the House.  He is a raving Islamophobe, hates on the Congressional Black Caucus, and makes regular appearances on Fox Noise. 

Another cookie chomper you peeps need to keep your eye on.