By Lucy Fleming BBC News website Originally posted August 10. 2006 Looming over the audience on high heels and batting enormous eyelashes, v...

An MKR Poem I am a Houston sistah that’s strong, proud and free I am a Houston sistah that’s as fly as she can be I am a Houston sistah cogn...

Every December in the Bluegrass State the Red State-Blue State paradigm takes on a whole 'nother meaning. For one whole week the state g...

An MKR Poem Black America, I hate the hypocrisy Of you loving Madea but hating on me It’s clear for the whole wide world to see How you trea...

A Very Democratic Christmas Copyright 2006, THE LETTER Merry Christmas dear readers. I’m so happy I feel like singing. Dems have got the Hou...

TransGriot Note: Santa Baby has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs, so I got the humorous idea one day of singing the song from...

The Supreme Court is currently hearing a school desegregation case that has local ties to Da Ville. It has caused me to reflect on my own ex...

Cougars fight for dear old U of H For our Alma Mater cheer. Fight for Houston University For victory is near. When the going gets so rough a...

By D. Cookie Fields as told to Michelle Burford from Essence Magazine November 2006 edition As a man he joined the Marines, married the love...

As a longtime Essence reader I was pleasantly surprised to see a feature article about Los Angeles transwoman Cookie Fields in the November ...

During the Thanksgiving weekend Chucky pulled a fast one Saturday night and did a drive by performance of his minstrel show at The Connect...

With all the activity going on in my life lately, I haven't had the chance to sit down and express my thoughts about the November 7 elec...

God, is it Thanksgiving already? It caught me off guard this year. I've had a hard time getting in the holiday spirit because I'll h...

People we have lost since the 2005 TDOR as a result of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice Rani Location: Calcutta, India Cause of death: B...

Today is what is called the Transgender Day of Remembrance, or TDOR for short. It's the day that transpeople and our allies remember th...

Justice? Or Just-Us? Copyright 2006, THE LETTER November is a bittersweet month for me. I’ll be taking part along with other transgender ...

Transgriot Note: One of my first published articles. I was expressing my frustration at the time (2003) with white transwomen and my perce...