Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. “Everyone ha...

TransGriot Note- This was going to be my September 2007 newspaper column. The column wasn't printed due to threats of legal action. ...

Guest column by Monica F. Helms I recently spent three informative and productive days in Las Vegas with the hierarchy of the Democratic Nat...

Happy 171st birthday to Houston! My hometown was founded on August 30, 1836 by New York real estate entrepreneurs John K. and Augustus Allen...

I was saddened to hear that legendary Houston drag performer and emcee Cookie LaCook, AKA 'The Mouth of the South', passed away on J...

Today is the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Never forget...

Black Brotha, I love ya, I will never - try to hurt ya I want ya, to know that, I'm here for you - forever true Black Brotha, strong bro...

I was perusing Christine Daniels Woman In Progress blog the other day. She has a segment in which she takes some of the questions and commen...

I remember how I felt when I first started taking hormones. There was a peaceful, calming feeling that started to wash over me when my body ...

I flipped the TV on ESPN last night to watch the FIBA Americas Championship Tournament. I wanted to see how well the number one ranked Team...

There's a lot of things over the last thirteen years that have changed about me. I went from long hair just past my shoulders to the sho...

"If people are ready for white rappers, then they are ready for me," 22 year old Keva Jackson, AKA Foxxjazell is determined to pr...

When people of my generation hear the words 'Black Panthers', images of Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Angela Davis come to mind a...

As a history junkie I've always loved presidential libraries. The Carter Center is on my must see list next time I drive down to the AT...