One of the other cool things about the opening of the 113th Congress yesterday is the return of Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) to the Democratic ...

You've probably read posts of mine about Texas politics in which I have mentioned the Delaymandering, the (illegal) midyear redistri...

Definitely wish I could have been a part of this panel discussion at the Facing race Conference that was held in Baltimore.  The panel tackl...

The 113th Congress starts today with the Democrats gaining ground thanks to the 2012 election.  There will be 200 Democrats and 233 Republ...

Jet magazine in its nearly six decades of publication has had many prominent African-Americans in the worlds of business, politics, sport...

While trans women aged 18-27 now have the opportunity starting this year in the Miss Universe pageant system to enter the pageant and beco...

One of the things I want to do a better job of this year on TransGriot is get the stories of continental trans Africans out there. Stumble...

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated ...

I've posted some of my Atlanta based trans elder Cheryl Courtney-Evans' writing from her abitchforjustice blog here and had...

January 1 also happens to be the anniversary date for TransGriot.  At midnight EST on January 1, 2006 the first post went up on this blog ...

Happy New Year TransGriot readers! Well, we made it through that leap year and a contentious presidential election cycle to see January ...

It's New Year's Day for you folks on the other side of the International Date Line, but on my side of it we're 12 hours away i...

Just as the African-American trans community  made some great strides in 2012 , there was remarkable  progress made for trans human right...

It's still New Year's Eve on my side of the International Date Line and we're a few hours away from the crystal ball drop in N...

When the Texans beat the Tennessee Traitors 24-10 in Nashville on December 2, they were 11-1 and looking like a dominating lock for the A...

Last week of the 2012 NFL regular season and all of the games are being played on Sunday.    Many of them have playoff ramifications.  S...

The Land of Smiles best looking girls it is said are the ones that were born as boys.  This BBC documentary follows some of the girls li...

I posted in the wake of Jenna Talackova's attempt to win Miss Canada Universe and make it to Miss Universe 2012 the story of Jackie Gr...

Today is the 80th birthday of iconic actress and space enthusiast Nichelle Nichols who was born on this date in Robbins, IL in 1932. All...

Transpeople were in the news in 2012, and Black transpeople played major roles in not only making it but  also making some trans history...