Sunday, May 11, 2014

ConGRADulations To My H-town Grads

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The University of Houston, University of Houston Downtown, and Texas Southern University all held their commencement ceremonies this weeke...

Happy Mother's Day 2014

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, grandmoms, great-grandmoms and mother figures who read TransGriot Hope you are being spoiled rotte...

You're STILL On The Wrong Side Of History, Houston Haters

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Well, well, well.   The opponents of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance are getting desperate.   Saturday afternoon they unleashed their rob...

TransGriot Nuke A Troll 34-Phi Nuka Trolla

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After a long period in dry dock, it's time to turn the USS Monica loose on the trolls sailing the cyberseas. Time to drop 50 megatons ...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Michael Sam Drafted By St Louis Rams!

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It took three days and over 248 picks, but Michael Sam finally made sports and NFL history.  The St Louis Rams on the 249th pick in the se...

Why I Love Dolly Parton

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Contrary to the prevailing perception in the trans feminine community we have a lot of cis feminine haters, and the predominately white TE...

Can We Do More For Houston Splash Than Just Party?

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Houston Splash is our longtime official Black Pride event on the schedule of US national and international pride events sanctioned by the ...
Friday, May 09, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Jadeveon's A Texan Edition

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The 2014 NFL Draft started last night and will run through Saturday.  Thanks to their disastrous 2-14 season the Texans had the first overal...

OutSmart Article Names 20 LGBT People of Color You Should Know.

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Something else for my haters to chew on is this recent OutSmart magazine article by Yvonne Marquez that names 20 LGBT people you should k...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

What's The T In LGBT? Event Tonight

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For those of you in H-town looking for something to do that isn't Houston Splash party related, you may wish to head over to the Montros...

The First Steps To Trans Liberation Are...

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Self Love and Pride. As Mary McLeod Bethune once wrote in the Journal of Negro History in January 1938, "If our people are to fight ...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Handling My HERO Business Again

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Once again I made the trek to 901 Bagby Street and our art deco designed City Hall to speak at and attend another meeting concerning the HER...

White House Correspondents Dinner 2014

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I was having so much fun with my Black Trans fam during my long birthday weekend and distracted wondering about what was transpiring at th...
Tuesday, May 06, 2014

City Council HERO Hearing Today

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After dealing with the hate preachers last Wednesday, the HERO now goes before the full Houston City Council and another public comment meet...
Monday, May 05, 2014

I Find That HERO Bathroom Language Disturbing

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We have had 15 drafts, a standing room only contentious Quality of Life committee hearing which was several hours of attacks on the trans c...

Congrats Tiq and Kim!

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Had to give a TransGriot shoutout to my brother Tiq Milan and his lady Kim Katrin Crosby who are getting married today in New York. At l...

Ines Rau Becomes The First Openly Trans POC Playboy Model

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For the first time since Caroline Cossey accomplished it in 1991, we will have an openly trans model doing a Playboy spread.   We saw Ines...

Back In H-town From BTAC 2014

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Well, finally back in Houston after a memorable BTAC 2014 weekend for me. I couldn't attend the entire conference because of the pres...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

Uniguest Blocks GLAAD Award Nominated Black Trans Blog

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One of the things I was NOT a happy birthday camper about during my just completed trip to Dallas for BTAC 2014 was having another negative ...

Church Of The Real Signs

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Come on down to the Church of The Real, in which Pastor Denny Upkins will tell it like it T-I-S is about the issues of the day as Deaconess ...