Nikki's Marriage Case End Game Today

Ever since the Texas Supreme Court denied Heather Delgado's appeal back in September, Nikki Araguz Loyd has been on after six years of fighting this soon to be successful war to recognize her humanity and her marriage to Thomas Araguz III a slow glide path to victory.

The case has been sent back down to the Wharton, TX courtroom of GOP judge Randy Clapp, who has been ordered to reverse his original loud, wrong and partisan order by the TX appeals court.

Later today, Araguz Loyd will be arriving at the Wharton County courthouse 90 miles southwest of Houston at 1:30 PM CST for what she hopes will be a routine receipt of a signed order ending the longstanding landmark trans marriage battle.

And while she is happy that this legal war to recognize her marriage to Capt. Araguz has had a successful conclusion, she is still wary. 

She says “I am elated this is going to be the end, I am only hoping that it will be easy, smooth and uneventful. However, my case is all about irony and I never count my chickens before they hatch. I only hope, this is the end, and I can ride off into the sunset with my Prince Charming.”

She and husband William Loyd will cap off what we hope will be a triumphant day for her by honoring and celebrating at the Transgender March Of Resilience, which will be begin at 6 PM CST at the Houston Zoo entrance.

Congratulations Nikki!  Thanks for fighting to not only have your marriage and humanity recognized, but by extension, the humanity and ability to love and marry our desired partners for all trans people in Texas.

2015 TransGriot NFL Picks- Week 11

The 2015 NFL season keeps rolling along in addition to our prognostication contest, and Week 10 played havoc with our predictions as it was a Sunday chock full of upsets.

One of those upsets was my hometown NFL ballers knocking off in the glare of the Monday Night Football spotlights the previously unbeaten Cincinnati Bengals 10-6 in their building with T J Yates at quarterback.

Surprise surprise, as a result of improbable win, the Texans are now in a first place tie with the Colts in the putrid this year AFC South with a 4-5 record.

And because of all the NFL Week 10 upsets, we all of ended up below .500  in our Week 10 picks and yours truly tied my records for my worst ever prognostication week.   If I end up falling short in my quest to win this 2015 NFL Prognostication title, this week will probably be the reason I lost it.

But despite the putrid week for all of us, like the AFC South, somebody had to win Week 10.    Eli managed to keep his momentum going by taking his third straight week with a best of the worst 6-8 record and has gotten back in the running for the 2015 title.

This is also the final contest week we will be picking only 14 games because this is the last week of NFL teams getting their bye week,  Those teams finally getting their opportunity to watch everyone else play on Sunday are the Browns, Saints, Steelers and Giants.

 

Week 10 Results                                          2015 Season Record.
TransGriot    4-10                                        TransGriot      89-57
Mike             5-9                                          Mike               92-54
Eli                 6-8                                          Eli                   88-56

NFL Week 11  (Home Team In CAPS)

Thursday Night
Titans over JAGUARS

Sunday Noon
|RAVENS over Rams
PANTHERS over Washington
Broncos over BEARS
Cowboys over DOLPHINS
Raiders over LIONS
TEXANS over Jets
Colts over FALCONS
EAGLES over Buccaneers

Sunday Afternoon
Packers over VIKINGS
SEAHAWKS over 49ers
Chiefs over CHARGERS

Sunday Night
CARDINALS over Bengals

Monday Night
PATRIOTS over Bills

Third Annual TWCUC Houston TDOR

For the third consecutive year I had the honor of participating in the Trans Women of Color United For Change sponsored TDOR event at Progressive Open Door Christian Center in the shadow of the Texas Southern University campus.

Unlike last year, I didn't do the keynote, but I did have a spot early in this year's program in which I discussed the history of the Transgender Day of Remembrance and why we have conducted them as a community since 1999.

The reason we do is because of the 1998 murder of Rita Hester becoming a tipping point moment in terms of our pissivity over our sisters dying and the piss poor media coverage about those trans murders.

For this third annual event, in addition to commentary from Nikki Araguz Loyd and allies Fran Watson, Ashton Woods and HISD trustee-elect Jolanda Jones, we had a wonderful spoken word performance by Dee Dee, a thought provoking prayer from Kaleb Ralph and a performance from DePaul Norwood.

The church was packed with over 100 attendees and it was a wonderful to once again spend some time with our Houston TBLG family and allies and kick off this series of TDOR's we are having here at different venues over the next few days at this empowering event..

First Ever HCC-Southeast TDOR Tonight

Usually I'm either out of town for somebody's TDOR, but this year it didn't happen for me.  

That development was probably fortuitous for my hometown because we had four different TDOR events in the Houston area for people to attend or participate in, and I was tapped for participation in two of them.

Later tonight at 5:30 PM CST on the HCC-Southeast campus I'll be delivering a keynote speech for this first ever one sponsored by the Black Student Association, Women and Gender Studies Program, Counseling Center, and Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

It will take place Thursday evening from 5:30-7 PM in the Angela Morales Building - Lecture Hall on the HCC-Southeast campus, and will also feature Lou Weaver along with Dr. Ilija Immanuel Gallego 

The HCC-Southeast campus is just off I-45 at 6815 Rustic St.., and hope to see you there.