Thursday, February 01, 2018

Black Trans History Is Undeniably Black History

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Today is the start of Black History Month.   It's only 28 days (29 in a leap year) but for me, EVERY DAY and EVERY MONTH is Black Hist...

Who Will Make It As Class of 2018 SUF Lifetime Achievement Award Winners?

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Since 2010, every year on Oscars night I name some peeps for my Shut Up Fool Lifetime Achievement Awards. There are just people who exce...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Candis Cayne Gets A Multi Show Character On 'Grey's Anatomy'

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It's been a while since the last time that Candis Cayne was on an ABC television show.  Back in 2007-2008 Candis was on the show Dir...

Ohio Considering Pro-TBLGQ Rights Legislation

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Because it has been run by the Republicans for several decades, Ohio has a well earned reputation for being hostile to trans human rights....
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Rep. Joe Kennedy's Democratic SOTU Response

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Folks, it would be easy to dismiss this past year as chaos, partisanship, as politics, but it’s far, far bigger than that. This administra...

Here's A Real SOTU Speech By A Real POTUS

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For those of you who are boycotting (like I am) Dear Orange Misleader's State of the Union speech and are wishing you could once again...

Jess Herbst Is Running For Reelection As New Hope Mayor

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One of the people that I got to meet in 2017 was the mayor of New Hope, TX in Jess Herbst. The first meeting for us happened during one ...

Black Panther Premiere In LA

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It's almost that time that me and my friends are eagerly awaiting in terms of the public release of the Ryan Coogler directed Black Pa...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Another Day, Another Trump Misadministration Typo

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The late educator Marva Collins used to say that 'Readers are Leaders'.   It's quite obvious in this Trump misadministration ...

Rep Joe Kennedy Invites Trans Solider To State of the Union Address

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45 is giving his first State of the Union address after not doing it last year, and Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is giving the Democratic re...

Note To Nikki Haley: All Music Is Political

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Laughed my azz off at Nikki Haley's comment complaining about politics at the Grammys and saying that music and politics shouldn't...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Pure Romance CEO Starts LC Foundation To Help Trans Kids

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Chris and Jessica Cicchinelli thought their child LC was just going through a phase when she announced that she was a girl and not a boy. ...

Paula Oliveira Becomes First Trans Miss Bum Bum Contestant

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One of the most interesting pageants that happens in Brazil is the Miss BumBum one. It started in 2011, and has women from each of Braz...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Shut Up Fool Awards- I'm Not In DC For #CC18 Edition

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The 30th Annual edition of the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference is happening right now in Washington DC and guess where I...

British Labour Party Continues Trans Supportive Shortlist Policy

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To address the problem of lack of feminine representation in the British Parliament, the Labour Party for over a decade has instituted a p...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Fran Watson Endorsed By Victory Fund

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This blog has been tracking the trailblazing awesomeness of Fran Watson for a few years.  The first Black female president of the Houston ...

30th Annual Creating Change Happening In DC

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The 30th annual edition of the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference is happening right  now until January 28 at one of my fav...