Phyllis Frye: Lifetime Achievement Award
America’s first out trans judge Phyllis Frye (she was the first out trans judge to be sworn in, in America) just recently won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was given at[...]
Category: History
Cristan Williams · History · Opinion
Einstein’s Fabulous Footwear
No, it’s not ‘shopped. From what I’ve been able to gather, Einstein didn’t value clothing norms; he instead wore what felt comfortable. It’s well known that he hated wearing[...]
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Cristan Williams · Featured · History
Interview With an Actual Stonewall Riot Veteran: The Ciswashing of Stonewall Must End!
The POTUS noted Stonewall in his 2013 inaugural address: We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal — is the star[...]
Featured · History · Katrina Rose
Stonewall Plus 1
August, 1970 Readers knock, praise the big parade Editor: As a subscriber and reader of your paper, I would like to comment on the Christopher Street West Parade held last[...]
Stonewall Plus 22
What better way to spend Pride week than looking at drag queens on the site where it all began? The Stonewall Inn (formerly New Jimmy’s) presents Extraordinary Women, a fab[...]
Featured · History · Monica Roberts
We Have a History, Too
Another one from the TransGriot The Newspaper Column archives that I pined in February 2005 for Black History Month. We Have a History, Too Copyright 2005, The Letter Ever since[...]
A Year in the Life of the Human Right Scampaign
Then-HRC head Elizabeth Birch, August 1998 (in an interview with OutSmart magazine (Houston)): Then-HRC head Elizabeth Birch, September 1, 1999 (in Outlines(Chicago)): Outlines: The concept of trans issues … are they in[...]
Cristan Williams · Featured · History
“So, what was Stonewall?”
In the wake of the President’s historic speech referencing Stonewall, NPR ran a piece asking and purporting to answer the question, “So, what was Stonewall?” The article calls upon Martin Duberman, now 82, to retell the[...]
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