We Need POC Trans Speakers At The 2011 TDOR’s

I’ve had the honor of speaking at many types of events.   They range from Trans 101 panels to speaking about trans issues from an African American perspective in college classes to testifying in front…

Latin America Is Leading The Way On Trans Issues

  Been interesting to note that when it comes to trans issues lately, it seems Latin American nations are leading the way when it comes to positive forward momentum on human rights issues that affect…

Paris Dupree RIP

Paris Dupree, whose ball provided the name for the iconic 1990 Jennie Livingston documentary about the Harlem ballroom scene and was one of the memorable people in Paris Is Burning has reportedly passed away.    Dupree…

Pumping-Beauty Now, Pay Dearly For It Later

One of the issues I don’t talk about enough is the prevalence of pumping amongst POC transwomen.   It’s a subject that is guaranteed to start a vigorous discussion amongst us because the trans women who have resorted…

Keep On Hatin’ WWBT’s

I see the WWBT’s are still hatin. I just spent a lovely two days at a conference in which the participants were laughing at y’all.  They noted the outright hatred you WWBT’s have for lil…

9th Anniversary of Stephanie And Ukea’s Deaths

On August 12, 2002 the city of Washington D.C and its trans community were rocked by the execution style killings of two transteens, Stephanie Thomas and Ukea Davis.They were shot dead by a semi automatic weapon at…

Apology To Cathy

You know what I’m upset about right now? The fact I even have to write this post in the first place.. As some of you know earlier Sunday morning I was in a chat with…