Author: monica_roberts

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…

Argentina’s Gender Identity Law Being Debated

When same gender marriage was passed last year in Argentina, the GL groups there in the wake of their happiness over its passage and being signed into law July 21 by President Cristina Fernandez de…

It Gets Better – Eve

When I find the “It Gets Better’ videos from African-American celebrities and trans people, they will get posted on this blog ASAP. Here’s one from rapper and actress Eve.

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…