Over the past week, I’ve struggled with the best way to recount the long and sometimes painful story of how Houston’s Covenant House youth shelter began supporting Houston’s homeless transgender youth population. My own history as an advocate within the transgender community is directly tied to Covenant House’s refusal to shelter homeless transgender youth. I believe it […]
Olivewood Cemetery is located just off I-10 and White Oak Bayou right next to a store called Party Boy. The neglected grave yard is supposedly haunted. With exposed human remains of ex slaves and thicket covered graves, it is no wonder Houstonians have spun ghost stories about this place for generations. There are a number of unmarked […]
Huntsville, Texas locals refer to the road that leads to a small 1800s graveyard as “Demon Road.” Supposedly, some people report seeing hovering red lights traveling down the road. Others report that have been pushed and shoved by invisible hands on their way to the cemetery. At the end of this road lies Martha Chapel Cemetery. Doing a google […]
The creepiest park in Texas.
Today, January 18, 2011 marks 1 year since Myra Ical was murdered and still no justice! This case, like many trans murders in Houston, is now an unsolved cold case and HPD will NOT give this case another glance unless someone steps forward. The following paper was presented at the 2010 Rice University SWGS Symposium […]
Since the Covenant House representative seemed dismissive of much of what we claimed to have observed over the years, I did a little secret shopping today. Mr. Mark is perhaps one of the most hostile people I’ve ever spoken with in a professional capacity.
Many of you know that Ms. Moore, a transgender woman, was arrested and thrown in jail for using the bathroom at a Downtown Houston library branch. Many of you don’t know the back-story. Since I’ve now listened to a number or reporters share their misconceptions with me, I thought it was time to set the record straight.
24 hrs. after my conversation with David Welch, he posted a remarkably paranoid blog post at WorldNetDaily – a far right-wing blog. He waxes on and on about how he thinks that all GLBT people are actually part of a nefarious shadow organization that is attempting to infiltrate small-town america and turn it it Boy’s Town USA. You might think I’m kidding… I’m not. Welch really believes that he lives in a world of gay shadow orgs that want to literally destroy America.
