There seems to be this misguided perception out there thanks to the lack of coverage of African-American transgender people in the gay and straight media that the only thing an African-American transperson can do or wants to become is a female illusionist As my presence on this blog attests, we definitely can do far more than that.

I have transsistah friends who are models, writers, college professors, senior managers of various businesses, nurses, entrepreneurs, teachers, IT professionals and even stay at home moms raising kids. One person I'm pleased to have gotten to know and call a friend is Jordana, the trailblazing drum and bass DJ who is also wanting to branch out and do some acting. I'm happy to see Miss Honey Dijon walking in Jordana's pumps and blaze her own DJ trail.

If given the opportunity, I have no doubt that one day you'll see transsistahs running for and eventually winning political races for public office at all levels of government.

Some of my transsistahs are not only helping run organizations serving the GLBT/SGL community but serve on their boards as well. Others are the foot soldiers who are pressing the powers that be to include transgender peeps in the 'We The People' preamble to the US Constitution.

I must give shout-outs to the transpeeps who are either in college or working hard in school to get there and earn that college degree. This next generation of transkids will be the ones that not only help demolish forever the perceptions of what we can or can't do as African-American transwomen, they will hopefully help uplift the race at the same time.

We all want to be fully contributing members of society and are working hard to make that happen. Passing the appropriate laws to protect our employment and civil rights helps accelerate that process.

And if one of my young transsistahs aspires to be the next Tommie Ross or the next Stasha Sanchez, then that's all good, too.