Girls, sit your sweet selves down.
We’ve lost one of the fiercest TransWomen ever to walk this earth. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy - activist, mother, Stonewall veteran, and founder of the House of GG - has passed from this world, but her fire is still with us. As she so boldy was known to say, “I’m still fucking here.”
Miss Major fought like hell for Her girls - Black TransWomen, incarcerated Women, sex workers, and anyone else the world tried to throw away. She survived Stonewall, prison, police brutality, and decades of rejection... and what did She do with it?
She built joy. Real joy. The kind of joy that feeds, shelters, and holds. She made sanctuary for the lost and the fierce alike, and she filled it with laughter, palm trees, and Truth.
That’s what activism really looks like. Not slogans. Not performance... but service. The quiet, relentless act of showing up for your people.
The House of GG (TILIFI) - "Telling It Like It Fuckin’ Is" was Her masterpiece. She created a space where Her girls could rest, heal, and remember their worth. We need that same kind of refuge now, more than ever, because the world outside has turned mean again.
That’s why We have kept this House running day and night - so you have a place to come home to, even when the world out there feels impossible. The House of Sissify has been standing since 1997..... far older than Google, older than Facebook, older than half the 'tech bros' who think they invented community. Back then, the web was dial-up tones, chat rooms, and courage. It took five minutes to upload a picture, and we still showed up. We found each other through the static.
And we still do.
Princess alexandra has just begun hosting in-person meetups with our girls in New York City - real faces, real hugs, real sisterhood you can touch. Alexandra has put herself out there to make the start of something beautiful, growing from the roots we’ve tended for nearly three decades.
You don’t have to call yourself trans to belong here. You don’t have to fit a label or apologize for the shape of your desire. That's why We coined the term "sissy" decades ago - to encompass all on the gender continuum. The House was built for everyone who’s been told they’re too much, too weird, too shameful. And like Miss Major, we say: nonsense. There’s power in that shame when it’s shared.
If you want to honor Miss Major, learn her story. Read her book, Miss Major Speaks. Watch MAJOR! The Documentary. Visit the House of GG (Tilifi). Let Her remind you what fearless love looks like.
And if you can, support this House too. Because every girl who finds her strength here, every sissy who steps out of hiding, every act of service and self-forgiveness... that’s activism. It’s the quiet revolution that keeps us all alive.
Thank you, Miss Major. You taught us what it means to build a House. To fill it with truth, laughter, lipstick, and love fierce enough to outlive hate.
Rest well, Mama. We’ll keep the lights on.
