tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203894482024-03-13T10:13:48.587-05:00TransGriotA proud unapologetic Black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger11694125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-35807381707264479562020-10-01T17:30:00.106-05:002020-10-01T18:22:48.996-05:00TransGriot NFL Picks - Week 4 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0r0qQZNI0v8uSQD_BaZUZYn6YbbTPOWCRByeyjwbA8vZ35Hv302a41dj79oLiCWaMGMa26oSndEPYEOdzHSnM33vPjwZmoeeoVHTUMSxiTzC1YoGP4Y3KcOndx7F3ePTinRdtA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0r0qQZNI0v8uSQD_BaZUZYn6YbbTPOWCRByeyjwbA8vZ35Hv302a41dj79oLiCWaMGMa26oSndEPYEOdzHSnM33vPjwZmoeeoVHTUMSxiTzC1YoGP4Y3KcOndx7F3ePTinRdtA/" width="320" /></a></div><br />This young NFL season has actually made it to the fourth week It's now October, and we're now a quarter of the way through the 2020 season. It was also interesting that we got to this point before a team started having positive COVID tests, and that team turned out to be the Tennessee Traitors, er Titans. <br /><br />Eleven people, including five players have tested positive for COVID, with more peeps testing positive today. Tennessee is in a Republican controlled state that has been less than diligent in handing their COVID business, so not surprised to see the first NFL team affected is the Titans. <br /><br />They were scheduled to play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Nashville, and that game has now been rescheduled to Week 7. The NFL also moved the Steelers game against the Ravens to Week 8 <br /><br />Well, let's get to picking the rest of the remaining Week 4 games. My picks in <b>bold print</b> with the home team in all CAPS. Mike's <a href="http://michaels-rant.blogspot.com/2020/10/2020-nfl-season-week-4.html">Week 4 picks will be here. </a><br /><br /><u><b>Week 3 Results </b></u> <b><u>2020 NFL Season Results </u></b><br />TransGriot 11-4-1 TransGriot 36-11-1<br />Mike 11-4-1 Mike 36-11-1<br /> <br /><u>Thursday Night</u> <br /><b>Broncos</b> over JETS<br /><br /><u>Sunday Early Games</u><br /><b>TEXANS</b> over Vikings <br /><b>Ravens </b>over WASHINGTON <br /><b>BUCCANEERS</b> over Chargers <br /><b>Seahawks</b> over DOLPHINS <br /><b>Saints</b> over LIONS<br /><b>COWBOYS</b> over Browns <br /><b>Jaguars</b> over BENGALS <br /><b>Colts</b> over BEARS<br /><b>Cardinals</b> over PANTHERS<br /><br /><u>Sunday Afternoon Games</u><br /><b>RAMS</b> over Giants<br /><b>Bills</b> over RAIDERS<br /><b>CHIEFS</b> over Patriots <br /><br />Sunday Night Game <br /><b>49ERS</b> over Eagles<br /><br />Monday Nigh Game <br /><b>PACKERS</b> over Falcons <br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-3978838224944307262020-09-24T16:18:00.002-05:002020-09-28T17:54:00.364-05:00TransGriot NFL Picks- Week 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYRTAmaUop7IYJ5yc2aPMgl7vD6lxJ3u4Gz18sHqYEl9-40wzh0-ASSmYWljBDbOHDJ0j44f0jnBvSCxLUDlKeRDf8rJDyEeLEp_tZuc4CGVMNAXDn1iH41gvIxxMGhmitKPnTQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYRTAmaUop7IYJ5yc2aPMgl7vD6lxJ3u4Gz18sHqYEl9-40wzh0-ASSmYWljBDbOHDJ0j44f0jnBvSCxLUDlKeRDf8rJDyEeLEp_tZuc4CGVMNAXDn1iH41gvIxxMGhmitKPnTQ/" width="320" /></a></div> I've been doing NFL picks for over two decades and on this blog since 2010. I have never had a perfect week. But that almost happened for me in this young 2020 NFL season. I went into the <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/09/transgriot-2020-nfl-picks-week-2.html">Week 2 </a>Monday night game between the New Orleans Saints and the Las Vegas Raiders a Saints win away from going 16-0.<br /><br />But alas, they didn't. 129 accepted penalty yards against the Saints sealed their fate in the first NFL regular season game played in Nevada as the Raiders beat their in their new playpen 34-24 <br /><br />A 15-1 week is still nothing to be upset about, but yeah, I am after coming that close to perfection. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHDwPPIddU0hSapBwb3Gf6kOMOmkpvJmfMDxcvjhx4NlpBgBoJRSn4QPMAVjWBBIR4zvi02arMKUlwcphf7Hu90xEmhxr3ZlqG3qh79Z7TIfLrpyCTa3uUSHjALQvBoE1qbhuhw/s800/TransGriot+NFL+Picks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHDwPPIddU0hSapBwb3Gf6kOMOmkpvJmfMDxcvjhx4NlpBgBoJRSn4QPMAVjWBBIR4zvi02arMKUlwcphf7Hu90xEmhxr3ZlqG3qh79Z7TIfLrpyCTa3uUSHjALQvBoE1qbhuhw/s320/TransGriot+NFL+Picks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Well, let's see if I can get it this week.. As usual, my picks in <b>bold print </b>with the home team in CAPS.<br />Mike's <a href="http://michaels-rant.blogspot.com/2020/09/2020-nfl-season-week-3.html#more">Week 3 picks </a>are here. <br /><br /><u><b>Week 2 Results</b></u> <u><b>2020 NFL Season Record</b></u><br />TransGriot 15-1 TransGriot 25-7<br />Mike 14-2 Mike 25-7<br /><br /><u>Thursday Night Game </u><br /><b>JAGUARS</b> over Dolphins (L)<br /><br /><u>Sunday Early Games</u> <br /><b>STEELERS</b> over Texans <br /><b>EAGLES</b> over Bengals (T)<br /><b>49ers</b> over GIANTS<br /><b>Raiders</b> over PATRIOTS (L)<br /><b>Titans</b> over VIKINGS<br /><b>BROWNS</b> over Washington<br /><b>BILLS</b> over Rams <br /><b>Bears</b> over FALCONS<br /><br /><u>Sunday Afternoon Games</u> <br /><b>CHARGERS</b> over Panthers (L)<br /><b>COLTS</b> over Jets <br /><b>SEAHAWKS</b> over Cowboys <br /><b>Buccaneers</b> over BRONCOS<br /><b>CARDINALS</b> over Lions (L)<br /><br /><u>Sunday Night </u><br /><b>Packers</b> over SAINTS<p></p><p><u>Monday Night </u><br /><b>Chiefs</b> over RAVENS<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /></p>Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-2567320303093667022020-09-17T12:00:00.097-05:002020-09-28T17:54:36.880-05:00TransGriot 2020 NFL Picks- Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first week of the season is the hardest one to get right because of all the changes to personnel, coaching, et cetera. It was also tricky not having any preseason games to look at as a guide to how these team's might play in the regular season <br /><br />Despite that, I did go 10-6 in the opening week. Could have done better if I hadn't changed my Cardinals- 49ers pick. Hopkins going off in that game combined with the Texans Thursday night loss to the Chiefs revived again the criticism that I and a lot of people in H-town leveled at Bill O'Brien for trading D-Hop in the first place without getting at least a first round pick for him. The Texans brutal opening schedule isn't going to help quiet the critics..<br /><br />Oh well, lesson learned. Next time I follow my intuition and stick with it. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1ZsgutJbR0VrikBXY5hnM-gTll6a3VOx6rtoJrhGTeGvymXMTyaMcAg95r2w-SBkeArtsvjrt1gwz35jFHxfm_BfkKX6Ahp3qh4jNIz135Qvlz-W-KnxIAZqn3EzYzM8it_aSA/s800/TransGriot+NFL+Picks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1ZsgutJbR0VrikBXY5hnM-gTll6a3VOx6rtoJrhGTeGvymXMTyaMcAg95r2w-SBkeArtsvjrt1gwz35jFHxfm_BfkKX6Ahp3qh4jNIz135Qvlz-W-KnxIAZqn3EzYzM8it_aSA/s320/TransGriot+NFL+Picks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So let's get to this week's picks. Mike's will be here at this link. My picks will be in bold print with the home team in CAPS.<br /><br /><b><u>Week 1 Results</u> </b> <u><b>2020 Season Record </b></u><br />TransGriot 10-6 TransGriot 10-6<br />Mike 11-5 Mike 11-5 <div>. <br /><br /><u>Thursday Night</u><br /><b>BROWNS</b> over Bengals<br /><br /><u>Sunday Early</u><br /><b>TITANS</b> over Jaguars <br /><b>BUCCANEERS</b> over Panthers <br /><b>STEELERS</b> over Broncos<br /><b>Rams </b>over EAGLES <br /><b>49ers</b> over JETS <br /><b>Bills</b> over DOLPHINS<br /><b>COLTS </b>over Vikings<br /><b>PACKERS</b> over Lions <br /><b>COWBOYS</b> over Falcons <br /><b>BEARS</b> over Giants<br /><br /><u>Sunday Afternoon </u><br /><b>Ravens</b> over TEXANS <br /><b>CARDINALS</b> over Washington <br /><b>Chiefs</b> over CHARGERS<br /><br /><u>Sunday Night </u><br /><b>SEAHAWKS</b> over Patriots <br /><br /><u>Monday Night </u><br /><b>Saints</b> over RAIDERS (L)<br /><br /></div>Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-11122648254429120732020-09-15T00:00:00.002-05:002020-09-16T23:45:08.851-05:00Good Luck Sarah! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2c30;">"At the end of the day, I'm not running to be a transgender state senator, I'm running to be a senator who serves her community, I'm running to be a senator who fights for affordable health care, I'm running to be a senator who works to expand access to paid leave and reform our broken criminal justice system. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2c30;">"Those will be my priorities."</span>-Sarah McBride, <span style="color: #2b2c30;"><span style="background-color: white;">WDFL radio interview </span></span></b></blockquote>
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It's primary election day in Delaware, and hopefully by the end of it we will be part of the way to seeing some trans political history being made.<br />
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When the polls open Democratic primary voters will have to choose who will be their standard bearer in the race to replace longtime state senator Harris McDowell (D-Wilmington), who retired last year after holding that heavily blue Wilmington area senate seat since 1976.<br />
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I'm hoping that when the votes are finished being counted later this evening, it will be <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/sarah-mcbrides-running-for-delaware.html">Sarah McBride </a>taking a giant political leap for transkind and winning this primary over Joseph McCole . </div>
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The winner of this primary will take on the Republican nominee Steve Washington in the general election Washington ran as an independent in the last cycle in this district in which 58.6% of the registered voters are Democrats to just 19% Republicans</div>
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No surprise he's already started deploying the down low transphobia with the 'family values' rhetoric.<br />
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Should McBride win tonight, she would not only move on for a shot at becoming the first out trans state senator, she'd also become the first out trans person to win a state senate legislative primary election. </div>
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You know Sarah already has my TransGriot endorsement in this race along with the endorsement of the Victory Fund and several other organizations.</div>
But it's now up to the voters of state senate District 1 to decide if that happens.<br />
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<b>TransGriot Update: McBride won her primary with 93% of the votes cast. She becomes the first out trans person to win a party primary for a state senate seat. </b><div><b><br /></b>
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As many of you TransGriot readers know, I was one of the judges for the inaugural Miss Trans Global virtual pageant.<br />
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After two months of interviews and videos, paring down the initial 18 contestants from around the world down to a Top 15 and then down to ten semifinalists, we finally know who was crowned Miss Trans Global.<br />
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Congratulations to our new queen. <b>Mela Franco Habijan</b> from the Philippines!<br />
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And yes, as you probably guessed, Mela and her family<a href="https://www.facebook.com/erickhabijan/videos/10164435167955651/"> were quite excited and pleased </a>with her win.<br />
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The Miss Trans Global Top 5 was tight.point wise. One point separated the queen from the Duchess Global (1st runner up) Rebeckah Lovejoy of Australia.<br />
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It was not an easy job for me and my fellow judges to sort out who would win this inaugural title. There were nights I had to review video multiple times for several hours before casting my ballots.<br />
The quality of the women vying for this inaugural Miss Trans Global title was just that outstanding, and they brought their pageant A games.<br />
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Rounding out the Top 5 in addition to Duchess Global (1st runner up) Rebeckah Lovejoy of Australia. is Baroness Global, Danielly Drugge of Sweden (4th runner up) ,Countess Global (3rd runner up) Semakaleng Mothapo of South Africa, and Marchioness Global (2nd runner up) Veso Golden of Ghana.<br />
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Congratulations once again to Mela and the inaugural court of Miss Trans Global 2020!<br />
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It was an honor and sincere privilege to be part of the judging panel for this inaugural Miss Trans Global pageant. I enjoyed being part of the judging panel for this event and getting to know my sister judges and the contestants as this event unfolded.<br />
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I'm looking forward to not only working with our queen as her reign unfolds, but with all the 2020 contestants as opportunities present themselves for advancing the human rights of our international trans family.<br />
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It was also nice to be part of the judging team for a pageant system in which intelligence was prized, and the scoring system reflected it. . Congrats to Miss Sahhara and her Miss Trans Global production team for making her vision of a virtual international pageant happen.<br />
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Here's hoping that Miss Trans Global 2021 is bigger and better than this year's edition turned out to be.Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-17115562217792040052020-09-11T00:00:00.051-05:002020-09-14T10:17:49.815-05:00Mia Mason Making Historic Maryland Congressional Run!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while since we've had a trans person elected to their national legislature. In fact there have been only six trans people on the entire planet, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Georgina Beyer (New Zealand), Vladimir Luxuria (Italy), Anna Grodzka (Poland), Michelle Suarez Bertora (Uruguay), Tamara Adrian (Venezuela), and Geraldine Roman (Philippines) who have accomplished the herculean task of being </span></span>elected to their national legislatures.<br />
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Adrian and Roman are the only ones still serving in their national legislatures.<br />
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Of the trans people elected to serve in their national legislatures, none of those have occurred in North American nations, despite various attempts in various North American countries to break through that political glass reinforced by concrete ceiling in the US, Canada, Mexico, and several Central American nations..<br />
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Mia Mason is the latest person to step up and attempt the daunting challenge of running for Congress while trans. She won the June 2 Democratic primary in Maryland's 1st District to earn her shot at making trans political history.<br />
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Maryland's 1st District covers the entire Eastern Shore of Maryland, and parts of Baltimore, Harford and Carroll counties. It is currently represented by Republican Andy Harris, who has represented the district since 2010 and is considered the third most anti-LGBTQ legislator in the US Congress, <br /><br />He gotta go, and it would deliciously be nice if the first out trans congressmember replaced him. <br />
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Mia is a veteran who served 20 years in the Navy, Army and DC National Guard, and since her retirement from the military has worked for various advocacy groups. She was also a speaker at the 2018 Women's March.<br />
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Now she's trying to knock off an incumbent congressmember and make history as she does so. But she's going to need money to make that happen. Here's the link <a href="https://miadmason.us/">to her campaign website </a>in order to make beating Andy Harris a reality and making the conservafools cry on November 3 as they lose another House seat. <br /><br />Good luck Mia, and hope I have some good news to report about your race on November 3.<br /><br />
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Trans Texans, our Mama and Papa Bears and allies have been anxiously watching a North Texas court case involving a young trans girl that unfortunately got politicized by the Texas Republican Party, the conservafool media and Texas evilgelicals.<br />
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The saga started when Luna's mother, Dr Anne Georgulas, an American Academy of Pediatrics board certified pediatrician, filed for an annulment of their marriage from Luna's father Jeffrey Younger and sought full custody of their AMAB twins that was granted in 2016. <br />
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Luna had been exhibiting signs of gender dysphoria and has identified as a girl since age 3. Luna's clearly expressed female gender identity and gender dysphoria diagnosis was confirmed by a therapist who specializes in gender issues. Luna was allowed by Georgoulas starting at age 5 to express her femme gender identity full time.<div><br />
Jeffrey Younger was opposed to this decision, and decided to get the Texas conservafools involved in their family business by claiming he objected to the transition on ;religious grounds'. <br /><br />He set up the now defunct website SaveJames.com to raise fund for his case and started talking to conservative media outlets like the virulently transphobic LifeSite News, claiming that he was fighting to 'protect' his children. The SaveJames.com website raised $43,930 of its $75,000 goal before it was shut down. <br />
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The Texas Republican Party, eager for a distraction from a major scandal involving Texas House speaker Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) and never missing a chance to demonize Texas trans people in the process for their nefarious political gain, stuck their reprehensible noses in this family business. <br />
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They not only outed Luna, but also Dr. Georgulas. That outing of Dr Georgulas caused major drama in her life and led to vandalization of her property and attacks on her medical practice<br />
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As the Right Wing Noise Machine saddled up to attack and smear Dr. Georgulas, Gov Greg Abbott (R), Sen Ted Cruz (R) and Rep Dan Crenshaw (R) tweeted their support of Younger at the #SaveJamesYounger Twitter hashtag. <br />
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Our indicted TX AG Ken Paxton (R) along with Gov Abbott, quickly <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/24/top-texas-republicans-order-investigation-mother-who-supports-childs-g/">announced an investigation of the case</a> was being launched by Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.<br />
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That investigation found that <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/10/texas-judge-overrules-jury-denied-father-trying-stop-daughters-transition/">Luna identifies as a girl</a>, and did so consistently in three interviews without both parents present. Luna also expressed during those interviews fear of her father because he refused to allow her to express herself as the girl she identifies as.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Texas Freedom Caucus also stuck their reprehensible noses in this case. Rep Steve Toth (R-The Woodlands) pledged to author a bill that would declare transitioning of a minor child as 'child abuse', and Rep Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth) wants to introduce a bill banning the use of puberty blockers in children.</span></span><br />
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With the faux right wing outrage mounting, in October 2019 Judge Kim Cooks (D) of the Dallas based 255th District Court caved, reversed the previous court ruling in favor of Georgulas, and <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/11/11/20955059/luna-younger-transgender-child-custody">awarded partial custody</a> of Luna to Younger. <br />
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That led to Georgulas filing a motion in November 2019 to have Cooks removed from the case after problematic posts about it popped up on Cooks' Facebook page and called into question her impartiality. (Cooks is up for reelection in 2022). <br /><br />While the FB post was removed, the motion removing Cooks <a href="https://www.metroweekly.com/2019/12/texas-judge-removed-from-trans-child-custody-case-due-to-facebook-posting/">from the case was granted,b</a>y Judge Tena Callahan of the 302nd District Court in December 2019.<br /><br />
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Judge Mary Brown (D) of the 301st District Court was assigned to the case with a hearing slated for September 25. The evilgelical devils are already busy spreading their special brand of hate in advance of this court date. The evilgelicals are also desperately trying to rev up the Right Wing Noise Machine and faux outrage in order to generate donations for the case. <br /><br />
According to my sources, the evilgelicals have resorted to picketing outside Judge Brown's house with bullhorns in order to loudly express their hateful selves and their brand of not so 'christian' love. <br /><br />
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As for what Jeffrey Younger will do, the Texas trans community, our Mama and Papa Bears, our allies and the organizations who support us will be watching to see what happens with this trans youngling and her mother and act accordingly. <br />
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We are also only nine seats away from flipping control of the Texas House blue for the first time since 2002, so the upcoming November election will be an even higher stakes one for the Texas trans community. <br />
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Once we're past Election Day, the Texas trans community will also be watching and ready to fight any bill proposed by the TXGOP in the 2021 session that seeks to criminalize or end life saving early transition for trans kids.<br /><br />We will also be watching for any unjust bills that seek to criminalize doctors for providing such treatment or that attack parents of trans kids. <br />
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And oh yeah, something else I need to say to the Texas Republican Party: Don't mess with Texas trans kids or their parents. It won't go well for you.<br />
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Considering that COVID 19 screwed up the NFL off season, still surprised that the season has started on schedule. One thing I'm very happy about is that Deshaun Watson will continue to be the QB for my Texans through the 2024 season. The thing I'm not happy about is the boneheaded Bill O'Brien decision to trade Deandre Hopkins to Arizona. <br />
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Well, we're about to find out if that was a wise decision because the Texans and their retooled receiver corp faces the team that ended their 2019 season in the NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs.<br />
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As usual, we have a lot of old faces in new places like Tom Brady and Gronk in Tampa Bay, Cam Newton in New England. Of great concern to me because these teams are the Texans divisional rivals, former Texan number one draft choice Jadaveon Clowney will now be playing for the (yuck) Tennessee Traitors and Philip Rivers will be the starting QB for the Indianapolis Colts.<br />
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The Raiders will now be playing their home games in Las Vegas and the Washington NFL Team finally dropped their racist nickname. <br /><br />The Rams and Chargers will also be playing their home games at their new playpen, SoFi Stadium.<br />Those NFL home games will at least for the first few weeks, be played without fans in the stands.<br />
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As y'all know. Mike Watts and I conduct this contest under the following rules.<br />
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We pick all the winners of that weeks games with no spread. Picks need to be in no later than 10 minutes before kickoff of the first game of that week's schedule.<br />
<br />You forget to pick one (as I did last year and it cost me the 2019 title) it's an automatic loss. Games that end in a tie will be recorded as a tie for prognostication record purposes. <br />
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Person with the best record at the end of the regular season will be crowned the TransGriot NFL prognostication champion.<br /><br />Mike's pick can <a href="http://michaels-rant.blogspot.com/2020/09/2020-nfl-season-week-1.html">be viewed at this link.</a> <br /><br />So let's get this first week of the season started. Teams I'm picking will be in <b>bold print</b> with the home team in CAPS<br /><br /><u>Thursday Night </u><br /><b>CHIEFS</b> over Texans<br /><br /><u>Sunday Early</u><br /><b>Eagles</b> over WASHINGTON (L)<br /><b>PATRIOTS</b> over Dolphins<br /><b>Packers</b> over VIKINGS<br /><b>Colts </b>over JAGUARS (L)<br /><b>LIONS</b> over Bears<br /><b>PANTHERS</b> over Raiders (L)<br /><b>BILLS</b> over Jets<br /><b>RAVENS</b> over Browns<br /><b>Seahawks</b> over FALCONS<br /><br /><u>Sunday Afternoon </u><br /><b>Chargers</b> over BENGALS<br /><b>49ERS </b>over Cardinals (L)<br /><b>SAINTS</b> over Buccaneers<br /><br /><u>Sunday Night </u><br /><b>COWBOYS</b> over Rams (L)<br /><br /><u>Monday Night </u><br /><b>Steelers</b> over GIANTS<br /><b>Titans</b> over BRONCOS<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-9039967317154940892020-09-08T00:00:00.000-05:002020-09-08T00:00:05.492-05:002020 NFL Prognostication Contest Is Happening!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 2020 NFL season starts Thursday with the game between my Texans and the defending NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs, and yes, Mike Watts and I will be doing battle for 2020 NFL season prognostication supremacy.<br />
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The 2019 season came down to the last game and literally the last play between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. Had the Seahawks scored on that play, I would have won. <br />
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But they didn't.<br />
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This upcoming 2020 season will be dedicated to the memory of one of our NFL prognostication colleagues in Eli Blake, who <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/07/rest-in-power-eli.html">passed away July 10</a> after a valiant battle with cancer.<br /><br />The question still remains if this entire NFL season will be played with COVID still raging in this country. They are kicking off on Thursday, and as long as they're playing, we're picking games.<br /><br />Besides, I'm beyond tired of these close losses the last three years.. And it's time to snatch back the crown<br /><br />That journey starts on Thursday<br />
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<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-88607080537766736392020-09-03T07:00:00.005-05:002020-09-07T09:13:42.974-05:00Getting Another Award From The Houston GLBT Caucus!<br />
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Yesterday afternoon I was having a particularly crappy day until I got a phone call from the new Houston GLBT Political Caucus president Jovon Tyler that had me singing Ice Cube's 'Today Was A Good Day' when it was over.<br />
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Jovon called to inform me that I was being honored with the 2020 Don Hrachovy Lifetime Achievement Award!<br />
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Who is Don Hrachovy? He was the second president of the Houston GLBT Political Caucus and Texas A&M Aggie alum who not only was a ten year member of the organization, but spent thousands of hours putting together that formidable 100,000 name database that has made the Houston GLBT Caucus one of the Big Four must get endorsements in Houston area liberal progressive politics.<br />
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That database Hrachovy created has paid dividends in helping endorsed Caucus candidates get elected and making the Caucus a formidable political force. He was also one of the founders of Resurrection MCC and the second person to receive this award named for him in 1987. <br /><br />Before he died at age 37 from complications from AIDS on June 4, 1988, Hrachovy requested that the AIDS Quilt panel being designed for him be made to look like a voter registration card. He served as the Caucus chair of membership and voter registration.<br />
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This is not the first time I've been honored by the Caucus. Back in 2016 <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2016/08/im-caucus-2016-john-paul-barnich-award.html">I received the John Paul Barnich Award f</a>rom them at that year's Equality Brunch in recognition for the work I'd done to that point. <br />
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But this one is huge. The Hrachovy Life Achievement Award was last given out in 1995, and the list of people who have previously won it reads as a Who's Who list of iconic Houston TBLGQ leaders.<br />
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The award was first given out in 1986, with Cicely Wynne receiving the inaugural award. Hrachovy received it in 1987 The other iconic Houston leaders who have received this award are Joe Thornton (1988) Jack Valinski (1989), David Fowler (1990) , Pat Hall (1991) Ray Hill (1992) Annise Parker (1993), Eugene Harrington (1994) and Jim Owens (1995) <br /><br />For some reason they stopped giving out the Hrachovy after 1995 at the Equality Brunch until Tyler and the Awards Committee revived it for this year. <br /><br />As you probably guessed, when I do receive it, I'll be making history once again. I will become the first Black and first Houston trans person of any ethnicity to win it . The Caucus wasn't open to trans folks when it was founded, and it sadly took until 1999 to change that.policy.<br /><br />A meeting my neophyte activist self was sitting in the room for when the Caucus board voted to change it.<br /><br /><br />
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That's why despite us having some formidable trans leaders in the 713 like Toni Mayes, Phyllis Frye, Sarah DePalma, Dee McKellar, Vanessa Edwards Foster and Brenda Thomas who have done the work and whose shoulders I stand on, it's ironic and humbling that I will be the first trans person to receive this lifetime achievement award.<br /><br />While I'm always focused on my goal of doing what I can to make, Houston, Texas, and the nation better than when I encountered it and haven't been concerned about getting awards for the work I do, it is nice and deeply appreciated when that work is recognized by your community.<br /><br />I'll have to wait until the Equality Brunch happens on October 4 to receive it, but already clearing some space on my increasingly crowded awards shelf for it.<br />
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Thanks to Maya Contreras for this chart that breaks down all of the early voting dates for the most important and consequential election in American history.<br />
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If you aren't registered to vote, bust a move to do so because the deadlines to do so are rapidly approaching in many states.<br />
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If you are registered and have a GOP Secretary of State, you may wish to frequently double check your registration to make sure you haven't been purged from the voter rolls.<br />
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VT Day (Victory over Trump Day) is November 3. But avoid the long lines and handle your electoral business early .<br />
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I know I will. In Texas early voting starts on <b>October 13</b> and runs until Halloween (October 31)<br />
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History was made on Wednesday night as Kamala Harris became the first woman of color and only the third in US history to be nominated as vice president.<br /><br />It was a night in which the ancestors and many peeps across America were beaming with pride as they saw her stand behind that podium in Wilmington, DE to deliver the acceptance speech.<br /><br />For those of you who missed it, here's the video for it.<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JijFLcbIqMs" width="440"></iframe>Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-66920107099040675702020-08-13T12:00:00.000-05:002020-08-25T05:12:05.592-05:00Not Feeling The (White) Trans Community Hatred Of Kamala Harris <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was overjoyed to hear Kamala Harris' name called Tuesday when Joe Biden announced his running mate for the critically important November 3 election. <br />
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Sen. Harris was my first choice for president. She has been on my political radar ever since I saw her speak on a criminal justice panel during one of Tavis Smiley's State of the Black Union conversations in 2006. <br />
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I've paid attention as she has successfully made trailblazing runs for (and won) San Francisco DA, California attorney general, and now as only the second Black female US senator in American history.<br />
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Her selection by Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate shows that he knows the importance of winning this election and recognizes Black women are the base of the Democratic Party. Biden also recognizes the fact that without Black voters across the country getting in formation for him, he wouldn't be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.<br />
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Biden also recognizes he needs Black voters to come out in massive numbers to oust Trump from the White House.<br />
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But what has pissed me off is the massive ignorance I'm seeing so far occurring in Trans World about Sen. Harris. There are trans peeps, especially in the sections of it who are still mad (and can stay mad) about Bernie losing, who are exhibiting an off the charts level of hatred aimed at Sen. Harris.<br />
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Joining them in the hatefest are the peeps who were mad that Elizabeth Warren didn't get chosen to be Vice POTUS.<br />
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Calling Harris a TERF? Really fools? That is a smear that not only is easily debunked, but is so off the charts idiotic that it makes me question the mental acuity of the people who parrot it.<br />
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I'm also not going to waste time and space in this post debating that ridiculous birther BS either.<br />
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And naw trans boo boo kitties, your dislike of Sen. Harris isn't about policy. I see your pink and white trans flag pointed hoods showing. For some of y'all it's about your racism you're trying to cloak in a BS policy argument but failing mightily to do so. <br />
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So let's get to the reality of where Kamala Harris stands when it comes to trans specific issues.<br />
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Let's start with the July 2006 two day conference <a href="https://www.ebar.com/news///236821">she organized</a> to come up with ways to push back against and defeat the trans panic defense. That conference was attended by over 200 prosecutors and law enforcement officials from across the nation.<br />
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In 2014, as the California DA, she supported AB 2501, a bill authored by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla that banned the use of the trans and gay panic defense in California.<br />
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She has also as a senator filed the federal bill <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1721/text">(S.1721</a>) to ban the use of the trans and gay panic defense. She has repeatedly called out anti-trams violence aimed at Black trans women, and expressed her vehement opposition to Trump's anti-trans military service ban.<br />
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As California AG, she also joined with other AG's in several states in submitting the 2016 amicus brief in opposition of North Carolina's transphobic HB 2. She also did the same in the Gavin Grimm case and joined 11 other states in doing so. <br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />Attorney General Harris also joined 11 states in filing an amicus brief in </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">State of Texas v. United States</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas, to support federal guidance that discrimination based on gender identity constitutes unlawful discrimination based on sex and that schools risk losing Title IX-linked funding unless they permit students to use facilities consistent with their gender identity.</span></span><br />
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And yes, let's also address the persistent lie that Harris 'opposed surgery for trans inmates'.<br />
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The California AG office is the designated attorney for all California state agencies. That means when they have to go to court on an issue, the AG's office represents them.<br />
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The California AG office is the largest state attorney's office in the nation, with five divisions and over 1000 attorneys working for it. Harris was as AG in an executive position several layers of management above the attorneys who would try those cases.<br />
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So when a trans inmate filed a case to force the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation to allow her to have GCS while incarcerated, they were obligated to defend it.<br />
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When Harris discovered this case was happening, she worked behind the scenes to not only settle the case in favor of the trans inmates, but force the California Dept of Corrections & Rehabilitation to change the policy.<br />
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention she participated as a speaker at the 2005 SF Trans March.<br />
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I'm also tired of hearing the 'Kamala hates sex workers' BS as well. She went after the pimps and sex traffickers, not the sex workers caught up un the system. <br />
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When Angelica Ross and Shea Diamond both questioned her about those cases, she apologized, and took responsibility for those cases. Ross and Diamond were satisfied with her answers, and if they were good with it, so am I.<br />
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Warning you now. KHive is not playing with you peeps (and neither am I) when we say that ANY disrespect of Senator Kamala Harris from now until Election Day and beyond will be met with massive pushback and CVS level receipts debunking lies and fake talking points.<br />
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You wanna try us, go right ahead, but it will end badly for you.<br />
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So no, I'm not feeling the hatred that trans fauxgressives are aiming at Harris, and it needs to stop.<br />
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Tyra Hunter should be with us right now eagerly anticipating the celebration of her 50th birthday.<br />
But instead, her life <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2007/08/trya-hunter-anniversary.html">tragically ended way too soon </a>because of two transphobes. <br />
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One of the transphobes was a Washington DC fire department EMT. The other was the emergency room doctor at the hospital where she died.<br />
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On the morning of August 7, 1995 the 24 year old Hunter was a passenger in a car headed to the salon in which she worked as a hairdresser. Her mother Margie Hunter was a nurse, and Tyra had transitioned at age 17. She was popular in the SE Washington DC neighborhood where their family lived.<br />
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The car she was a passenger in was involved in an accident at the corner of 50th and C Streets SE. She and the driver Tedessa Rankin were pulled from the smoking ruins of the Hyundai Excel car Rankin was driving to await treatment by the DC Fire Department EMTs headed their way.. <br />
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As the gathering neighborhood onlookers watched an EMT later identified as Adrian Williams began treating a semi conscious Hunter for her injuries. He stopped and backed away after he cut open her pants legs to reveal her genitalia, saying "This b***h ain't no girl. It's a n****r, he got a dick..<br />
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Williams then began joking with other DCFD personnel on the scene as the neighborhood onlookers witnessing his and his coworkers transphobic behavior pleaded with him to resume working on Hunter to save her life.<br />
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Hunter's treatment was stopped for 5-7 critical minutes as the DCFD personnel on the scene kept cracking transphobic jokes. An EMS supervisor eventually arrived on the scene and resumed treating Hunter for her injuries. <br />
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She was eventually rushed to the now closed DC General Hospital where .she arrived at 4:10 PM EDT only to receive the same transphobic treatment from the DC General Hospital emergency room staff.<br />
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One doctor refused to treat her, Another assumed because she was a Black trans woman she had HIV and was more concerned about that instead of treating her for the blunt force trauma injuries she sustained in the traffic accident. Hunter died in the DC General Hospital emergency room at 5:23 PM EDT.<br />
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The case sent shockwaves through and angered the DC and national trans community. Over 2000 people attended her August 12 funeral. Her mother Margie Gunter later won a $2.9 million judgment in a subsequent wrongful death lawsuit.<br /><br />It is a case that still resonates with me and every Black trans person around at that mid 90's time as a concrete example of the medical transphobia that can be deadly for us.<br />
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25 years later we have a federal government that is trying to return us back to those days when EMT's like Adrian Williams and doctors could refuse to treat us.<br /><br /><br />Rest in power Tyra. Your Black trans life mattered to me and ever trans person of your generation. We will fight to ensure that no one suffers like you did on that August 7 day 25 years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br />
<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-1792717915763185102020-08-05T13:30:00.000-05:002020-08-05T14:34:25.610-05:00Fundraiser For Our Black Trans Masculine Elders <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Black trans masculine elders have done much to advance the human rights of our trans community, but unfortunately don't get the props and praise they deserve for it.<br />
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Dr Kortney Ziegler is raising $100K to split between three amazing trans masculine leaders in Ethan Thomas Young, Rev Louis Mitchell and Kylar Broadus.<br /><br />While I'm not familiar with Ethan or his work (and that's the impetus for me to get familiar with it) , I am however quite aware of Louis and Kylar, I have known both for over a decade, and I am proud to call them friends and colleagues in the struggle.<br /><br />I have witnessed both Louis and Kylar contribute their time, talents and sweat equity into building out community and organizations like the Trans Persons Of Color Coalition that Kylar founded in 2010. Louis has been involved in faith leadership in our community and being a mentor to our trans masculine community. <br /><br />All three of our elders deserve your support, and if you can contribute something, please do so. .<br />
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Here's the link <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-black-trans-elders?fbclid=IwAR2XUzlCuYx4p6oj0ELVYBJ-2nZoI90tS-nKGuXRXUVOs545luczZ-m_1y8">to donate to the fundraiser.</a> You can also hit Kortney up on Cash App if you wish to do so that way at $fakerapper<br />
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Thanks to Kortney for organizing it, and please show our trans masculine elders some love and help Kortney reach that $100K goal .Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-86729833669566914812020-08-04T11:00:00.000-05:002020-08-04T15:06:22.649-05:00Happy Birthday To Barack and Meghan! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We like to say in the Black community that we are descended from kings and queens, but did you know that August 4 is the day a president and a member of the British royal family were born? <br />
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Barack Obama and Meghan Markle were born twenty years and 2558 miles apart in Honolulu, HI and Los Angeles, CA.<br />
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The other thing they both have in common is that conservatives in the United States and Great Britain have irrational levels of hatred for both of them.<br />
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Y'all are already aware of the awesomeness that is POTUS 44, but did you know that Meghan was born four days after her hubby Prince Harry's parents were married?<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/30JAr9TK3D8" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br />
Happy birthday to President Obama and the Duchess of Sussex!<br />
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Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-91495797506245172952020-07-31T15:00:00.000-05:002020-08-01T01:29:57.233-05:00Trans Actors Can Be In The Building And Still Get Ignored<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like a lot of Trans World peeps I was more than a little heated when the women of POSE were once again snubbed for Emmy consideration despite stepping up their acting games and putting in some Emmy worthy performances.<br />
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Tell me you didn't cry watching Candy's funeral? Or laugh your azz off when Elektra read that Karen for filth in that Hamptons seafood restaurant scene.<br />
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Billy Porter was nominated for and won an Emmy last year for his Pray Tell performance and is now only lacking an Oscar to become only the 15th person ever to complete the EGOT.<br />
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What's the EGOT you ask? An EGOT is when an entertainer during their career wins an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. <br />
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So yeah, he's mad talented. He also said this when being interviewed last year for his historic Emmy win. The part I'm salty about starts at the 2:51 mark of this video<br />
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That video with his 'we in the building' comment is heightening my irritation with that comment a year later. While Porter received a second consecutive nomination for playing Pray Tell, the POSE women got snubbed for a second consecutive year.<br />
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You can still be in the building and still be ignored. You Mr. Porter and your fellow cis people all need to recognize that despite the 2020 Emmy nominations for Rain Valdez and Laverne Cox (and congrats to both those amazing women) the #EmmysSoCis.<br />
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Brian Michael Smith and Scott Turner Schofield are talented trans masculine actors who were not given 2020 Emmy consideration, either. <br />
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Yes, trans actors are in the building. But they still have to fight tooth and nail for the few roles in which trans women play trans feminine characters. Hell, trans women have had to fight just to play a cis feminine character in Hollywood. <br />
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Trans masculine actors have to fight just as hard to play a trans masculine character. It took a major outcry from our community to get <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/halle-berry-pulls-out-playing-transgender-man-after-backlash-n1233040">Halle Berry to reconsider</a> a role in which she would be playing a trans masculine person. Same with getting Scarlett Johansson to change her mind about playing Dante 'Tex' Ritter in the <i>Rub and Tug</i> movie.<br />
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Trans women actors have a problem getting trans feminine roles because studio execs and casting directors are still fixated on putting cis male actors in drag to play those roles.<br />
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And to our trans community's horror, those cis men (and a cis woman in Hilary Swank) have gallingly gone on to win the awards trans actors get routinely snubbed for by telling our trans stories..<br />
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So no, trans people aren't even close to having equity or seeing the change you claimed had come in that 2019 interview. Your Emmy interview to our ears sounded like the dismissive 'wait your turn' crap we've been hearing from Black gay men with clout for over 50 years.<br />
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The way Black trans women are being genocidally murdered also adds a fierce urgency of now element to not only this situation, but everything we do.<br />
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POSE is one of the few productions in Hollywood in which we not only get to tell our stories, we have trans people in front of and behind the camera writing and directing them like Janet Mock and Our Lady J. That makes it a unique and beloved show in our trans community, and we want to see MJ Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross, Hailie Sahar and Indya Moore succeed.<br />
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That means if these women's POSE performances merit Emmy recognition, we want to see them nominated for those performances. If those nominations then turn into trans historic Emmy wins, we're good with that.<br />
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That is also the case for the trans folks working behind their camera. If they are doing award worthy work, they need to be recognized for that.<br />
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Frankly, I love seeing all my Hollywood trans family succeed whether you are in front of the camera or behind it. The measuring stick for how successful you are in Hollywood is winning or being nominated for major awards like Emmys, Oscars, or Golden Globes.<br />
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But to have a shot an winning an Emmy or any of those awards I mentioned, you have to be nominated for it. This is the flaw in Billy Porter's 2019 'we in the building' speech.<br />
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You can be in the building all you want. But if you're in the building, doing exemplary work, and are still getting ignored for unspecified reasons up to and including Hollywood transphobia and anti-Blackness, that's a problem that needs to be called out and addressed.<br />
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<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-72079214276579042272020-07-31T07:00:00.000-05:002020-07-31T08:58:37.313-05:00You Conservafools Don't Get To Tell Us How To Mourn Our Community Heroes <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seems like the Karen and Chad conservafools are having a hissy fit over <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2020/07/barack-obamas-eulogy-of-rep-john-lewis.html">President Obama's eulogy</a> of the late Rep. John Lewis at his homegoing yesterday. The Right Wing Noise Machine hit dogs were hollering all over conservative media big mad he called them and their orange wannabe dictator out without mentioning him or them by name. <br />
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How dare you Karens and Chads presume to tell us Black folks how to mourn one of our community's great civil rights icons. Hello, did you fools ever pay attention to John Lewis' life? . Obviously you didn't.<br />
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I would hope and I expect that when my time on Planet Earth has ended, I'm putting y'all on notice now. I want the speakers at my homegoing service to be just as forceful calling out the issues of the day when y'all celebrate me joining the ancestors.<br />
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I recall you conservapeeps <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2006/02/coretta-scott-king-my-comments.html">said the same BS</a> back in 2006 when Coretta Scott King died and many of the speakers at her funeral called out George W Bush to his face./ He was POTUS at the time and attended the funeral.<br />
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Trump didn't even have the cojones, much less the empathy to make the short drive to the US Capitol to attend the ceremony in which his body was lying in state.<br />
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I doubt the Lewis family would have wanted him desecrating the hallowed historic sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church anyway or that ceremony since he's gone full Klansman these days.<br />
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Let me repeat the money quote from what I wrote in the wake of the conservafool whining about how political the Coretta Scott King funeral got.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Dr. King and Coretta Scott King were </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">POLITICAL</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"> people. Therefore, it is appropriate in terms of commenting on the totality of their lives to refer to political themes when making remarks to honor them. Rev. Joseph Lowery, President Clinton, Mayor Shirley Franklin, and President Carter were saying publicly things about Junior that many African-Americans say about him in conversations with each other. If that bothers you conservatives, too bad.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Must hurt to realize that you peeps are on the wrong side of history yet again and it shows your utter lack of understanding of African-American culture and traditions. It is also arrogant and presumptuous of people who fought (and still are fighting) tooth and nail to derail America's progress toward fulfilling The Dream to tell us how to mourn the passing of the 'Queen of the Civil Rights movement.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">I'm really getting sick of this conservative BS that there should be NO criticism of the president, when these SAME conservatives several years ago called President Clinton everything but a child of God. They even stooped as low as to attack their then-teenaged daughter Chelsea. If George got out amongst the 90% percent of African-Americans who DIDN'T vote for him in either election he'd hear those comments more often.</span></span></blockquote>
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Now fast forward to 2020. <br />
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John Lewis was a political person, a sitting congressman for over 30 years, and a Civil Rights Movement icon. Therefore, it is appropriate in the traditions of our people to comment on the state of the nation and speak truth to power.<br />
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But you conservafools wouldn't know how to do that or even care because you have been cricket chirping silent accomplices to white supremacist tyranny .<br />
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Miss me with that bull feces that his funeral was 'too political'. Y'all can be mad and stay mad about that and President Obama's on point eulogy calling out the worst presidency in American history<br />
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And let me say this once again so your hive minds get the point I've been making. You conservafools don't get to tell us how to mourn our community heroes and sheroes.<br />
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<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-41631139690382388712020-07-30T15:08:00.000-05:002020-07-30T15:13:31.533-05:00Barack Obama's Eulogy of Rep John Lewis <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy at Rep John Lewis' funeral in Atlanta;'s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church<br />
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Normally the GLAAD Media Awards are spread out in a bi-coastal ceremony that has some of it taking place in Los Angeles in March or April, and the other half of it in New York in May. .<br />
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The Trump Virus forced cancellation of both the live events and necessitated their conversion into the first virtual ceremony in GLAAD Media Awards history.<br />
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That virtual ceremony will take place on July 29-30. <br />
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While all of us <a href="https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/31/2020%20nominees">who were nominated</a> have had to wait a little bit longer to find out if we won, as many of you TransGriot readers are aware of, I received my fifth nomination in the Outstanding Blog category. <br />
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When I won it in 2018, I was the first trans blogger ever to do so and the third African American TBLGQ one to do so after <a href="https://rodonline.typepad.com/">Rod 2.0 Beta</a> and Alvin McEwen's <a href="https://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/">Holy Bullies And Headless Monsters</a> .<br />
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If my name is called, I would become the first ever two time winner of the award.<br />
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The Outstanding Blog category is tough again with last year's winner <a href="https://www.pghlesbian.com/">Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents,</a> 2011 winner <a href="https://www.joemygod.com/">Joe My God</a>, <a href="https://www.gayswithkids.com/">Gays With Kids</a> and <a href="https://marksking.com/">My Fabulous Disease </a>in the mix.<br />
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Congratulations to all the nominees, and good luck. .<br /><br /><b>TransGriot Update: The 2020 Outstanding Blog award went to Mark S. King (finally) of My Fabulous Disease</b><br />
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<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-37011804790817274572020-07-25T00:00:00.000-05:002020-07-27T17:43:53.758-05:00Rest In Power, Eli <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Was saddened to learn about losing another longtime friend and fellow blogger to cancer. <br />
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I first got yo know Eli as part of the intrepid group of loyal Democrats who in the wake of that 2004 reelection of GW Bush, did battle on the Kicking Ass blog with the conservafools coming to gloat about his win and their premature declarations that liberalism and the Democratic Party were dead.<br />
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When I finally joined Facebook, was happy to discover all my KA friends were on this platform and happily reconnected with him.<br />
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You may recall TransGriot readers that Eli was one of the peeps who competed with me and Michael Watts for a couple of seasons in our ongoing NFL prognostication contest.<br />
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My condolences to his family, friends and all who loved him.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eli Whitney Blake III passed away peacefully on July 10, 2020 in Phoenix, AZ after a heroic battle with neuroendocrine cancer. He was 57. Eli was born August 7, 1962 in Albuquerque, NM to Dr. Henry W. Blake and Fay F. Blake, both who preceded him in death.
He was a curious boy who won school spelling bees and enjoyed board games and baseball, and was a voracious reader of encyclopedias and atlases. He attended Temple Albert in Albuquerque, where he was Bar Mitzvaed in 1975. He attended Sandia High School, where he was a member of the Chess Club and the ROTC among his many activities. He graduated in 1980.
He attended New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM, where he studied Math and Chemistry, graduating in 1985 with a double major. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the same year. While at Tech, he played Rugby, and he also began developing his life-long interest in politics and social justice and worked for local democratic candidates.
He continued his education and political activism at the University of Montana in Missoula where he graduated with a MS in Statistics. He considered continuing for a PhD, but decided to return to the southwest to become an educator, a passion to which he dedicated the rest of his life. His first teaching job was in Phoenix but he soon returned to Albuquerque and began teaching at TVI – a technical community college – in 1991.
At TVI, he was active on the Faculty Senate, and was instrumental in starting the employee union, something he was very proud of accomplishing – he believed strongly in unions and “never crossed a picket line.”
While at TVI, he married Tressa Dennis, whom he had reconnected with in Socorro during a visit in 1986. They married in 1992 in Cedar City, UT, and began their life together with their daughter Valorie in Las Lunas, NM. Shortly thereafter, the young family settled in Moriarty, NM, and welcomed the twins – Leah and Maranda – in 1996.
He left TVI in 1997 and, after a short detour in Corpus Christi TX at Del Mar Community College, they settled in Joseph City, AZ where he began his career with the Northern Pioneer Community College (NPC) system, which primarily serves the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. For the rest of his life, he was dedicated to the Navajo community, serving both as an outstanding educator and a community advocate for the people of the reservation. He was also a very dedicated father, and enjoyed supporting them in every way – from helping develop their academic, social, and spiritual interests to uplifting their entire community through his generosity and engagement.
In Joseph City, he was active in the LDS Allen’s Camp Ward, and was engaged in a range of social and political work in the community. He was the Democratic Precinct Committee (PC) person and worked on numerous local, state, and national campaigns, including campaigns for Paul Babbitt and Ann Kirkpatrick; he served as the Navajo County Democratic Party Chair in 2012 when Kirkpatrick was elected. He was always out canvassing, registering people to vote, attending political events, and eagerly engaging in political debate on a wide range of issues.
He was a prolific blogger, starting his blog “Deep Thought” in the early 2000s, and was recognized by the AZ State Press Association in 2006 in the lead-up to the Obama election. All of it led back to his beloved family and community. From purchasing geometry textbooks for his daughters’ entire 9th grade class to serving on the Joseph City Fire Board to going door-to-door on the reservation for the US Census to his 20 year commitment to the Arizona Republic through his paper route, he was a ubiquitous presence in the lives of all he touched and will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his daughters, Leah Blake and Maranda Blake of Gilbert, AZ, Valorie Brooks and her husband Hunter Brooks and their daughters, April, Andrea, Brooklyn, and Baylee of Joseph City, and by Tressa Blake of Joseph City, his sister, Miriam Blake and her wife Sue Hine of High Point, NC, and best friend, Misti Lee of Show Low, AZ.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Celebration of Life for Eli will be held in a future month when COVID has receded and it is safe for all those who want to attend to be together and celebrate his memory.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The family requests that donations be made in his name to either </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Midwest Food Bank Arizona Division - please note the donation should be directed to Helping Hands for the Navajo Nation in his name</span></div>
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Rest in power El.<br />
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<br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-49177748768163314932020-07-23T15:00:00.000-05:002020-07-23T20:51:34.347-05:00Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reads Rep Yoho On House Floor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">"Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. And when a decent man messes up, as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does apologize,"</span>-Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<br /><br /></b></span><br />
When are these conservafools going to get the message not to mess with Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez?<br />
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We get it Republican Party, FOX Noise and conservafool movement. .Y'all have your hate on for her because she's a smart young Latina who doesn't have to work hard to make y'all look foolish on a regular basis. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is also considered to be a future contender for higher office, and that scares the crap out of you.<br />
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On Wednesday Y<strike>ahoo</strike> Yoho (R-FL) decided to be his usual azzhole self out on the Capitol steps and accost Rep Ocasio Cortez, who was headed into the building to cast a vote and minding her own business. . He made disrespectful comments about her, and concluded by calling her the b-word.<br />
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On Tuesday, Yoho tried to do damage control and make<i> </i>made a non apology apology on the House floor that was no only pathetically weak, it didn't even mention Rep Ocasio-Cortez by name.<br />
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Rep Ocasio Cortez as y'all already know is a formidable communicator. On top of that, Yoho probably realized after he opened his big mouth he'd messed with the wrong congressional woman.<br />
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Rep Ocasio Cortez used some of her time this morning to clap back on that conservaazz and call Yoho out for his non apology apology.. She also turned this incident into an opportunity to talk about how men disrespectfully talk to and about women they are intimidated by.<br />
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here's the video of her floor speech.<br />
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The last time I spent any quality time together with with Myles and Precious Brady-Davis was during the 2016 Creating Change in Chicago when Precious was one of the four co-chairs of the event.<br />
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We jokingly call both of them the Trans Obamas' because this trans power couple are Chicago residents, have actually met the former POTUS and are both working in the nonprofit sector.<br />
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And as you probably guessed, I have much love and respect for both of them.<br />
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Back in December, they welcomed a daughter Zayn into the world, and the birth of their child actually <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-first-transgender-birth-certificate-tt-01132020-20200114-qfbbf3dvufhppid5shjru6l5xu-story.html">led to a policy change </a>in the state of Illinois for trans parents. <br />
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The initial birth certificate misgendered both Miles and Precious. It was corrected to show Myles is the father and Precious is the mother.<br />
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They also had an <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/07/precious-and-myles-are-having-baby.html">interesting journey to parenthood </a>that is a story in itself.<br />
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All of that to say that once again, Myles and Precious will be on our TV screens for the TLC show <i>My Pregnant Husband.</i> It's not their first time on TLC, because Precious appeared on <i>Say Yes To The Dress </i>a few years ago.<br />
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It not only follows Myles and Precious' journey to parenthood, it also focuses on the challenges they faced as unapologetic Black trans people. <br />
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The parenting journey of Seattle based trans man Ari and his cis wife Caitlyn is also followed in this hour long episode as well. It also serves as a comparison and contrast to how the pregnancies of the transgender men differed<br />
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.Looking forward to this latest episode of Must See Trans TV happening at 9 PM CDT tonight.<br />
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As many of you TransGriot readers know, I'm one of the judges for this year's inaugural Miss Trans Global online pageant<br /><br />We're not at the talent portion of the inaugural competition and getting inexorably closer to the August 1 crowning date for our first queen.<br /><br />Don't forget, you can vote for your favorites by heading to the Miss Trans Global Facebook page and liking it so your vote will count<br /><br />And now, the talent competition. <br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BeFDPgAnvAI" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br />The Catwalk Competition<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9CBYIli1nU" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br />The Swimwear Competition<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6mO2AeMSpTg" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br />The Queens Speech<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sMhJySFgzIs" width="440"></iframe><br /><br />The Pass The Book Challenge<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hzIODCEFL9k" width="440"></iframe><br /><br />Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-2155344801922260472020-07-20T10:30:00.000-05:002020-07-30T15:27:53.995-05:00Black Trans Folks Have Been Trying To Tell Black Cis Peeps What We Need- Y'all Ain't Listening <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As you TransGriot readers were aware of, I was part of a two hour Zoom town hall on Saturday that was supposed to be convened in the spirit of All Black Lives Matter and was sold to me as a convo to discuss the needs of our Black trans family.<br />
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As you probably guessed in a conversation moderated by a cis Black man and of which nine of the twelve participants were cis, it didn't turn out that way. <br />
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Even though we had major Houston trans allies on that panel like BLM-HOU's Ashton P. Woods, Rev. Denise Junious and attorney Jolanda Jones, every time that we started talking about trans peeps, the conversation got diverted and derailed from its intended focus on Black trans lives<br />
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While myself, Kaleb Elijah and Tori Cooper managed to get some points across, the end result was that the trans participants and our allies were left frustrated at how the conversation organized by Black Greeks Speak Social Justice turned out. <br />
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There was far too much stuff we didn't talk about in the two hours allotted for this conversation. <br />
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For starters, we needed to talk about the transphobia in the Black community ranks that is not only in the Black same gender loving community, but has expressed itself in Black Greek Letter Organization (BGLO) ranks as well. <br />
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Exhibit A of that BGLO transphobia was the attempt by a faction of Zeta Phi Beta members last year to adopt a diversity statement that sought to bar trans women from joining the sorority. It was rescinded after intense negative media attention and efforts by trans allies within the Zeta Phi Beta ranks. <br />
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We didn't talk about the fact that the common thread with many of the Black trans women that have been murdered in the last few years across the country has been intimate partner violence and trans misogynoir <br />
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<b>Translation</b>: Cis Black men are killing and gleefully subjecting Black trans women to beatdowns<br />
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We didn't go into depth about the role that the Black church and Black media, be it traditional or social media, plays in pushing anti-trans hatred in our community to the point of so called 'comedians' <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/07/black-media-transphobia-is-not-humorous.html">like Lil Duval on shows like <i>The Breakfast Club</i></a> do on-air advocating for our murders.<br />
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Neither did we go in depth about the inaction of our legacy orgs like the NAACP when it comes to advocacy on behalf of Black trans folks. We also didn't talk about the lack of Black trans folks being hired to do policy work inside and outside the TBLGQ community.<br />
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I don't doubt for a nanosecond that my Black trans masculine family and our Black non binary siblings have a long list of their own things they need to say to Black cis America as well<br />
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So what do Black trans folks need? <br />
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The first and most important thing is for y'all to stop killing us or subjecting us to beatdowns. <br />
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We do not exist for y'all to beat on us or kill us because you're mad about whatever personal issues you're dealing with. Take those personal issues and problems up with your friendly neighborhood therapist and keep your hands to yourself.<br />
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We need Black cis people to cease and desist with debating our existence. Trans folks have been part of our community since the rise of modern humans and we aren't going anywhere. <br />
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Stop trying to pawn off your transphobia as a 'disagreement' Discussing whether Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan or Lebron James are the greatest basketball players ever is a legitimate cause for debate and disagreement.<br />
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Trying to claim that Black trans people don't exist when the science and our very existence overwhelmingly say otherwise is not.<br />
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Black trans folks need good paying jobs. We need housing. We need competent non discriminatory medical care. <br />
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We need Black cis men to stop being 'scurred' and come clean about the fact some of you are attracted to Black trans women. Some of you wish to take that desire further and have long term relationships with us. <br />
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Because we Black trans women know many of us have been killed in dating situations, we're going to tell you from the jump we're trans. We do not have to 'trick' or deceive you into walking into our bedrooms. Many of you do so willingly, and you need to stop fronting about that with cis Black women and your homeboys. <br />
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We need cis Black women to recognize that we trans women are not your enemy. The white supremacist Karens and Kens who wish to gleefully oppress all of us are. We would rather spend our precious time building sisterhood with other Black cis women, building long term friendships, and uplifting the community together.<br />
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While we recognize and acknowledge that the feminine journeys of Black trans and cisgender women are different along with the issues we face as a result, there are some issues that both groups face that we would do well to work together to combat.<br />
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We need y'all cis peeps to stop shadily whispering (or yelling) 'That's a Man' when a trans woman is in the club or elsewhere, and she happens to be on her feminine presentation A game. That shyt gets trans women beaten or killed. Mine nor any other trans woman's existence is not an indictment of you or Black womanhood in general.<br />
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Hell, the attacks on Black femmes have occurred long before Black trans women started getting written <a href="https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-fascinating-story-of-mary-jones.html">about in 19th century newspapers</a>, and even those articles, like today's 21st century media coverage, were mostly negative.<br />
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We need you to not only stop attacking our Black trans kids like Zaya Wade, we need you to stop attacking their parents for loving their kids enough to allow them to honestly and openly live as their true selves.<br />
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We need you to stop trying to pass off your transphobia as part of your religion. That is a major sore spot with me, other trans folks and our allies that will get you called out. If your religion calls for you to hate on trans people, then you need a new religion<br />
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Since we founded Black trans led organizations to do the policy work that Black legacy orgs wouldn't (and wouldn't hire us for), we need our trans led grassroots orgs properly funded. <br />
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We currently have 27 trans people nationwide who are elected officials. Only two of them are Black, and they both sit on the Minneapolis City Council in Councilmembers Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham. The trans folks all running for office in this 2020 cycle are predominately white.<br />
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We know that must change. So when increasing numbers of Black trans people do decide to run for public office, we not only will need your support, be it financial or otherwise, we will need your votes when we do.<br />
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We also need cis elected officials at all levels of government to consider hiring qualified Black trans people to work on their staffs to do the needed and necessary policy work that will help improve all our lives<br />
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We also need you to listen when we talk about the issues that impact our communities. We trans and gender non conforming peeps are the experts when it comes to talking about our lives.<br />
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So unless you have a PhD in gender identity issues, are a geneticist doing research in that area, or a psychologist trained to treat gender dysphoria issues, STFU with your loud and wrong faux faith based opinions about our lives. Your loud and wrong opinion does not trump a trans person's actual lived experience.<br />
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Most importantly, we Black trans peeps need you Black cis folks to treat us with the dignity and respect you demand for yourselves.<br />
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