Showing posts with label African diaspora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African diaspora. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

400 Years of Africans In America

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Today is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of captive Africans at Old Point Comfort in what would later become Fort Monroe in Hampton...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Munroe Bergdorf's 'A Qween's Speech' Discusses TBLGQ Issues In The UK

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Every Christmas Queen Elizabeth II gives across The Pond what is called 'The Queen's Speech' on television that's simila...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Afro Brazilian Trans Woman Gets Elected In Brazil!

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There were over 50 trans candidates running in Brazil for various seats at all levels of the Brazilian government when their election took...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Happy 100th Birthday Nelson Mandela!

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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others'...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Laverne's Historic Cosmo Cover

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Just in time for Black History Month, Laverne Cox continues to blaze trails and make me and other Black trans peeps proud of her. Her la...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Meet Ghanian Trans Woman Angela Coleman

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One of the things that was also a catalyst towards me founding TransGriot 12 years ago was wondering where was the information and stories...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Nigerian Women Bobsledders Make Olympic History

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The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea will start on February 9, and the sports junkie I am will definitely be tuned into th...
Monday, October 16, 2017

New 'Black Panther' Movie Trailer

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I already have February 16 circled on my calendar. So what's transpiring on that day?   In addition to it being in the middle of Black...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Black and German

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One of the little known things about me is I took German in high school, and I have a cousin who is German.  Black people have lived in ...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Third Annual Jamaica Pride Happening August 1-7

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For the last two years we at BTAC have been exceedingly proud to note that our BTAC fam includes two people from Jamaica and Brazil, and ...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Sit Yo' Azz Down Chimamanda And Talk To A Black Trans Woman...

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Before you part your lips to say something this cluelessly ignorant about us ever again. Some of my TransGriot readers have asked me wha...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Tschan Andrews' TedX Talk

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Tschan Andrews is a former model, a ctivist, writer and former model who in this TedX talk tells her story and experience as a Black trans...
Friday, December 09, 2016

Human Rights Activist Viola Desmond To Become First Canadian Woman On Canadian Currency

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I've talked about on the blog beautician and businesswoman Viola Desmond, who nine years before Rosa Parks did so in the US, the then...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Bermuda Marriage Equality Referendum On Thursday

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You might be surprised to know that I have a few Bermudians who not only are fans of this blog, but I am Facebook friends with.  I had the...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

What Happens With My African Diaspora Trans Peeps IS My Business

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One of the things that has always bothered me is that I am more cognizant about trans people and the issues that affect them in Latin Amer...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

First Ever Africa Trans* Visibility Day

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I keep pointing out the trans human rights movement is an international one, and we have increasing evidence of that global reach every...
Saturday, December 05, 2015

African Trans* Stories

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A  conference is scheduled to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa today for Africa Trans* Visibility Day. It continues to point ou...