Sometimes all it takes is one person standing tall, unapologetically living their lives and fighting tooth and nail for their own human righ...

One of the consistent themes for those of us of African descent living in our various parts of the Diaspora is having to deal with anti-Blac...

What's stopping us from being more forceful about stepping up to the plate and fighting for trans human rights in our communities on thi...

I've had the pleasure of conversing with Audrey Mbugua online for several years now and I'm looking forward to the day I finally m...

While the international community was focusing on Uganda and its attempts to pass their blatantly unjust 'Kill The Gays' Bill, the...

One of the missions of TransGriot I take seriously as a child of the African Diaspora is to relentlessly point out trans people exist on the...

Guest Post from Renee of Womanist Musings If you are a member of a marginalized community, at some point a crime, or a ludicrous acti...

It started as a Black Twitter smackdown to a racist Tumblr page , but has raged on Twitter since Friday night and gone viral.   It was...

Rumors have been hot and heavy over the last year amongst Marvel comics fans about whether the film about their first African descended supe...

Guest post from Renee of Womanist Musings I have come to hate the term where are the parents because it ignores that parents can d...

I'm happy and have been for years to see young trans kids like Kim Petras (who is now a stunning twentysomething young woman) Jazz and...

As I keep repeating on this blog, being trans is part of the diverse mosaic of human life.   Trans people exist on every continent that hu...

One of the things I want to do a better job of this year on TransGriot is get the stories of continental trans Africans out there. Stumble...

TransGriot Note: Nobel laureate and Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu wrote this op-ed that was originally published at the Ugandan-based  ...

While I didn't get to see Jenna Talackova take the 2012 Miss Canada Universe crown , I'll have another reason to watch the Miss Un...

The Ugandan 'Kill The Gays' bill has been getting renewed attention since the speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Rebecca Kadaga ann...

TransGriot Note: As a transgender child of the African Diaspora, this 'Kill the Gays' bill is my business as well.  I'm sad a...

One of the things I love to highlight is trans voices of the African Diaspora, and one of those voices from the Mother Continent speaking el...

Jamaica wasn't the only Caribbean island nation celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain this year.  The tw...

When the Little League World Series comes on, I'll take some time to watch the games that are broadcast on ESPN because it does take...