Showing posts with label African-American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African-American. Show all posts
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Rest In Power, Kenishia Hubbard 1964-2014

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Was stunned to hear that one of our transsisters, Left Coast advocates and my fellow Texan Kenishia Hubbard suddenly passed away at age 50...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Diamonds Are Mo'Ne's Best Friend

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Marilyn Monroe once sang diamonds are a girl's best friend.   But in 13 year old Mo'Ne Davis' case, it's a baseball diamond....
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

2014 NBJC Emerging Leaders To Watch Campaign

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Needed to post this NBJC news for those of you who are interested in applying for it or you know some young Black TBLG leaders in the 18-3...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

106 Years- Happy Anniversary AKA!

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January 15 is not only the birthday of the greatest American our people have ever produced, it is also the date in 1908 on the Howard Univer...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Olympic Gender Drama-Flo Jo

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Since the 1960 Rome Olympics, with the exception of the period from 1976-1984 when the steroid fed East German women were tearing up the tr...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The 'I Don't Know Any Black Trans People' Excuse Doesn't Fly

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I've done a lot of posts about the subject of erasure of trans people of color.   In the process of combating the media invisibility I...
Monday, February 18, 2013

I Believe There's An LGBT Community, But...

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One of the ongoing arguments I hear and I reject whether it comes from the LGB end of the spectrum or the trans end of it is that 'the...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Gettng To Out On The Hill On A Dime

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TransGriot Note: The 2012 edition of Out On The Hill is rapidly approaching, and for our collegiate younglings who would like to take part...
Monday, July 16, 2012

2012 Trans Faith In Color Conference- I'll Be There

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Been in the works for a few weeks, but now I can officially tell you TransGriot readers that I'll not only be in the house for the upc...
Monday, May 07, 2012

NBJC Stands In Solidarity With CeCe McDonald and Community-Transgender Assault Victim Accepts Plea to Reduced Manslaughter Charge

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TransGriot Note:  The May 3 NBJC press release concerning the McDonald trial *** R eports out of Minneapolis reveal that CeCe McDona...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Rest In Peace, Paige

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While today is a happy day for me, it's tempered with the sadness that a young transwoman in Chicago will not get the chance to expe...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

A Look At African-American Trans Traliblazers

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TransGriot Note: Hey TransGriot readers, while I'm not writing at the Huffington Post (yet), this is about a big an honor as you can g...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Not All Women Received The Right To Vote Today

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on...
Friday, July 29, 2011

And Then There Were Five

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Rut-oh! Bishop Eddie Long has another problem in that the fifth mystery accuser in his ongoing sex scandal has just surfaced courtesy of a...
Monday, July 18, 2011

African-American Trans Woman Dissed By DJ At Nashville Event

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When Forresta Bee attended the 101.1 The Beat Jamz All White Party at Nashville's LP Field on June 4, little did she suspect that trans...