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A proud unapologetic Black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

In New Orleans, Black Carnival Has its High-Society Side

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The 2005 Bunch Club Gala attendees seven and a half months before Katrina struck. Photo by Lloyd Dennis The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS C...

Beaten but Not Broken, Black Krewes Make a Big Return at This Year’s Mardi Gras Fest

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photo-the start of the Zulu parade Tuesday, February 20, 2007 By Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com When the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Clu...

Don't You Conservatives Have Your Own Heroes?

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Conservatism: n, The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a con...

Why Y'all Hatin' On Beyonce?

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I used to joke back when Destiny's Child was the hottest group going that they were the Supremes 2K version. Not long after that Beyonce...
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Judge Glenda Hatchett

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-trans women who have qualities that I admire. I first became awa...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

I Have To Prove It Every Day

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photo-Grace Park as Sharon 'Athena' Agathon There was a recent Battlestar Galactica episode in which Sharon and her husband Helo wer...
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For Women of Color, A Fuller Beauty Standard

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photo-model Toccara Jones By Robin Givhan Friday, February 16, 2007; C02 The voluptuous actress Jennifer Hudson wears a burgundy satin dress...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Transcending MLK’S Dream

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Local activist Tracee McDaniel speaks her truth in an attempt to spark change By Ryan Lee Friday, February 09, 2007 From the Southern Voice ...

Hardaway Hates Gays-So Do Some Other Black Peeps

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Tim Hardaway's anti-gay comments made me recall a conversation I had with my father when I was a teen. He stated that he had more respe...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Valentine's Day Musings

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TransGriot Note: photo of the painting 'In The Garden' by Keith Mallett Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Like most people I'...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Angelica's Had It Up To Here (And So Have I)

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Yesterday Elizabeth (one of my TransGriot guest colmunists) posted a link from You Tube of a video from Chicago transwoman Angelica Love Ro...
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Kim Coco Iwamoto-The Highest Ranking Elected US TG Official

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When   Kim Coco Iwamoto was growing up in Hawaii,  her parents stressed that education was the key to achieving her goals.  After graduati...

Barack Is In!

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (AP) Democrat Barack Obama declared himself a candidate Saturday for the White House in 2008, evoking Abraham Lincoln...
Friday, February 09, 2007

It's Black History Month In Canada, Too!

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TransGriot Note: photo is of former MP Jean Augustine, who pushed the motion establishing Black History Month in Canada. Black History Month...

Viola Desmond-Canada's Rosa Parks

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Almost ten years before that fateful December 1, 1955 day that Rosa Parks sat down on a Montgomery, AL bus that was headed home and jump sta...
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Tres Chic

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The dictionary definition of chic reads: smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner . That's a dead-on target descr...
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A Tale of Two Transgender TV Characters

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In the last two months we've had transgender characters appear on two ABC network shows. One of them is on ABC's flagship soap All M...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

James 'Sweet Evening Breeze' Herndon

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When I first moved to Kentucky I began to hear the stories from Dawn and other Lexingtonians about their legendary transgender resident &#...

Roberta Angela Dee

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-trans women who have qualities that I admire Roberta Angela Dee ...

Black Canadian Snapshot

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According to the 2001 Canadian Census, there are 593,335 people who identify as Black and of that number 70,000 also claim European ancestry...
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Monica Roberts
Monica Roberts, AKA the TransGriot (Gree-oh) is a native Houstonian, GLAAD award winning blogger, writer, and award winning trans human rights advocate. She's the founding editor of TransGriot, and her writing has appeared at the Bilerico Project, Ebony.com, The Huffington Post and the Advocate. She works to foster understanding and acceptance of trans people inside and outside communities of color. Among her many honors are the Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award, the Robert Coles Call of Service Award. the Barbara Jordan Breaking Barriers Award, and the 2020 Susan J Hyde Award for Longevity In The Movement
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