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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

April 2007 TransGriot Column

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Chill Out Calling Women You Don’t Like Trannies Copyright 2007, THE LETTER One thing I’m getting a little sick of is the trend in the blog...

Chill Out Calling Women You Don't Like Trannies

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TransGriot Note: I had a LOT to say about this topic. My April TransGriot newspaper column was also devoted to the subject as well. photo...
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April 4 Blues

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April 4 tends to be a bittersweet day for me. It not only signals the fact that I am four weeks away from celebrating another birthday, it ...
Sunday, April 01, 2007

No Joke-This Sistah Can Coach

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Not many people have heard of Rutgers University coach C. Vivian Stringer, but the peeps in the NCAA women's coaching ranks definitely h...
Friday, March 30, 2007

Twenty Things I Love About Kentucky

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While y'all know I have much love for my birth state and my hometown, I've grown to love and appreciate a few things that are unique...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Barack Obama Is More Than 'Black Enough'

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One of my TransGriot readers posted this commentary on the blog concerning Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Monica sistergirl,...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Hoyas Make History

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Back in 1984 Georgetown coach John Thompson, Jr and Patrick Ewing ruined my year when they beat my alma mater 84-75 in Seattle for the NCAA ...
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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Another Sistah Wins Miss USA

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Rachel Smith just completed a volunteer stint at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. The 21 year old magna cum ...
Friday, March 23, 2007

The Sermon

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Dionne Spencer made a quick left turn off Fourth Street and pulled her red Nissan Sentra into the parking lot of her home church. It had b...
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Two Houston Lawmakers Seek Apology Over Slavery

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By KRISTEN MACK Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle AUSTIN — Convinced by this week's debate over Confederate monuments that some Texans re...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

It's 'Un-African' For Nigeria To Treat GLBT People This Way

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photo-Nigerian president General Osegun Obasanjo and his good friend president George W. Bush I gripe with my friends sometimes about the wa...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Are The Divine Nine Sororities Ready To Admit Transwomen?

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In 2008 Alpha Kappa Alpha , the first African-American sorority will celebrate their centennial year. AKA's founding was followed by...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Yuck, I Feel Like A Boy Today

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Back in 2003 when I was running HIM’s Transgender Initiative, we had a meeting in which one of the attendees exclaimed during a break, “Yuck...
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Happy 50th Birthday Spike Lee!

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In addition to March 20 being the first day of spring (hallelujah) today is also Spike Lee's birthday. He was born in the ATL 50 years a...
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Katrina Rose

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

Happy Birthday Vanessa Williams!

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On this day in 1963 Vanessa Lynn Williams was born. Her parents announced her birth with a prophetic statement: 'Here she is, Miss Amer...
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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Miriam Xtravaganza Hospitalized After Brutal NYC Attack

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Miriam Rivera AKA Miriam Xtravaganza was hospitalized February 27 with multiple broken bones and internal bleeding after she was attacked an...
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'Transgender' Category Needed For The 2010 US Census

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When I graduated from high school in 1980 my first job was working during that hot Houston summer as an enumerator for the decennial US cens...
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The Dred Scott Case-150 Years Later

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150 years ago this month the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. On March 6, 1857 Chief Justice Roger B. Taney made his ...

Miss Honey Dijon

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. Since I like...
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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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