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

Monday, April 23, 2007

Why I Can't Stand The NRA

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No sooner than I'd hit the SAVE button on my Virginia Tech post did the National Rifle Association chime in with their bull feces asser...
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Friday, April 20, 2007

Happy Birthday 'Lufer'

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With all the negativity that April 20 is associated with in terms of the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado and it being ...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Nikki Giovanni's Encounter With Cho

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Professor Had Expelled Gunman From Class By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The mood in the basketball arena was d...
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The Virginia Tech Tragedy

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College is supposed to be an overall positive experience. You're finally getting to sort everything out in terms of what you want to do...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

"The Revs" DO Speak For Many African-Americans

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I continue to be amused and amazed by the vitriolic hatred that comes out of many conservapundits mouths whenever "The Revs" are...

Identity Construction Among Transgender People Of Color Study

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TransGriot note: I met Kylan during TSTBC 2005 and have participated in his research project. There is a huge need to get information out ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Say It Loud: I'm Elite And Proud!

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Why is the country run by people who celebrate mediocrity and recruit from Pat Robertson's law school? Because the right-wing crusade to...
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Roseanne Has A Point

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While interviewing Jasmyne Cannick as a guest host for a radio show on KCAA-AM in San Bernardino, CA last week, Roseanne Barr made the follo...
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Monday, April 16, 2007

Black Peeps HAVE Been Discussing Negative Rap Lyrics-Y'all Been Ignoring Us

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One of the things that I was amused and pissed to hear during the whole Don Imus flap was the pathetic attempts of conservatives to shift th...
Sunday, April 15, 2007

Jackie Robinson 60th Anniversary

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April 15 is not just the day you pay Uncle Sam any taxes you owe. (by the way, you have until midnight Tuesday to do that) Today also happen...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Washington Has Three African-American Head Coaches-What's Wrong With The Rest Of The NCAA?

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When 34 year old Salisbury, MD native Tia Jackson was hired by the University of Washington on April 7 it reunited her with an old friend fr...

Monica’s Statement For the KY Coming Together Conference

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Transgriot Note: My friend Joshua asked me to compose a statement for a workshop he's presenting on African-American transpeople at a lo...
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

CBS to Don Imus: You're Fired!

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The hammer came down on Don Imus today as CBS cancelled his radio show. "There has been much discussion of the effect language like thi...

IFGE Transgender 2007 Conference

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This time last year I was making a little history at the IFGE Transgender 2006 event in Philadelphia. I became the third African-American t...

In Praise Of Disco

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I've come to praise disco, not bury it like the 'disco sucks' haters tried to do back in the day. I'm one of those peeps who...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Call For Imus Firing

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TransGriot Note: When you have pissed off the two oldest African-American women's organizations in the country with a combined membersh...
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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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