TransGriot

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

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Ralph, Stay Out In 2008

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The news that Ralph Nader is considering another futile run for the presidency next year brought back all those angry feelings that I still ...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Wanna Pass? Build A Sistah Circle

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I believe that one of the ways to be the best sistah you can be is spending lots of quality interaction time with peeps who have lived that ...

Transpeeps and the Po-Po's Still Have Drama

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There's been a long history in the United States of tension between the police and the transgender community. In fact, the August 1966 ...
Sunday, August 12, 2007

Stephanie and Ukea-Rest In Peace

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Five years ago today at the same Southeast DC intersection where transsistah Tyra Hunter was involved in the fateful auto accident that took...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Bishop Harry Jackson's Claims Divisive and Untrue

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Jackson's Claims Divisive and Untrue July 1, 2007 by: Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Sylvia Rhue, Ph.D. Bishop Harry Jackson of the High Im...
Friday, August 10, 2007

Where My Sistahs And Brothas At?

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I tuned in to watch the Larry King Live show on transgender peeps earlier this evening on CNN hoping to see if the transgender community wou...
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Thursday, August 09, 2007

The Most Important Man in Black America

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Tavis Smiley frequently says (and I agree with him on that point) that Dr. Martin Luther King is the greatest American we ever produced. The...
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Nichelle Nichols

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. photos-Nic...
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

The Only 'F' I Ever Want

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Back when I was in school the 'F' was something to avoid and be ashamed of. It was a source of negativity and a graphic representati...
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Tyra Hunter Anniversary

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Today is the twelfth anniversary of the death of transsistah Tyra Hunter. The major differences in her death is that it didn't happen ...
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Monday, August 06, 2007

Sick of Hearing the Term "Race Card'

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Did you get your race card? Hell no, I didn't get my race card Did you get your race card? Hell no, I didn’t get my race card! Everythin...
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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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