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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Rep. Julia Carson Passes Away

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I was saddened to learn about the death of US Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN) to lung cancer on December 15 at age 69. There was a lively memorial ...
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Another Giant Leap For GLBT Rights In Nepal

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AFP - France December 21, 2007 [12/21/07] Nepal Supreme Court Orders Government To Guarantee Gay Rights KATHMANDU (AFP) -- Nepal's Supre...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

What's A Turducken?

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John Madden extolled the virtues of it during Thanksgiving Day NFL football telecasts when he worked for Fox. Despite the fact I've liv...
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UH Hires A Brotha Football Coach

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It's already been a good couple of days for me as a UH alum. My Coogs are 10-1 in basketball after beating down UK 83-66 Tuesday night ...

Batty Boys

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TransGriot Note: This one is dedicated to all my Jamaican brothers and sisters who are fighting to survive murderous anti-GLBT hatred there...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

It's A Wonderful Trans Life

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TransGriot Note: I was inspired to write this when I briefly flipped on the TV over the weekend and stumbled across one of my fave movies, I...
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Bah, Humbug

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Hey TransGriot readers! Sorry I've been MIBA the last couple of days. Haven't felt much like writing. My mood has matched the crappy...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

New Transgender Veterans Survey

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Transgender American Veterans Association Contact: Monica F. Helms, President president@tavausa.org www.tavausa.org A new survey has been cr...

Manifesto Calls for ANC Opposition To Homophobia

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TransGriot Note: This is another example of South Africa leading the way on the African continent when it comes to GLBT rights issues. Mani...

HRC The Fake Civil Rights Org

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TransGriot Note: Once again, in the spirit of the Christmas season, another one of my infamous song rewrites. Grab some egg nog, Christmas ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

'The View' To Ignorance

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When and where I enter, then and there the entire race enters with me. It's too bad Sherri Shepherd hasn't read this quote from Anna...
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KK Logan Strikes Back

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(Gary, IN, December, 12, 2007) — In court papers filed today in the Northern District Court of Indiana, Lambda Legal says that West Side Hi...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Go Canada!

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TransGriot Note: It's sad that once again we in the United States, the so-called 'leading democracy in the world' are about to ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A Transgender TV Debut

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Host of Southern India's 'Yours, Rose' Seeks to Challenge Stereotypes, Social Taboos By Rama Lakshmi (photo-Rama Lakshmi) from t...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

You're No Friend, Barney

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'No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.' That Alice Walker quote is at the heart of this po...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

The Galleria

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I sometimes think of The Galleria as a metaphor for my life. Ever since the tri-level mall opened in 1970, some portion of my life has invol...

Tagged, I'm It!

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Mes Deux Cents has tagged me in this online blogger world version of tag, so here are the ground rules for it. First I am to list 7 random ...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

Talking About My Peeps

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Mes Deux Cents had a post on her blog that talked about her observation that some of our people have abandoned our core values. As I said i...
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Historic Win For Louisville Central

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Central High is the oldest predominately African-American school in Louisville. It's most famous for being the alma mater of three time ...

How I Survived Men's Prison As A Woman

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TransGriot Note: Transpeople catch hell everywhere, even in the prison system. Kalani Key works as a coordinator of the Transforming Justice...
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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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