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

Monday, January 07, 2008

Susan L. Taylor

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

You Think Race Explains Oprah's Choices? Better Check The Record

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TransGriot Note: Excellent column in the C-J by Betty Winston Baye. Seems like some of her pale fans don't like the fact she's sup...
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Unfortunate Comments, Unfortunate Volleys and Unfortunate Silence

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TransGriot Note:This guest column is from Vanessa Edwards Foster's Trans Political blog “Words in papers, words in books, Words on TV, ...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

In Praise of Black Voices

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When I bought my first computer and called up PDQ.net to hook me up with my first Internet dial-up service back in 1997, all I thought I was...

Upgradin'

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Yesterday I spent a pleasantly nerve-wracking day at AC's house while he helped me upgrade my late 20th century computer to the demands ...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Obama Wins Iowa!

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I had to work last night, so I was out of the news loop until 6 AM. When I tuned my car radio to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the upbeat moo...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

How Do The Iowa Caucuses Work?

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We have finally reached the point where ballots will begin to get cast in order to determine the Democratic and Republican nominees for the ...

Moni's Make Me Laugh Movies

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Whenever I'm in one of those moods that even Blue Bell won't get me out of (like I was during the Christmas holidays ), I have a few...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Let's Party...You Plan It

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photo-Suga Shack by Ernie Barnes One of the things that irritates me about some of my transpeeps and others in the at-large transgender comm...

How Do I Look?

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If you were one of those people who caught Paris Is Burning in the theaters back in the day and wondered what's up with the New York ba...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Octavia!

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Ever since Paris Is Burning was released, I simply fell in love with Octavia St. Laurent. One day I hope to meet her in person or simply in...

It's Barack!

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Happy New Year TransGriot readers! One thing I promised y'all I'd do a few months ago was let you know on New Year's Day which ...
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Why Didn't You Tell Us?

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I have a confession and an apology to make to the transgender community. I'm one of the people that was alerted to the fact that ENDA...

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year to all my TransGriot readers! For those of you living in the US, make sure your voter registration cards are active and you...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

The Final Five Sellouts

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This ENDA mess is reminding me more and more of Battlestar Galactica . Mara Keisling reminds me of Gaius Baltar, who was...
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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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