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

Sunday, April 06, 2008

It's Houston's Turn To Protest An HRC Dinner

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The Houston HRC dinner will be held on Saturday, April 12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, and like other HRC d...

Donna 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 have much...
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Saturday, April 05, 2008

Transgender Grognard

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A grognard is a wargaming enthusiast, and one of the things post transition that I still like to do from time to time is play wargames. ...
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The ACLU-Fairness Dinner

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One of the neat things about being an activist and getting in the trenches to fight the good fight is that one of the benefits is getting in...

I Didn't Stop Being Black When I Transitioned

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One of the things that irritates the frack out of me is when I run into folks that seem to have the misguided belief that I'm not only n...
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'Mom, I Need To Be A Girl' Rereleased

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I had the pleasure of meeting 'Just Evelyn' during a 1999 Creating Change conference in Oakland. Evelyn is a determined, single mom ...
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'It's Me In A Different Way'

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By Jeff Kass, Rocky Mountain News Photos by Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News kassj@RockyMountainNews.com Originally published 12:30 a.m.,...
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Battlestar Galactica-Season 4

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Like all Battlestar Galactica fans I was glued to the television starting at 10 PM EDT for an hour last night watching the season premiere....
Friday, April 04, 2008

Obama's Remarks On The King Assassination Anniversary

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Today represents a tragic anniversary for our country. Through his faith, courage, and wisdom, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved an entire n...
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Reflections About A King

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When I flipped the calendar page from March to April, I stared at the 4 that appeared in the first Friday of the month and realized we were ...

King and Kerner: An Unfinished Agenda

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By Edward W. Brooke Thursday, April 3, 2008 from the Washington Post America has had much to reflect upon during the approach of the interre...

Happy 80th Birthday Sister Maya!

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In addition to the sad anniversary we'll be commemorating in terms of the 40th anniversary of Dr. King's assasination, we do have a ...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

The Transgender Summit

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A few months ago a group of transwomen and a transman got together to tell their stories. It was moderated by Alexis Arquette and televised ...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Transgender Friendly Tucson Hosts IFGE 2008

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Tucson, Arizona, has a reputation as one of the most transgender-friendly cities in the country, both in policy and mindset, and this week t...

IFGE 2008

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Yesterday IFGE Conference 2008 kicked off in Tucson. Normally it's one of the two transgender conferences I try to attend (the other i...

Et Tu Lou?

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Well, well, well. Seems like the conservatives don't like their favorite token anymore now that she remembered she was born in Birmingh...

I'm Number #107!

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The Villager's Top Ten Black Blog rankings for April just came out and TransGriot finally made the list. Out of the 1045 blogs ranked th...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

I'm Sellin' Out

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TransGriot readers, I have an announcement to make. Today I'm changing my voter registration to Republican and joining the ever expan...
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RuPaul Hospitalized After Being 'Drop Squaded'

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RuPaul was admittted to a New York psychiatric hospital after being found on a Manhattan street corner repeatedly singing James Brown's ...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

No Joke...Condi Remembers She's Black

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The interesting thing about Negro conservatives is that every now and then, when an issue comes up that Black America is commenting on that ...
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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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