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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Obama Talks All Things LGBT with The Advocate

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In an exclusive Chicago sit-down with The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld, Democratic front-runner Barack Obama discusses "don't ask, ...
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Izza Lopez Wins A Round In Discrimination Case

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Plaintiff wins round in transgender case By MARY FLOOD mary.flood@chron. com April 8, 2008, 10:20PM Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle She say...

Detroit and Kansas City Pass Transgender Protections

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It continues to be a major source of irritation to me when city after city and state after state passes transgender protections and the Feds...

2008 March Madness Post Mortem

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Congratulations to the Kansas Jayhawks and the Tennessee Lady Vols, your NCAA hoops champs for 2008. As you'll notice, on my men's b...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT Students

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HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT Students Campus Silence Is Read As Lack Of Support By Eric Pritchard May 17, 2007, 09:00 AM From diverse...

Colleges Recruit GLBT Students At UC San Diego

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If you're a college bound GLBT student or ally on the West Coast looking for a GLBT friendly campus , you may want to make that hop down...
Monday, April 07, 2008

Candice vs. Candace II

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The 2008 NCAA women's basketball championship game will come down to a second battle between the two best players in women's collegi...

ID Issues In Thailand

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TransGriot Note: One of the things that's a major irritant to those of us who transition is the refusal of some nations to allow transg...
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Miss USA 2008

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The Miss USA 2008 pageant will be held in Las Vegas this weekend, and that means that sistah Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith will be crowning he...

Whatever Happened To My Old Friend....

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When I had my monthly newspaper column in THE LETTER, I wrote one commentary that was published in April 2006 about my philosophy on friend...
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 ...
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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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