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

Sunday, April 20, 2008

An LFC Party At EKU

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Once again I found myself behind the wheel driving at warp speed in the direction of Richmond, KY and the EKU campus for the USFA's Kent...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Gone Fencing

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I'm not, but Dawn is. Dawn's fencing in a sectional tournament that starts tomorrow in Richmond, KY on the Eastern Kentucky Universi...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Mariah's New CD E=MC2

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I've always loved Mariah Carey's five octave voice and music ever since her self-titled debut CD dropped in 1990, and many of them g...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

How We See Each Other

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by Jerry Large Seattle Times staff columnist Monday, April 14, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM from the Seattle Times Seems like everyone be...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Has National HRC Become The Community's BULLY? The B-HRC?

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TransGriot Note: The Phyllabuster I received on Sunday After a night's sleep and looking at the photos that I sent you (separately and ...
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Transgender Conspiracy Theory? Yeah, Right

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In the wake of the Houston HRC dinner protest HRC has been furiously trying to spin (translation: lie) its way out of a problem that they ca...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

The Houston HRC Protest

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TransGriot Note: Aww is big, bad HRC 'scurred' of the ittle bitty transgender protest of their dinner? Yes . This is Phyllis Frye...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Thunder Over Louisville

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Later on tonight I get to pull up a chair and watch Thunder Over Louisville. Thunder is the kickoff event for the Kentucky Derby Festival h...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Back-To-Back!

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Yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaa! Okay, now that I've let my inner Texan out, congratulations to Miss USA 2008 and my Houston area homegirl Cry...

HRC Calls Police To Stop Dinner Protest

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As I noted in a TransGriot blog post, it's my Houston homeboys' and homegirls' turn to protest an HRC dinner. The HRC Dinner is ...
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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...
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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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