TransGriot

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

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Hillary Puts Her Foot In Her Mouth Again

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I used to have a lot of respect for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton before this 2008 presidential campaign cycle started. But whatever thin laye...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

HBCU's, When AreY'all Gonna Stamp Out Homophobia On Campus?

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Morehouse College in Atlanta has the gravitas and justified pride in being the only all-male HBCU (historically Black college and university...
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What's In A Transperson's Name?

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When a mother is pregnant with her child, one of the things that they think long and hard about during their pregnancy as soon as they have ...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Why We Need Black Colleges

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By Kevin McGhee -- Black College Wire Posted May. 07, 2008 The Clarion, Lincoln University (MO) There has been much talk about whether t...
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The State of The Trinity/Virginia Prince Awards

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One of the things I was looking for news wise out of last month's IFGE Conference in Tucson and I look forward to hearing about when an ...
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Anti-LGBT Violence Up 24%

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by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted: May 20, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET (New York City) A report released Tuesday shows that violent attacks on me...

Izza Lopez Bias Case Moves Forward

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CCH 5/20/08 Transgendered Female's Title VII Claim Moves Forward A federal district court in Texas concluded that a biologically male ap...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

New England Trans Pride March Calls for Organizations to Participate

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May 20, 2008 (Northampton, MA) The organizers of the first New England Transgender Pride March and Rally invite community organizations to ...

Kentucky Primary Election Day

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Today is primary election day in Kentucky. Over the last 72 hours there's been a burst of frenzied activity as candidates walked blocks ...

ConGRADulations

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Yesterday I received an e-mail from my old friend Melinda Bogdanovich concerning the impending graduation of her son Alexander from his Aust...
Monday, May 19, 2008

Easy Pickin’s Protesting In The Big Easy

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Guest Post by Vanessa Edwards Foster From the Trans Political Blog “When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge h...

California Supreme Court’s Ruling On Gay Marriage A Benefit To Everyone

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By: H. Alexander Robinson, NBJC CEO 16 May 08 12:00 AM EDT Yesterday the California Supreme Court handed down a historic decision upholding ...
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Feeling Left Out

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Don't get me wrong, I was just as happy as many of you when the California Supreme Court came down on the side of justice Thursday. You...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

Transgender Marriage Rattles Mexico

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Mario del Scororro and Diana Guerrero, a transgendered couple, prepare for their wedding ceremony in Mexico City yesterday. Mario and Diana ...

Missing Home Again

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Ever since I moved to Louisville, even though I've been here almost seven years, I go through these occasional bouts of homesickness. So...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Another Day, Another Racially Insensitive Republican Remark

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TransGriot Note: If there's any doubt that racism in this country is alive and well and that the GOP is the home of the Dixiecrats and c...
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More HRC Events You Can Protest

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Here's more HRC sponsored events you can protest: HRC at the Mystics: Washington Mystics vs. Los Angeles Sparks Saturday, May 31, 2008 W...
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The WNBA Season's Starting!

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Who cares if the NBA playoffs have reached the conference finals unless you live in Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New Orleans, San Antonio or ...
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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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