TransGriot

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

Monday, June 16, 2008

Fracking Gas Prices!

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I got paid Friday, so it was time to bite the bullet and pay for a fill up of my gas tank. Ever since the prices started spiraling up over t...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Paternal Hymn For Transgender Daughters

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TransGriot Note: This was posted to TSTB since today is Father's Day. Unfortunately I don't know who the author is so I can give th...
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Beauty On The Black Market

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One problem that transpeople of color face is that many of us don't have the income levels needed to follow the path prescribed by the W...

India's Transgender TV Host

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Back in March I posted a Washington Post story to the blog about the upcoming debut of an Indian transgender TV host named Rose in Chennai,...
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Eunuch From India Fights For Respect At UN AIDS Meets

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by Lalit K Jha NDTV.com Thursday, June 12, 2008 (United Nations) An Indian eunuch, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is fighting for the rights and res...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Villager's Black Blog Rankings

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The TransGriot is one of the now 1,239 blogs ranked in the Black Blog Rankings compiled by the creative genius behind the Electronic Village...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Reunited!

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One of the great things about the Net and blogs is not only the new friends you make as a result of your writing, sometimes it can reunite y...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Told Y'all They Were Gonna Race Bait

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It didn't take long for Faux News and Turd Blosssom to start their dirty work. FYI, Turd Blossom was the nickname Dummya gave Karl Rove...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

What A Weekend!

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I got back to Louisville last night after spending a slammin' weekend in Western Massachusetts. I was speaking at the invitation of the ...
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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Monica's NE TransPride March Speech

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TransGriot Note: The full text of my speech for the Transgender Pride March and Rally I am deeply honored to be standing before you as we ma...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Happy 50th Birthday Prince

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Today is the 50th birthday of Prince Rogers Nelson, aka His Royal Badness, or simply Prince. Next to Parliament-Funkadelic, he helped define...
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Countdown To Transgender History

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It's almost hard to believe that a little over twelve hours from now I'll be taking a stage in Northampton, MA to speak at the first...
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Early Reviews-The World Likes Barack Obama

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TransGriot Note: One of the more asinine comments I heard expressed early in the presidential primary season was the laughably ignorant asse...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

GENDA Finally Passes In NY State Assembly

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It's been a great week for transgender civil rights. In Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said no to the lies of Daddy Dobson and company and si...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

A Transsistah's Secret--SBH Magazine

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One of the things I bitched about (and still do on occasion) is my early transition days. When I sought help from my transgender elders in t...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The Democratic Nominee

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Tonight, to paraphrase Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong, was one small step for Barack Obama, but one giant leap for my people and the nation...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

KY Governor Restores Equal Opportunity Employment

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Governor Steve Beshear (D) today signed an executive order restoring equal opportunity employment to all state employees and prospective emp...
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Thailand's Transgender Cabarets

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The transgender cabarets of Thailand have been for several decades showcases for the beauty, grace and talents of Thai transwomen. They hav...

My Friend ‘Angel’

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Y'all know how much I despise seeing transgender people’s names in quotation marks because it's disrespectful. In this case I did i...

AstroWorld Requiem

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Forty years ago on June 1, AstroWorld, the centerpiece of a lot of mine and a host of Houston area kids of my generation's childhood mem...
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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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