TransGriot

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

Friday, July 04, 2008

National Anthems With Soul

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Today is our country's 234th birthday. Later tonight, depending on where you are, there will be fireworks, celebrations, and concerts g...
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July 2008 Villager's Black Blog Rankings

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Well, TransGriot readers, we're about to find out how close I am to the goal that I set for this blog last month of cracking not only th...
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P-Funkin' In Da Ville

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Later today I'll be taking a refesher course so that I can maintain my Doctorate of Funkology. Yep, I'm a serious Funkateer. and th...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Sister-Sister III

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On my Wimbledon 2008 post one of my readers expressed her hope that both Williams sisters not make it to another Wimbledon final because s...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Dag, Can I Pee In Peace?

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One of the things that all transpeople get slapped with is what bathroom we're going to use after we transition. Lately it seems that ou...
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Transgender Woman Murdered In Memphis

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Transgender Woman Murdered In Memphis TEP and TTPC warn against increasing 'transphobia' by Jerry Jones Publisher Out & About, N...
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Another T-Sistah Found Dead

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Transgriot Note: Add another transsistah to the list of people we'll be honoring this November, and this one happened in Memphis. Since...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

How Do Bugis Divas Grow Old?

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TransGriot Note: In the 50's, 60's and 70's, the undisputed home of the most beautiful transwomen in Asia was Singapore. Ground...
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Happy Canada Day!

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Today our northern neighbors are celebrating the 141st anniversary of their founding as a nation. July 1, 1867 is the day the Canadian cons...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

'Angry' Black Transwoman?

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One of the things I constantly tell my African-American biosisters is that your transsisters have far more in common with you than the minor...
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Stonewall Anniversary

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June 28 was the 39th anniversary of the riots that kicked off the modern GLBT rights movement. Contrary to some written histories that have ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Wimbledon 2008

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It's simply known as 'The Championships', but tennis fans all over the world know that you're talking about Wimbledon , the ...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Congressional Blackout

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This is a picture of the participants in Thursday's historic subcommittee hearing on transgender unemployment issues on Capitol Hill. Ca...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

To Be Human

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One of the things I loved about Star Trek: The Next Generation was Lt. Commander Data. I loved the fact that Brent Spiner, the actor who pl...
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Michelle Obama's Remarks to the DNC's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council

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TransGriot Note: There are major reasons (besides being racist jerks) that the Forces of Intolerance and their like-minded friends in the GO...
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The Big Payback

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How reparations activist Deadria Farmer-Paellmann turned a one-woman campaign into a triumphant national movement by KEMBA J. DUNHAM from ES...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Nation's African-American Civil Rights Groups Denounce Beating of Transgender Woman

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TransGriot Note: Thanks NBJC! ;) WASHINGTON, DC --The nation's most influential African-American civil rights organizations have joined...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

It's Our Flag, Too - Use It!

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One of the things I have consistently griped about is the lack of American flags at GLBT community events. It would have been more appropri...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Yo NAACP, NBJC...Where Y'all At?

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It's been a few days since the video of a Memphis police officer beating down an African-American transwoman was released, and I have ye...
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Nashville Schools Adopt Fully Inclusive School Board Policy

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Unlike the war we had to fight on our end of I-65 just to narrowly get a policy passed on a 4-3 vote that cut transpeople out of it, our n...
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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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