TransGriot

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

Sunday, July 13, 2008

My Podcast With Ethan Is Online

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Last Sunday I sat down with Ethan St. Pierre and talked about a few issues in the transgender community on his podcast. He shot me an e-mai...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Louis Coleman: 'A First Responder To Injustice'

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TransGriot note: Rev. Louis Coleman passed away on July 4. He was as Betty Baye's column mentioned, a first responder to injustice here...
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It's Centennial Boule Time!

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Beginning yesterday and continuing through next Friday, the predominant fashion color for more than 20,000 sisters around Washington DC will...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Jesse Sr., What Were You Thinking?

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I have much love and respect for Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. I was an alternate Jackson delegate for my precinct during his 1984 run for preside...
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President Palmer=President Obama?

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If Sen. Barack Obama eventually becomes our president, if I were his campaign staff, one of the people I'd definitely be express mailing...
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From An E To A C

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TransGriot Note: I mentioned that Dawn spent the last few days of her vacation in San Jose, CA fencing in the US Summer Nationals tourney ...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

2008 Women's Olympic B-Ball Groups Set

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I mentioned in a post back in May that the 2008 Olympic draw to set the pools for the upcoming Olympic basketball competition were held by ...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

How The Heck Did I Forget This One?

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I did a post in honor of the Fourth of July called National Anthems with Soul . I put together a short list of great African-American perfo...
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Monday, July 07, 2008

Why Do Black Folks Celebrate The Fourth Anyway?

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This started out as a journal entry and morphed into a prayerful reflection on why it is that some black people celebrate the Fourth of July...
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EBONY Magazine's 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time

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While on a Blue Bell ice cream run I happened to see at the checkout counter the August 2008 issue of EBONY magazine. The EBONY editors dec...
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Girl, Interrupted

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One of the things that bothers me from time to time is the fact that I didn't get to experience growing up female. Sometimes it's tr...
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

TransGriot Is An AfroSpear Member Blog!

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I received word that TransGriot is now officially a member of the AfroSpear! What's the AfroSpear you ask? As Electronic Villager wrot...
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Dawn Knows The Way To San Jose

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In a few hours I'll have to get up early and take a vacationing Dawn to the airport. She's catching an 8 AM EDT flight to San Jose, ...
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Family of Murdered Transwoman Seeks Justice

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TransGriot Note: Once again, another reporter who didn't crack open the AP Stylebook and read the rules on how to respectfully report on...
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Atlanta Police Officer Shares Story Of Being Intersex

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TransGriot Note: I've had the pleasure of meeting Atlanta police officer Darlene Harris at the 2004 SCC. I found this story interesting ...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

How Blue Pills Turned Heidi Krieger Into A Man

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TransGriot Note: I posted a 2004 New York Times story about transman Andreas Krieger's story back in January in conjunction with a pos...

Barack's Excellent 4th of July

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Haven't posted anything in the while on the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, so I thought I'd post this video of a 4th ...

Big Sis Beats Little Sis at 'Williams'-don

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Those of us who are big fans of the tennis playing Williams sisters were not only hoping for a Sister-Sister final, we got it. We were also ...
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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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