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

Sunday, September 07, 2008

If Politics Isn’t Child’s Play, Why Should Sarah Palin Get the Kid-Gloves Treatment?

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 by Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com It seems there’s a lot more drama tucked into Sarah Palin’s resu...
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Open Mic Reveals True Feelings Of GOP Operatives

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Ah, those pesky open microphones. They have taken down many candidates with loose lips. I can think of two memorable ones in Texas that c...
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Saturday, September 06, 2008

Goodbye Nikki

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Hey TransGriot readers, As y'all know I've been dealing with the untimely death of a friend over the last few days and just got ba...
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'You're No Leader'

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TransGriot Note-If the MSM had done their jobs and grilled Junior this way in 2000, he would have never been elected. If they'd done th...
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Friday, September 05, 2008

See Ya ShaRaun

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I've commented about the ignorance that some of my people have when it comes to transgender issues, and some of it played out on the ve...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Another Transsistah Disrespected By The Media- In My Backyard

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Here we go again with a media outlet NOT reading the AP Stylebook when it comes to reporting on transgender people of color. This time, ...
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Isis' History Making Debut

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The highly anticipated debut of America's Next Top Model Cycle 11 premiered last night on the CW with all eyes on Isis, the show's ...
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On Being T

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Another day, another interesting transgender video discovered on YouTube. This one had a brief snippet from my girl Laverne Cox, who's...
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Where's the 'A Different World' Season 2-6 DVDs?

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I love collecting my favorite Black shows on DVD. I already own the first three seasons of Girlfriends , own the first season of Living Sin...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

On Being Transgender- An African's Viewpoint

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TransGriot Note: One of my missions for TransGriot is to introduce you to the stories, viewpoints and voices on transgender issues from the ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

September 2008 Villager's Black Blog Rankings

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Hotep! It's that time of the month that all of us in the Black blogosphere breathlessly await. It's time to head on over to the El...
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What An Alaskan Has To Say About Sarah Palin

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I've got a few choice words about Sarah 'Get Your Gun' Palin that I'll expound on later, but in the meantime let me send you...
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Just Because I'm An Obama Supporter Doesn't Make Me A Zealot

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Main Entry: zeal·ot Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin zelotes, from Greek zēlō tēs, from zēlos Date: 1537 1: capitalized: a member of a...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Hurricane Deja Vu?

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Incredibly, three years after Katrina devastated the New Orleans area it faces another Category 3 storm bearing down on it in Hurricane Gust...
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Eat 'Em Up!

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The 2008 college football season kicked off yesterday and I spent the day channel surfing between a host of games. I got to watch the surpr...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

1000 Posts!

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This is my 1000th post on TransGriot! I didn't expect to hit this milestone so soon. I actually beat my projection for it by three w...
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Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones 1949-2008

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I was saddened to hear that trailblazing congressmember Stephanie Tubbs-Jones died suddenly on August 20 of a brain aneurysm. She was ele...
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US Open 2008

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Lost in the avalanche of news concerning the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Games and the Democratic convention news is the start of the ...
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2008 Presidential Debates

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For those of y'all wondering when and where the fall campaign presidential debates will take place, here's the schedule according t...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Hometown!

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Happy 172nd birthday to my hometown! On this date Houston was founded in 1836 by New York real estate entrepreneurs John K. and Augustus...
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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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