TransGriot

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

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Driving Title

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Unlike my roomie Dawn, I'm not a rabid fan of Formula One racing, but I do appreciate it when anyone of African descent makes history a...

2008 Amazing Philippine Beauties Pageant Winner

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As Pinay TG can probably tell you, the Philippines, like the rest of Asia and the Pacific island nations loves pageants. It has hosted t...

Halloween Politricks In Michigan

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The GOP is becoming unglued as the election continues to trend Obama's way. Somehow this doesn't (or shouldn't) shock me, bu...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Obama Landslide?

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Thanks to record breaking early voting turnout and historic turnouts of African-American voters, this election is turning quite interesting...
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Nightmare on Hillcrest Ave

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Happy Halloween, peeps! GLBT people aren't the only folks that like to celebrate what we jokingly call in the community the ' Gay N...

Last Sprint To The Finish

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This marathon of a historic presidential race is racing to a climax. The candidates are crisscrossing the country hitting the battleground...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

My Halloween Nightmare

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What am I scared of this Halloween? It's not Jason, Chucky, Leatherface, Hannibal Lechter or the Klan. It's hearing the words Pres...
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Gene Linked To Transsexualism?

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TransGriot Note: The Human Genome Project is the gift that keeps on giving. I always suspected as a reality based real-science person tha...
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I'm The Sidekick John McCain

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TransGriot Note: Been a while since I've done one of my song rewrites. Got the idea for this one when I heard the latest attack on Oba...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

NGLTF Transgender Discrimination Survey

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TransGriot Note; Babs Casbar sent me this survey because the NGLTF wants more POC input in it. I'll refrain from saying what first ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Seven More Days

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One week to go. Seven days. I'm climbing the walls waiting to cast my ballot in this historic election. And I'm wishing I could ...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Interesting Chi-Town Day

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Hey TransGriot readers, As you know I hit the road Saturday morning with Dawn to watch her fence in this year's edition of the Remenyik ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Rolling Towards The Remenyik Open

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Dag, has it been a year already since the last Remenyik Open ? Hitting the road in a few hours. I'm heading back to Chicago with Daw...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

McCain Campaign Worker Attack Story Busted

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It must be hard to be a McCain supporter these days. Your candidate is losing badly to horror of horrors, an educated biracial Black man. ...
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Conscientious Stupidity

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'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.' Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Streng...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Vietnamese Transgender Journey

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TransGriot Note: As I and others continue to point out, being transgender cuts across all economic, class, and ethnic lines. We can also b...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

There They Go Again...GOP Vote Suppression

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As someone who has experienced firsthand GOP vote suppression tactics, I'm concerned about the bull that I'm hearing over alleged ...
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Love You Rachel Maddow

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One of the joys I got out of the start up of Air America was discovering a then little known progressive talk show host named Rachel Maddow ...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

City Dwellers and People of Color Are 'Pro-American' Too

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"We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe, we believe that the best of America is in these small...
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Obama IS Cool

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When I was on the other side of the gender fence, there were many discussions conducted with Da Fellas in which the concept of being cool wa...
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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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