TransGriot

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

Monday, December 22, 2008

Dag, White Gays-Stop Trippin'

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What's up with the sniping and whining coming from some quarters of the white gay community concerning our president elect? I suspect s...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Grandma Just Got Busted In A Drug Deal

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TransGriot Note: It's time for another holiday song rewrite! This one was spawned by the news that Sherry Johnston, mother of Levi John...

Louisville Central Repeats

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One of the things that I immediately noticed when I moved here was the difference in the level of interest in high school football versus th...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

A Transsistah's Secret-Facial Hair Removal

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One of the things that annoys any phase of transwoman to no end, be she pre, post or non op is plucking stray facial hairs or picking up a r...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Under New Management In One Month

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We are only one month away from the United States being under new management. I can't wait to see the inauguration, the parades, the ...
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2008 Weblog Awards Finalist Schedule

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If you're wondering what's up with the 2008 Weblog Award s like I am, since I was nominated for two categories, (Best LGBT Blog Aw...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

2008-The Year Of The Black Transperson

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Ever since Christine Jorgensen stepped off the plane in New York from Denmark in 1953, the media coverage concerning transgender people has ...
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Documentary-She's My Son

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I posted the article a few months ago about the award winning documentary She's My Son by Indrani Kopal. It peeks into the lives of M...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Happy Birthday, Nikki

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Today would have been Nakhia 'Nikki' Williams' 30th birthday. She and her twin sister Nicole would have been celebrating it ...
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The BBC Teen Transsexuals Documentary

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Y'all knew that I was going to find that video of the BBC documentary if it was uploaded to the Net and post it here. The first attemp...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

'Dirty Sexy Money' Cancelled

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The number of transgender characters on network TV is rapidly dwindling. First our honorary transwoman Rebecca Romijn broke the news in ad...

Don't Hate On Jasmyne 'Cause She's Telling The Truth

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Y'all know I absolutely love me some Jasmyne Cannick because as the late Jack 'The Rapper' Gibson used to say, she tells it like...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Cydne Kimbrough

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. Cydne is o...

Rochelle Evans Video

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Back in May I posted the Dallas Voice story that answered the question of how transteen Rochelle Evans was doing since winning her battle t...
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Lucy Parker Stirkes Back

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The BBC recently broadcast a documentary called Teen Transsexual that featured then 17 year old Lucy Parker . She was awaiting her 18th b...
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SCC-Have Y'all Lost Your Damn Minds?

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The Southern Comfort Conference has always been one of my fave transgender events because it's held in the ATL. I attended the 1999, 20...
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Nina Poon-Transgender Kenneth Cole Ad Model

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This lovely woman in this Kenneth Cole 'We All Walk In Different Shoes' themed ad is transwoman Nina Poon. She tells her story in t...
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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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