TransGriot

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

Saturday, January 24, 2009

My Sisters Are Beautiful, Too!

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Take a look at these beautiful women. Since the beauty conversation doesn't include or ignores black transwomen, it's time we jump...
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I'll Trade You Alberta For Minnesota

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One of the frequent themes that pops up in any conversation between me and my Canadian friends besides waxing poetic about all things 'T...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Ain't Feeling Feminism

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Feminism, according to a popular bumper sticker is the radical notion that women are people, too. Many feminists have forgotten over the ye...
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Better Late Than Never-UK Transmurderer Convicted

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It took almost 12 years to bring him to justice, but James Hopkins was sentenced to life on January 6 for the 1997 murder of transwoman Roby...
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Kim Possible

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One of my guilty television pleasures is watching Kim, Ron, Wade, and Monique negotiate the travails of high school life while jetting aroun...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Change Has Come To The White House Website

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One little noticed event that happened while 'errbody' was focused on the inauguration was that the White House website switched ov...

Laughing At Ourselves

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We transwomen on a daily basis face so many serious issues and threats to our simple right to exist. We have people that fear us, that refu...
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FMI Magazine

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Back in the BI (before Internet) days I was searching for any information I could get on transgender people. If I spotted a newspaper artic...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

When Are WE Going to Get Over It?

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TransGriot Note: This editorial appeared in the Macon Telegraph and was written by Andrew M. Manis, an associate professor of history at Mac...
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It's A New Day

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After dancing the night away and party hopping at ten star studded balls in celebration of a historic inauguration, accepting the congratula...
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Rev. Lowery's Benediction

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TransGriot Note: Lost in all the loud hue and cry over Rick Warren's invocation was the fact that civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery,...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Barack's The President Now

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TransGriot Note: Y'all knew I was gonna come strong with my first song rewrite for the '09. In honor of the inauguration of our ...
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Inauguration Day!

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And so begins the day that our people have been waiting ages for, the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States. The best p...
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United States Is Under New Management

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Today is the day we've all been impatiently waiting for since November 4. Inauguration Day! Today, five days after Dr. Martin Luther ...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Rev. Gene Robinson's Prayer

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TransGriot Note: Well, unfortunately Rev. Gene Robinson's prayer mysteriously failed to make it on air for the HBO broadcast of this eve...
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Villager's January 2009 Black Blog Rankings

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The Electronic Villager has released the January 2009 edition of the Black Blog rankings, so let's check them out and see how TransGrio...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Being A Truth Teller

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During and after the wake of the racist attacks on me from the Queerty commenters over my Obama post, my mind kept drifting back to a quote ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Madame First Lady!

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It almost skipped by me that today is Michelle Obama's 45th birthday. Talk about an interesting year. Watching your husband fight thro...
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Damn, Dee's Dead

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For those of you who are Battlestar Galactica junkies, y'all know that the Dee I'm referring to is Lt. Anastasia 'Dee' Dual...
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I'm Going Downtown

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Downtown Louisville to be precise. About to jet out of the house and make a short run to downtown Louisville and the Kentucky Internationa...
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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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