TransGriot

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

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Diahann Carroll

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. When I was...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Men In Dresses? In The Military? I Don't &#@!* Think So!

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TransGriot Note: This guest post is from Monica Helms, the President of TAVA, the Transgender American Veterans Association and editor of th...

Going Out Tonight

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In a few hours I'm getting all dressed and glammed up so that I can attend the local ACLU dinner being held at the Muhammad Ali Center i...
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Villager's March 2009 Black Blog Rankings

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It's a new month, spring is here, and to the breathless anticipation of the Afrosphere, the Villager has compiled and unveiled his March...

Battlestar Finale

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The cast, producers and writing team said we'd be blown away by the finale, and we weren't disappointed. After four seasons of tw...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Pirates Of The Indian Ocean

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Most of us have seen the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of movies in which the adventures of Jack Sparrow were chronicled or heard the st...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Shut Up Fool! Awards-First Day Of Spring Edition

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Ahh, today is the first day of spring. The weather is warming up, we have NCAA men's and women's tournament games all over the tube...
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Allies Aren't 'Homophobes' or 'Transphobes' For Telling The Truth

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The late poet Gwendolyn Brooks said it best when she stated that ' truth tellers are not always palatable, there's a preference for...
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Thanks For Linking To TransGriot

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Wanted to take a moment to say thank you to my regular readers here who comment (hint, hint) read the posts and link to them. I also thank ...
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Paper Dolls

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Paper Dolls is the 2005 award winning documentary film by Tomer Heymann about a group of transpinays in Israel. After closing the border...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Divine Nine And Transpeeps- A Long Road Of Understanding Still To Travel

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I was checking out the recent story of transman Devin Alston-Smith and the drama that ensued between him and his local Zeta chapter. It ma...
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Femme Or Die

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One of my cisgender sisters asked me a question during a phone conversation why we transwomen spend a lot of time focusing on the outer trap...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Calgary Protestors Give Bush Warm Welcome

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When President Obama made his first trip abroad to Canada last month, he was warmly greeted by the people of Ottawa and government leaders f...
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Julian Bond Speaking At HRC LA Dinner

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Every time you hear that bull about 'Blacks are more homophobic than others', I want you to remember this speech. Here's civil ...
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Moni's 2009 NCAA Women's B-Ball Brackets

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In honor of Women's History Month last year, since the basketball feast we call March Madness was upon us and I'm a serious women...
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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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