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

Sunday, April 12, 2009

70th Anniversary of Marian Anderson's Easter Concert To Be Celebrated Today

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Marian Anderson had grown up from a poverty stricken childhood in south Philadelphia to become the most celebrated opera singer of her times...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Never Let Anyone Tell You God Doesn't Love You

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Happy Easter everybody! I thought this would be an excellent time to drop a post about spirituality since this is a significantly special ...
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Rape Is Not A Joke

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Thanks to Faith and Jo Jo I was made aware of the existence of another transwoman rapper, but I wish it was under more positive circumsta...
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Vote For Renee!

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The voting for the Canadian F-Blogs Awards has started and my broadcast partner Renee's Womanist Musings blog has received six nominati...

Good News For Transgender Jews

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Unlike Christianity and Islam, who have fundamentalist elements growing more hostile every day to transgender people, there's good news ...
Friday, April 10, 2009

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela

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This is an award winning movie by Icelandic director Olaf De Fleur Johannesson released last October about a transpinay named Raquela. ...

1,500 Posts

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Another day, another milestone here at TransGriot. You're looking at post number 1,500 since I started composing posts on this blog on...
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Installing IntenseDebate

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Because of the negativity that has recently intruded my cyberhome, I decided to go ahead and install the IntenseDebate commenting system in...
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Shut Up Fool! Awards-Good Friday Edition

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Today is Good Friday, so like all Christians I'm taking a moment to pause during this Holy Week and enter prayerful contemplation about...

Washington Adding Transgender People To Hate Crimes Law

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Transgender people residing in the state of Washington got some great news from their legislature Wednesday. The Washington House approved ...
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Thursday, April 09, 2009

TransGriot Speak 101

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In the interest of making your blogging experience a fresh, pleasant and informative one here at TransGriot, every now and then I'll sli...
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Rush Gets Smacked On His Own Show

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I can only take Faux News, Rush and all the other Republifascists in small doses, so I don't listen to or watch their shows. But there...
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The Isis Surgery Show

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Y'all knew as soon as the Tyra show with little sis Isis was up on YouTube I'd post it to the blog. I haven't seen it either so...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Somali Pirates Snatch US Flagged Ship

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I wrote last month about the menace of Somali based pirates attacking shipping off the Horn of Africa. In addition to it becoming a lucrati...
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Blogtalkradio Show This Weekend

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This weekend's edition of Womanist Musings will feature Renee and I talking to the women of Thistle Farms . It's a community of wom...

Congratulations Renee!

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Putting a quality blog together is hard work. It involves long hours just researching info, composing multiple drafts and sometimes multipl...
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Not Feeling The Term 'Passing'

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The term 'passing' in the transgender community means you are consistently at your gender best. You're at the point in your mi...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

April Edition of Tell It WOC Speak Coming Soon

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It's almost that time again. The April edition of the Tell It WOC Speak Blog Carnival is rapidly approaching. The blog carnival will ...

Just Because A Brother Dates A Transwoman Doesn't Make Him Gay

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One of the tired memes I hear which gets repeated far too often is if a cisgender male dates a transwoman, he's automatically slapped wi...
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2009 NCAA Women's Championship Game

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I'll have to DVR it, but tonight's NCAA women's title game in St; Louis is an all Big East affair between the surprising (to the...
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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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