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

Monday, April 20, 2009

Andrade Trial - Crystal's Snowed In

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TransGriot Note: Much love and deep appreciation to Crystal Ann Gray for these updates. She's observing the trial for the LGBT Center o...

Still Missing 'Lufer'

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April 20 has a lot of negativity associated with it in terms of being Adolf Hitler's birthday and the anniversary date of the Columbine ...

Tami's Podcast Now Archived

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Thanks to Tami of What Tami Said for the kind invitation to participate in yesterday's podcast along with Renee of Womanist Musings an...
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Just Because You're Younger Doesn't Mean I Can't Learn Something From You

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One lesson I was taught by my parents growing up was even though I possessed off the charts intelligence, in order to keep me from developin...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Why Black Transgender Role Models Are Important

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Wyatt T. Walker wrote in a December 1967 Negro Digest article, "Rob a people of their sense of history and you take away hope." ...
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What Tami Said Podcast Appearance Today

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Renee and I along with AJ Plaid from the The Cruel Secretary will be discussing the subject of Black femininity on The Best of What Tami Sa...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Zoe Saldana's Playing Uhura!

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I'm an unabashed Trekkie and fan of anything Star Trek related. Since the word got out that Star Trek was about to get a reimagined...
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Tell The Truth, Janeane!

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The sheet wearing batturd wing of the GOP is furiously trying to deny it, but the world knows the truth about the sparsely attended so calle...

Andrade Trial-Opening Impressions

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The eyes of the transgender community in Colorado and elsewhere are focused on a Greeley, CO courtroom for the next two weeks. The groundbr...

Tell It WOC Speak April Carnival Up

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The third installment of the 'Tell It WOC Speak' blog carnival is up, and thanks again to Renee for all of her hard work putting thi...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Real Texans Aren't Nekulturny

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As you longtime TransGriot readers know I'm exceedingly proud of my Houston and Texas roots and wax poetic sometimes about growing up in...
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Shut Up Fool! Awards-Post Taxing Edition

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It's two days after April 15th, and the fallout from the right wing hate on Obama fest is still reverberating throughout the media and t...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Blake Lively Feels Like A Transwoman?

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Gossip Girl's Blake Lively recently did a photo shoot for the May issue of Allure magazine which will be hitting the stands on April 21...
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What Happens Across The Diaspora IS My Business

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One of the interesting things about Black people across the African Diaspora, whether we live in the States, Canada, various Caribbean natio...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tax Day

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Today is the day that many Americans anticipate with fear and loathing, Tax Day. April 15th is the deadline to file tax returns. I'm ...
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You Lost Again Norm, Get Over It!

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A Minnesota court confirmed Monday that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against sore loser Republican Norm Co...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Upcoming Appearance on ' Best Of What Tami Said' Podcast

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Sunday April 19 Renee and I along with AJ Plaid The Cruel Secretary have been invited to be on 'The Best of What Tami Said' blogtalk...

Alberta Transgender Rights Tipping Point?

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The abolitionist Frederick Douglass once stated in 1892, "Find out what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount o...

Oreo Barbie

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Last year Mattel hit a marketing home run when they created an AKA Barbie doll in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority's centennial cele...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Andrade Trial Begins

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In a few hours the opening arguments in the murder trial of Allen Ray Andrade, the accused killer of Angie Zapata, will begin in the Weld Co...
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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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