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Friday, April 24, 2009

NCAVP Notes To Journalists

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TransGriot Note: This will come in handy for the next transgender murder trial in New York state when Lateisha Green's accused killer D...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-NFL Draft Edition

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The 2009 NFL Draft is tomorrow, and we'll finally find out who not only becomes the Number One overall pick, but where the rest of the c...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

CAVP and NCAVP Reponse To Andrade Verdict

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Colorado Anti-Violence Program & National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs Responds to Verdict Allen Ray Andrade Found Guilty...

Reaction To Andrade Trial

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Zapata Family Statement read by Angie's brother Gonzalo Zapata “Angie was my sister. “She was a member of our family. We loved her v...

Radio Podcast This Weekend

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This weekend's latest episode of the Womanist Musings show will feature Crystal Ann Gray and Ethan St. Pierre. We'll be talking ab...

Yes Perez, You ARE A Representative Of The Gay Community

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I'm not a representative of the gay community, in the same way that being Cuban, I'm not representative of the Latino community. I...

Guilty!

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In case you have not heard Allen Andrade was found guilty of all counts including 1st degree murder and hate crime. He also was found guilt...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Black Transpeople's Burden

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"It is a burden of Black people that we have to do more than talk." Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) 1992 My fellow Houstonian utt...

Colorado Anti Violence Program Press Release

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TransGriot Note: The press release from the Colorado Anti-Violence Project Zapata Family and CAVP will make statements Greeley, CO - A...

Andrade Trial-Tuesday Update

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TransGriot Note: Crystal Ann Gray is doing trial updates for the LGBT Center of Colorado and I'm thrilled to post her commentary here o...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

How's Your T-Dar?

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One of the issues that goes hand in hand with how well we are blending in with society is the concept similar to our gay and lesbian cousins...

Dear Haters

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Dear Haters, You have many names, but you nattering nabobs of negativity gorging yourself on Hateraid and Hater Tots know who you are. I o...

Erie, PA Cop Joking About Murdered Man

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If you wonder why the African-American and other minority communities have the negative attitudes about the po-po's we do, peep this v...

Andrade Trial-Monday Recap

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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...
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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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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