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

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The President's Assessment Of His 100 Days

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Here's President Obama's assessment of the first 100 days of his presidency. He spoke at a town hall meeting this morning. Isn&#...

Obama Administration-Day 100

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One of the truisms of presidential politics is that if you want to project how someone will govern once they are elected to the presidency, ...

A Ladylike Guide To Dressing For The Derby

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TransGriot Note: It's Derby Week here in Da Ville. That means parties, galas, parades and the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby horse ra...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

60!

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Say hello to Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. "Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their re...

Call CBC Congressmembers On Hate Crimes!

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I received an e-mail from the National Black Justice Coalition this morning and it's a classic good news-bad news situation concerning...

1-20-13

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If you happen to see this bumper sticker on a car, you know it belongs to a Republican. We are rapidly approaching 100 days since the Janua...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Fighting Back Against Media Smears Of Transgender People

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We have work to do in terms of getting respectful media coverage for Lateisha Green. The sooner she starts getting it the better chance Te...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Cosmo's Tripping About Sports Loving Women

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I began chuckling when I read a commentary about a recent Cosmo article that echoed one I wrote in 2004 about the transgender community. I...
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Dwight DeLee Trial To Start June 11

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Now that Allen Andrade is rotting in jail for the rest of his life, it's now time for the transgender community's attention to focus...
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We're Not The Only Peeps Holding Transgender Conferences

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One of the things I talk about here on TransGriot are the various transgender conferences we have here in the States such as Southern Comfor...
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Renee Won!

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Congratulations to my podcast partner Renee at Womanist Musings! She was a double winner in the 2009 Canadian F-word Blog Awards. See, ...

Transgeneration

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Transgeneration is a 2005 documentary by filmmaker Jeremy Simmons that spent a year following the lives of transgender students Gabbi, Raci...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

If You Watch Fox News, You're Uninformed

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If you're watching Fox News, congratulations, you are part of the most uninformed people in the country. Those of you who read this blo...

Geno Auriemma To Coach USA Women's B-Ball Team

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The Drive For Five starts September 23, 2010 in the Czech Republic. The five I'm talking about is the quest for a fifth straight Olym...

Pam Grier

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Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. I loved me...

Washington Governor Gregoire Signs TG Hate Crime Protection

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While the rest of the community was celebrating the news of Allen Andrade's conviction for the murder of Angie Zapata, there was good ne...

You Respect A Cisperson's Right To Choose Their Name, Why Not A Transperson?

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Why do cisgender people feel they have the right to disrespect transgender people by refusing to use or acknowledge the names we have chosen...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Gwendolyn Lindsay-Jackson, Angie Is Not An 'It'

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One of the things I was pissed off about during the TruTV coverage of the just concluded Andrade trial besides watching the defense try to e...
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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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