TransGriot

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

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Mr. T Birthday Video

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Mr. T is the inspiration for my Shut Up Fool! Awards, and I couldn't let today pass without giving my favorite tough guy a birthday shou...

Coccinelle

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Since I mentioned Coccinelle in a previous post , I thought it was only fair that you get to know who Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy was. ...

Transkid In Omaha, NE Begins Living Her Life

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As much as I loved growing up in the 60's and 70's, I would have loved even more to have been given an opportunity to grow up as a ...
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Octavia St Laurent Clips

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Octavia may be gone from us, but she'll never be forgotten. It's also a given that the ballroom competition in Heaven just got a l...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

RIP Octavia St. Laurent

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The Paris Is Burning movie came out as I was early into my own transition. One of the people I was captivated by and resolved to meet one...

A Different World Theme Songs-Video

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Since I'm still impatiently waiting for Carsey-Werner, Ventura, Viacom or whoever owns the rights to A Different World to stop stalling...
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Transsexuality Declassified As Mental Illness In France

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Conservatives may sneer at and hate on France, but the rest of us and especially the transgender community around the world have much love f...

It's Hell To Be Transgender-Especially In Honduras

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Houston's late crusading consumer affairs reporter Marvin Zindler used to say during his news segments when he chewed on the behinds of ...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Kim Fields

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

Next Year Mr. President, Do A Commencement Speech At An HBCU

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TransGriot Note: My latest piece for Global Comment If I could give any piece of advice to President Obama besides the obvious ones for an...
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It's On On Guam

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Jeremy, the transgender high school student who was barred from attending his George Washington High School prom because he wore a dress, s...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

New Star Trek-Wow!

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Just arrived back home from my local multiplex from watching the rebooted JJ Abrams directed Star Trek movie, and all I have to say is-wow!...

Girl Power! Rachel Alexandra Wins Preakness

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Rachel Alexandra blew out her feminine competition by 20 lengths in the May 1 Kentucky Oaks. She was obviously the class of the 3 year old ...

President Obama Giving Commencement Speech At Notre Dame

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Later today President Obama is giving a commencement speech at Notre Dame University in which unlike the May 14 one at Arizona State Univers...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

The 2009 Miss Tiffany Universe Winner Is...

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Sorawee Nattee She takes home the grand prizes and cash from what has become the most prestigious transgender beauty pageant on the planet...

Transphobia At The Hippodrome

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I was shaking my head as I read this story from Yarmouth, England about a threatened walkout by female Hippodrome employees. What's go...
Friday, May 15, 2009

It's Janet's Birthday

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Janet Jackson that is. Happy birthday to the Grammy winning baby sister of the Jackson clan. She was born on this date in Gary, IN. ...

Under Construction

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I get in deep thought mode when I'm not at the wheel on these long road trips me and my cohorts frequently embark upon. When me and ...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Beat LA Edition

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My H-town ballers are headed to LA to play Game 7 in their series versus the Lakers thanks to 26 points from Aaron Brooks and 24 from Luis S...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Beat LA! Beat LA!

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Told you my Rockets weren't going to be a pushover for the LA Fakers. I got my birthday win in Game 1 from my Houston homeboys. When ...
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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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