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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

DeLee Trial Day 3

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Well well, seems like we had some drama outside the courtroom yesterday. It seems there was an altercation outside the courthouse that Jud...

How Hard Is It To Transition In Your Hometown?

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Back in the day when transpeople were advised to keep their transitions secret and never let anyone know their status, one strategy for doin...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

EBONY Magazine's It Factor Issue

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You knew that EBONY was going to have to drop an issue celebrating the sistahs after their 25 Coolest Brothers issue generated much buzz, c...

DeLee Trial Day 2

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TLDEF's legal intern Laura Vogel is blogging about the trial developments. Since she's there in the courtroom and can give you a s...

What About Our Legacy?

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TransGriot Note: I was shocked and pleased to discover that in Dr. Susan Stryker's latest book Transgender History , I'm not only li...

Canadian Transwoman Thrown Out Of Casino Rama Restroom

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Here we go again with the 'scurred' of transwomen in the bathroom bull feces. Thanks to the Toronto Sun and a tip from a reader ...
Monday, July 13, 2009

Opening Day Of DeLee Trial

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Lost in the avalanche of news events such as the Sotomayor hearings and the scrubbed NASA shuttle launch was the start of the Dwight DeLee m...

NAACP Centennial Convention

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The NAACP is celebrating its centennial year and in honor of that, they returned to New York, the city where the organization was founded in...

Justice For Teish Update IV

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Today is the day the DeLee trial starts. TLDEF is having a press conference starting around 10 AM EDT in front of the Onondaga County Court...

Standing With Justice Sotomayor

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In addition to Dwight DeLee's trial starting today in Syracuse, most of the media's unblinking eye will be focused inside the Beltwa...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Damn, I Love Kerry Washington!

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I love actress Kerry Washington so much I wanna be like her when I grow up. She has the deadly combination of beauty and brains. I especia...

Approaching The Danger Zone

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Benjamin Franklin once stated that 'the definition of insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different result....

The President's Visit To Ghana And Me

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President Obama has made (and continues to make) much history during this first term. Friday afternoon US Eastern time he landed in Accra, ...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

President Obama's Ghana Speech

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THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.) I like this. Thank you. Thank you. I think Congress needs one of those horns. (Laughter.) That sounds pretty...
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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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