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

Thursday, October 01, 2009

2009 St. James Court Art Show

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While rolling up 4th Street en route to the University of Louisville and the final on campus Pride 2009 event, I noted that some food carts ...

Happy 85th Birthday President Carter!

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Today was the 85th birthday of President Jimmy Carter. He spent his milestone birthday reopening his Carter Center after it shut down in A...

Ethan Needs 2009 TDOR Info

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The 11th Annual Transgender Day Of Remembrance will take place on November 20. Ethan St. Pierre, who now compiles the stats and coordinat...

First It Was ACORN

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TransGriot Note: My friend David Williams in Louisville got this one started. The first two lines are his, the rest are mine. It echoes th...

Happy Birthday Isis!

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Today is my little sis Isis King's birthday. Who knew that when we celebrated the fact last year she was the first transwoman to appe...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Can We Get More Democrats With Cojones Please?

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Thank you Rep. Alan Grayson for speaking the truth. Finally, somebody wih a D behind their name that has some cojones. I was beginning t...

The FLOTUS Is Handling Her Olympic Business

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The First Lady has arrived in Copenhagen in advance of the 121st International Olympic Committee Session that will determine on Friday wheth...

Brittany Novotny To Challenge Oklahoma Homobigot Sally Kern

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Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern, one of the GLBT community's virulent Christohaters, will have to fight to keep her office in 2010. Aft...

Alleged Crossdressing Mayor Outed, Loses Primary-Other Losses To Be Determined

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The story of East Cleveland, Ohio mayor Eric Brewer has blown up all over the Net. This politrick has cost him his shot at getting reelec...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

New SCOTUS Photo

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The new session of the Supreme Court starts Monday October 5, and as per tradition they take a group photo at the beginning of it. There...
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What Woman Would I Like To Be For A Week?

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There was a recent CBS News poll taken that asked its respondents what woman would they most like to trade places with for a week. The po...

Miss You, Jahna!

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Today would have been my fellow Texan Jahna Steele's 51st birthday. The San Antonio born Jahna was part of the Crazy Girls Revue at the...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Law School Discussion Closes 2009 U of L Pride Week

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U of L's 2009 Pride Week will conclude later today probably to the mixed sadness and relief of everyone involved in the planning of it. ...

Yes Peeps, Texas Democrats Do Exist

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One of the fallacies of modern day politics is that Texas has always been a rock ribbed solid red conservative state. We also suffered thr...

President Obama and Oprah Winfrey Are Headed To Copenhagen

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The International Olympic Committee meeting to determine who gets the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held on Friday and the Chicago 2016 deleg...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Not Feeling The Equality March

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We are guaranteed equal protection by the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. Free and equal people do not bargain for or prioritize our ...
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Angela Merkel Reelected German Chancellor

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While we were sleeping on this side of the Pond, the Germans were headed to the polls today. The results were the opposite of what happened...

UH Ranked Number 12!

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I enjoyed the stress inducing 29-28 win over Texas Tech last night just like everybody else in Cougar Nation. It pad off with another rise...

I Love Jeopardy!

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Jeopardy! is one of my favorite game shows. It was a NBC show that debuted on March 30, 1964 with Art Fleming as its host. I used to w...

Blogtalkradio Show Tonight-'The Personal Is Political'

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At 8 PM EDT Allison, Renee and I will do another edition of our Womanist Musings Blogtalkradio podcast show. The show will be entitled '...
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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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