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

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Former Senator Edward Brooke Gets Congressional Gold Medal

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Former Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA), the first African American senator elected by popular vote in 1966 was honored with the Congressional G...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

President Obama Signs Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Law

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This is a day I've been waiting, working, agitating for, and praying would happen for over eleven years. The beautiful thing is tha...

Not Feeling Halloween

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The peeps on Hillcrest Ave here in Da Ville are once again living up to an over twenty year tradition and going all out to outdo their neig...

Black Trans-Activist Lectures at Bryn Mawr

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TransGriot Note: This is the article that appeared in today's Bi-College News, the student newspaper for Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleg...

Bigot Harry Jackson Gets Smacked Down By DC Council

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It's hard out there for conservapimps. Bigot Harry Jackson slithered in from suburban Maryland to lead the anti-marriage equality pee...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dr. Dana Beyer Running For Maryland House Seat

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It seems as though the 2010 election cycle is shaping up to be a potentially historic one for the transgender community. Kim Coco Iwamo...

Pam Bennett In The Homestretch For Her Aurora, CO City Council Race

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After nearly winning in her first attempt in 2007 running for an at large seat on the Aurora. CO city council, Pam Bennett is making her se...

The 2009 Amazing Philippines Beauty Winner Is....

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Bem Bem May Razada! The 5th annual Miss International Queen pageant is currently being contested at Tiffany's in Pattaya, Thailand ...

Tom Joyner Gets Uncles Posthumously Cleared For Crime They Didn't Commit

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Many of you long time readers know how much I love the Tom Joyner Morning Show. 'The Fly Jock' and co host Sybil Wilkes and J. Ant...

Happy Birthday Jayne Kennedy Overton!

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I have much love for this statuesque trailblazing sister who was born on this date in Washington, DC. Jayne Harrison grew up in the Cle...
Monday, October 26, 2009

One Speech Down, Another To Go

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Now that a week has passed since I visited the Bryn Mawr campus, my attention is now focused on the speech I'm presently compiling. I&#...

I Love This Afrocentric Barbie!

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This is the 50th anniversary year of the birth of Mattel's iconic Barbie doll. Barbie has had a somewhat interesting relationship wi...
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Long Time Coming

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I've been taking time to sort out my feelings after hearing the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Bill finally passed Congress on Thursday and is...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

UH Administers Homecoming Beatdown To SMU

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The Number 17 ranked University of Houston Cougars came back to the Rob after a month of road games. They were facing off in a C-USA West D...

First Family Official Portrait

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Read it and weep conservahaters! We finally have a First Family in the White House that reflects the heritage of the people who built it. ...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Interviewing Isis Tomorrow For Podcast!

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Tomorrow's latest episode of the Womanist Musings talk show will have none other than my sis Isis King. We'll be talking about bein...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Fairness 10th Anniversary

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This weekend those of us in the Louisville GLBT community will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of the passage of our inclusive GLBT pro...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Hate Crimes Passed! Edition

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I've been making the trip to Washington for several years now to lobby on behalf of the trans community. Yesterday one of the trans com...

School Daze-Straight And Nappy

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School Daze is one of my favorite Spike Lee movies even though it was released in 1988. One of the issues that he brought up in this film ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Bill Passes Senate!

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One of our crowning legislative jewels down, one to go. The Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Bill, which would make it a federal crim...
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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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