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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Number 24 Coogs Beat Down Memphis

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The Number 24 AP ranked University of Houston Cougars shook off their upset loss to Central Florida last week by beating down Memphis at the...

IAAF-'No Discussion Of Caster Semenya's Case At The IAAF Council Meeting '

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Well, well, well. We were expecting some serious drama and fireworks at this session of the International Association of Athletics Federat...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Shut Up Fool! Awards-TDOR Memorial Edition

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Today is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is the day transpeople and our allies around the globe pause to remember and...

Makes Me Wanna Holler

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The last two days I've been participating in panel discussions, putting the finishing touches on a speech for a TDOR event Sunday on Lon...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Semenya's Athletic Fate In Hands Of IAAF Council

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Back on September 12, the IAAF released this press statement concerning the Caster Semenya case. The IAAF has noted statements in recent me...

Retailers, Can You Wait Until After Thanksgiving Before Putting Up The Christmas Decorations?

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Last week I headed to the Dillard's in Mall St. Matthews to reload my Fashion Fair makeup and get some other items for my upcoming LI tr...

Never Forget The People Who Died

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Never forget the people who died. That's what the TDOR is all about. To make sure we never forget the people we have lost to anti tr...

Happy Birthday, Tami!

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Happy Anniversary of your 29th Birthday Tami! Today is the birthday of another one of my favorite bloggers, and I couldn't let the occa...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Today Was A Good Day...Sort Of

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Bounced out of the house in tastefully dressed full diva mode to head to the U of L Campus at the behest of my fave Women and Gender Studies...

What Does Transgender Day Of Remembrance Mean To You?

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TransGriot Note: It figures that less than 12 hours after I wrote the TransGriot post talking about the glaadBLOG series of guest posts for ...

Time To End Putting People's Civil Rights Up For A Majority Vote

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On the surface, allowing petition drives to force referendums and recall votes on unpopular decisions sounds like a great idea. When used ...

Louisville Area TDOR Events

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TransGriot Note: Thanks to Tina Storm for compiling the schedule for the 2009 Louisville TDOR events. I will be leading the November 19 wo...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

glaadBLOG Guest Blogger Series On TDOR

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This week the glaadBLOG is posting a series of articles from various people about the Transgender Day of remembrance and what it mans to th...

He's A Clown

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TransGriot Note: Been a while since I've been motivated to pen one of my infamous song rewrites. This one is dedicated to our favorit...

Transgender Rights Forum On U of L Campus Tomorrow

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TDOR Week tends to be a busy one for me with requests for my presence at various events escalating during that period. Word to the wise-for...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Why Do We Need Transgender Day Of Remembrance? Well…

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TransGriot Note: My latest post for Global Comment If you’ve been perusing my home blog and other transgender-themed blogs across the Inte...

Isis Makes 2009 Out 100 List

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Congrats to my sis Isis for making OUT magazine's Out 100 List . Been an interesting and groundbreaking year for little sis. She'...

Sierra Broussard Reaches Settlement In Wisconsin Trans Discrimination Suit

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I mentioned Sierra Broussard's case in two posts a few months ago. Since the trial was scheduled to start tomorrow, I was curious to ...

STS-129 Mission Includes Two African-American Astronauts

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The TransGriot will be tuned in later today to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at 2:28 PM EST assuming there are no delays or...

Bishop Yvette Flunder Speaks At 2009 Creating Change

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Thanks to my good friend Louis Mitchell, I became aware of Bishop Yvette Flunder and her 'radically inclusive' City of Refuge Church...
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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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