TransGriot

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

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent

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As transpeople we get buffered and whacked on a daily basis with so much negativity from people inside and outside our community. Some of t...

Shut Up Fool! Of The Year-You Nominate 'Em

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I've decided I'm going to let you loyal TransGriot readers nominate your favorites for the Shut Up Fool! of The Year Award. You'...

DC Set To Vote For Marriage Equality Bill

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Despite the best efforts of Bigot Harry Jackson, Jr., the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the anti-gay National Organization for Marr...
Monday, November 30, 2009

2009 World AIDS Day

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Today is World AIDS Day, in which we draw attention to the AIDS pandemic and also remember the people lost to the disease. I count some o...

Bad PR For Macs

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Been a couple of PR nightmares pop up for Apple lately. First there's the unwanted photo of Bigot Harry Jackson using one of their co...

UH Coogs Climb to Number 18 in Football Rankings

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The Coogs climbed up the college football ranking ladders this week in the wake of their 73-14 demolition of the Rice Owls. They moved up t...

The 2009 Weblog Awards

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How in Hades this got past me I don't know, especially since I've been waiting for the e-mail notification that it was about to ta...

Sometimes We Transwomen Can Be Our Own Harshest Critics

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During the podcast interview Renee, Allison and I had with Isis a few weeks ago, we talked about the fact that some days, even though people...

Mike Huckabee's Potential 'Willie Horton'

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If former Arkansas governor and Faux News show host Mike Huckabee runs for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, get ready to see the...
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Number 20 Coogs Win The West-Barbecue Rice

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The C-USA West Division that is. My number 20 ranked fave college football team walked into the game with our crosstown rivals at the Rob w...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

'Precious'

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Earlier tonight I rolled over to my local multiplex to check out Precious. ' All I have to say about it is 'wow'. It was wo...

Do I Ever Get Tired Of Being A Role Model?

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One of the questions I get asked often by many people I come in contact with is whether or not I get tired of being a role model. Nope. ...

Getting Close To 1 Million Visitors!

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Another day, another TransGriot milestone. I passed 1 million hits a long time ago since I started the blog on January 1, 2006 but I did...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Can A Transsistah Get Some Love This Holiday Season?

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It's the start of the Christmas holiday season. From now until January 1 there will be nonstop Christmas music played on the radio airw...

Georgina Beyer Election To NZ Parliament Tenth Anniversary

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Today is the tenth anniversary of Georgina Beyer's grundbreaking achievement. On this date in 1999 she became the first open transpe...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

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Hope you loyal TransGriot readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and had plentiful food, great company, stress free travel and minimum dra...

President Obama's Thanksgiving Greeting

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For centuries, in peace and in war, in prosperity and in adversity, Americans have paused at this time of year to gather with loved ones and...

Brittney Gets Her Official NCAA Dunk

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It was only a matter of time before Baylor's 6 foot 8 freshman phenom b-baller Brittney Griner threw down a dunk in NCAA competition, es...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving, Peeps!

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I know you Canadians got your Thanksgiving grub on last month . Now it's your south of the border cousins turn to partake of the turke...

Go Annise Go!

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You TransGriot readers are aware that I'm closely watching a potentially historic mayoral race in my beloved hometown. There will be ...
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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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