TransGriot

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

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Who Dat Gonna Be NFL Champs!

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The New Orleans Saints were founded in 1967 and have endured 43 seasons of good, bad and ugly football. After Hurricane Katrina devastated ...

Black Transwoman Telling Her Story On GSU Campus

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Interesting video of a panel discussion at Georgia State University and a transsistah telling her story.

Super Bowl XLIV

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Will Who Dat win? Or will another Vince Lombardi Trophy be heading back to Indiana? Starting at 6:25 PM EST America and a large televisi...
Saturday, February 06, 2010

Houston's Transgender Center

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This is old KTRK-TV news video about the transgender center back home, but still worth a look. And yes, in this case I know one of the pe...
Friday, February 05, 2010

Shut Up Fool! Awards- Super Bowl Weekend Edition

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Super Bowl XLIV will be kicking off in Miami this weekend between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints, an I'll be parked i...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Urban Dictionary Definition of Monica

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Monica A name derived from the Latin language meaning "A wise councilor." A Catholic Saint. The sexiest woman on the planet. Ne...

Up, Up You Mighty African Descended Transpeople!

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I love talking to younger transpeople when I have the time to do so. One of those opportunities came yesterday when I received a call from ...
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Trans Woman Wins IRS Suit To Deduct Surgery Costs

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A 57 year old trans woman battling the IRS over a tax deduction for the costs of her sex realignment surgery says she feels like she won a v...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Julie Bindel-Mary Daly For The New Millennium

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Mary Daly is no longer walking this planet, but fear not, her transphobic radical feminist replacement is on the case. Julie Bindel is spre...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

You Can Take The Girl Out Of Texas...

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But as I've discovered over the last eight years of being a Texan in exile, you can't take the Texas out of the girl. The time I...

'Precious' Gets Six Oscar Nominations

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One of the things I love to do I go to my local multiplex and watch my fave movies when they come out. The last one I've had a chance t...
Monday, February 01, 2010

Single Ladies-Chipettes Style

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In honor of my Houston homegirl Beyonce snagging six Grammys, including the Song of the Year Grammy for 'Single Ladies', had to post...

Black Transpeople Are Making Black History, Too

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It's Day One of Black History Month. It's the time that we set aside to honor our past, celebrate the present and look forward tom...

The Choice Is Clear

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Since this is Black History Month, I think this is an appropriate time to post this fresh for the 2K10 wake up call. Don't think beca...

80's Music Better Than The 70's? Yeah, Right

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Being the 70's music lover I am, there was an interesting topic posted on Womanist Musings in which Renee and Sparky debated 70's ve...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

The 'Class With Class'

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I have another reunion coming up the weekend of October 8-10 with the fellow members of my Jesse H. Jones High School Class of 1980, AKA ...

Prez Smacks The GOP On Their Own Turf

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Methinks the GOP didn't realize what they'd gotten themselves into with this open dialogue Friday on their turf until it was over. ...

Miss America 2010 Is A Sistah

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I was flipping through my 800 plus cable channels last night and happened to tune in just in time for the semifinalists to be whittled down ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Transsister Goes To The White House!

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Remember the long and loud bitching I've done over transsisters being ignored when GLBT oriented events or hearings are being held? Wa...

Serena Repeats As Australian Open Champion

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It took her three sets, twelve aces, 32 winners and two hours and seven minutes of high quality tennis, but Little Sis outlasted Justine Hen...
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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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