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

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day Y'all!

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Today is Valentines Day. For those of y'all who put a ring on it, are about to, or have hooked up with that special someone, it's...

There PETA Goes Again

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PETA's at it again with their nekulturny behavior in terms of selecting their 2010 worst dressed celebrity list. The same geniuses ...

The Vancouver Games Begin

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They got off to a sad start with the unfortunate death of a Georgian luger during a practice run at the Whistler Sliding Centre Friday morn...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Winter Olympics: Why Team USA Is Nearly White As Snow

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TransGriot Note: My latest piece for Global Comment With the Vancouver Games starting today and it also being Black History month, I have ...

Be Careful Who You Mess With

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Transpeople as we are out and about in the world living our daily lives take a lot of crap. We suffer the slings and arrows from various in...

Shut Up Fool! Awards- Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies Edition

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Tonight the XXI Olympic Winter Games Opening ceremonies will take place in Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. It's the day they'v...

Can Vancouver Top Beijing's Olympic Opener?

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The Winter Olympics opening ceremonies will take place later tonight. The question that people around the world are asking is what will Van...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

So I'm A 'Violent Racist', Eh?

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I surfed over to Transadvocate and checked out an interesting post by Marti Abernathey. She asserts that because Dr. Jillian Todd Weiss da...

Yes, Jamaica Still Has A Bobsled Team

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The Jamaican bobsled team made their competitive debut at the Calgary Games in 1988 and were immortalized in the movie Cool Runnings . Bu...
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Shipley's Donuts

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I've discussed my love of iconic Houston centric foods on TransGriot. One of them I got reacquainted with when I went back home for th...

Louisville's 'LGBT Community In The 1980s' Forum To Be Held February 16

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Louisville, 1981. The Humana Building was yet to be built. There was no Kentucky Center for the Arts. The Watterson Expressway was still ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Olympic Heartbreak For Philip Boit

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Three time Olympian Philip Boit had hoped to close out his Olympic cross country skiing career in Vancouver. Unfortunately he fell a heartb...

Ghana's Snow Leopard Hopes To Take A Bite Out of The Olympic Competition

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I am a big fan of the Olympic games, be it winter or summer variety. One of the things about the nature of the winter Olympics is that yo...

You Don't Have The Right To Deny Me My Rights

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No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him. ...

Miss Me Yet? Hell Naw!

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This billboard is greeting passengers traveling along Interstate 35 near Wyoming, MN. The people who paid for it are wishing to remain a...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Alexandra Billings Documentary

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Alexandra Billings is another one of our iconic transwomen I'm looking forward to meeting one day. I'm looking forward to seeing h...
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Shani's Drive For Five Is Down To Four

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Was disappointed to learn that Shani Davis is not going to attempt to match Eric Heiden's feat of winning five Olympic gold medals in s...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Teabaggers, You Owe Great Britain A Lot Of Money!

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TransGriot Note: I have no love for the racist white wing Teabagger movement. Saw this interesting post from Maura Hennessey which points o...

Transsister Slams Trans Community Bigotry Aimed At Black Transwomen

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I've talked about and written commentaries slamming the ' Black Transwomen Are Ugly ' meme that keeps popping up like kudzu in t...
Sunday, February 07, 2010

When Will African American Trans People Be Able To Tell Our Stories On HBCU Campuses?

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One of the things I and other transsisters enjoy doing is telling the story of African descended trans people to college students around the...
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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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