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

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Six Is The Magic Number For Team USA Olympic Hockey

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Both the Team USA men and women stayed perfect in Olympic today by scoring six goals in their respective pool play hockey games. The Tea...

Transwoman and ACLU-NJ File Lawsuit Against Newark Po-Po's

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As I have stated repeatedly over the years that this blog has been around, we African descended transpeople face some of the same issues our...

Miyia's Interview

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This is a interview featuring my little sis Miyia that appeared on Fox41 News in Da Ville yesterday. It was nice learning a little bit mor...

Shani Repeats!

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Shani Davis had to wait a while before he took the ice at the Richmond Olympic Oval in the last pair of the 1000m event. But once he did ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Dear Oprah II

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TransGriot Note: I wrote an open letter to Oprah back in 2007 asking when she was going to interview an African American trans person on he...

Shani's Best Event Coming Tonight

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So far Shani Davis' attempt to win four gold medals in Vancouver has come up empty with a 12th place finish in the 5000m and withdrawing...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Good Day For Team USA Hockey

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Team USA men's and women's hockey players took to the ice today at their respective venues and won. This is the youngest USA men...

Albania Unanimously Bans TBLG Discrimination

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One of the things tat has irritated me about the lack of action on ENDA is watching other countries pass laws banning TBLG discrimination wh...
Monday, February 15, 2010

What's The Transgender Day Of Visibility?

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By now, most people are aware of the Transgender Day of Remembrance that happens every November 20 to memorialize the people we've lost....
Sunday, February 14, 2010

12-1, Renee: USA! USA! USA!

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The back to back world champion and number one ranked Team USA played their first game in this 2010 women's Olympic hockey tournament ve...

So Canada Beat Slovakia 18-0: It's Still Early

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The opening ceremonies are over, the Olympic flame has made it to its dual cauldrons in BC Place and downtown Vancouver and the competition ...
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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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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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