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

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Olympic Hockey Border War-Men's Division

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We share a long border, the English language and a continent. But for the next two hours, they are The Maple Leaf Flag Waving Enemy. It...

The Lady Chablis

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I've had the pleasure of meeting The Lady Chablis and have an autographed copy of her autobiography Hiding My Candy thanks to that May 2...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Party Time In Paris

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As Cyndi Lauper once famously sang, girls just wanna have fun, and trans girls are no different. I like a good party, but as for hanging ou...

Shani Looking For More Vancouver Gold

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Shani Davis is looking to grab another medal tonight and make more speed skating history. He's competing in another event he's domi...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Shut Up Fool! Awards USA! USA! USA! Edition

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It's been a great first week of competition for Team USA at the XXI Winter Olympic Games. Our men's and women;s hockey teams are ...

Yes, You Teabaggers ARE Racist

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Aww, the poor white wing teabaggers are upset because they've been called by the 'liberal media' on their racism. While I'm...
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The 2010 Election Cycle Wedge Issue-Transpeople

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Every election cycle the GOP comes up with some wedge issue that they will pimp to fire up their sheeple and hope will carry them to elector...

Happy 70th Birthday Smokey Robinson!

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Today is the 70th birthday of legendary singer and Motown executive William 'Smokey' Robinson, Jr. who was born in Detroit on this ...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Ann Coulter Gets Pwned By Keith Olbermann

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Normally I'm the first one railing about liberal progressive people throwing trans flavored shade at Ann Coulter or people using trans ...
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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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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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