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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Canadian Action Alert-Call Or Write Your MP About Bill C-389

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According to my Canadian sis Mercedes Allen of Dented Blue Mercedes , Bill C-389, which would give Canadian transpeople employment/housing n...

Where's the ENDA Rewrite Language?

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One of the major reasons I don't participate in NCTE Lobby Days besides the fact I'm not welcome at them, is because of the HRC pres...

PR Trans Latina Woman Found Stabbed To Death In Home

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If you thought I was being over the top about trans Latinas and transsistahs taking the brunt of the anti-transgender violence, here's a...

Dr. Dorothy Height Dies

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Another of the sheroes of the 60's civil rights movement has moved on. Dr. Dorothy Height, the Godmother of the women's movement&#...

Still Miss You 'Lufer'

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Today would have been the 59th birthday of one of my fave singers back in the day, Luther Ronzoni Vandross. He was born on this date in Ne...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

15th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing

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At 9:02 AM CDT 15 years ago, 5000 pounds of explosives inside a rented truck were detonated by domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh near the A...
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Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil Saturday

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Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar is the latest transwoman we have lost to senseless anti-transgender violence. While her alleged killer has been cap...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

'The Boondocks' Was Right! Guess Who Ann Coulter's Dating?

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There was a Boondocks episode in which it speculated right wing hater Ann Coulter was going home to a brother. (BTW..you may want to play...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Fictional Gender Transformation

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A staple of fiction is the theme of gender transformations, body morphing and gender swaps. It crosses all forms of media from books to fil...

Caster Semenya's Patience Running Out

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19 year old South African runner Caster Semenya has patiently waited seven months for her competition status to be sorted out ever since she...

Dawn's Headed To Cleveland

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Dawn's fencing in a tournament that's taking place in Cleveland, but I won't be making the drive up there with her. The saber ...
Friday, April 16, 2010

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Day of Silence Edition

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Today is the 15th anniversary of the Day of Silence. It's the GLSEN sponsored event in which students at the middle and high school ...

Let's Play FQ Face

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Haven't posted any ballroom community video in a while, and need to get back to highlighting it on TransGriot since they are my sisters,...

Isis Day of Silence Video

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Today is the 15th annual Day of Silence sponsored by GLSEN, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The Day of Silence involve...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Boycott The HRC Atlanta Dinner

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TransGriot Note: From Monica Helms, TAVA founder and president Friends, On May 1st, HRC will have its local gala dinner here in Georgia. ...

We're Paying Our Dues-So When Do We Get The Privileges Of Membership In American Society?

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TransGriot Note: My latest post at The Bilerico Project Today is April 15 as many of you perusing this post are aware of. With the midnig...

Katie Washington Makes Notre Dame And Black History!

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Too many times people focus on the worst my people produce. In addition, sisters don't get much love for doing something positive. T...

Arrest Made In Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar Murder

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The po-po's have finally caught up with the waste of DNA who allegedly strangled 29 year old transwoman Amanda Gonzales-Andujar Rasheen...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

April 15-Talkin' About Taxes

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Those of us in the States are well aware of what today's date represents. It's the deadline day for paying our taxes to Uncle Sam...

Gender And Transgender People Video

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TransGriot Note: This is a short documentary video on gender and transgender people produced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender C...
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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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