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

Friday, April 23, 2010

What Does 'Winning Our Equality' Mean To You?

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There was a Project post thread I commented on in which reader KevinChi asked one person the question, what does 'winning our equality...

Um People, I'm NOT Evangelist Denise K. Matthews

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On the occasion of her 50th birthday last year, being a big fan of hers back in the day (and still am), I wrote a post wishing Evangelist De...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

NY LGBT Center Replaces Torched Rainbow Flag

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On the morning of April 14, 2010 New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center staff arrived to find a torched rai...

IFGE 2010 Capital Conference Starts Today

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It's too bad I'm not there, but the 2010 IFGE Capital Conference is kicking off today across the Potomac from our nation's capit...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Why I Can't Stand The NRA-Part II

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I don't call the National Rifle Association the 'Neocon Racist Assciation' or other less flattering names for nothing. But at t...

African-American Bi Ballplayers Sue Gay Softball Organization For Discrimination

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If the GLBT community wants their rights and humanity respected, protected and codified under the law, it is imperative for them to remember...

When Is Someone Going To Tell Black Transwomen We're Prettty?

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This picture and the caption beneath it triggered the musings of this post. Black women for centuries have had their beauty, denied, denigr...

Mistrial Declared In Duanna Johnson Beating Case

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After four days of deliberations in which 11 jurors voted to convict and one holdout said no, a mistrial has been declared in the federal tr...

The Queen's New Flick-Just Wright

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I love me some Queen Latifah as much as my Canadian homegirl does. Naah, scratch that. I think Renee has me beat when it comes to hailin...
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 ...
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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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