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

Friday, May 28, 2010

2010 French Open Williams Watch-On To Third Round!

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Little Sis had to wait an additional day to punch her ticket into the third round of the 2010 French Open singles tournament, but was all bu...

Houston Trans Community Preparing For Hurricane Season

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The start of hurricane season is fast approaching, and with memories fresh in our minds about how several trans Katrina evacuees were mistre...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-DADT's Going Down Edition

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It's Memorial Day weekend, and fittingly the House voted late last night to begin the process to repeal DADT with the Senate on course t...

House On Track To Repeal DADT

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The House of Representatives voted 234-194 on an amendment that paves the way for a House vote to repeal the controversial 17 year old '...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

St. Louis Alderman Introduces Bill To Add Gender Identity To Existing Nondiscrimination Law

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St. Louis may be on the verge of becoming the next metropolis to add 'gender identity and expression' to its nondiscrimination polic...

Black Men-Stop Contributing To The Transphobic Disrespecting Of Black Women

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I was checking out my Louisville play nephew Jaison Gardiner's Facebook feed when he started a thread discussing Fantasia. He's ...

'Soul Train' Gets New Ownership-Where The New Shows At?

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Must See TV when I was growing up was getting up at 7 AM on Saturday morning to watch my favorite cartoons, then flipping the channel at noo...

WPATH Response To DSM V Revisions

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Transpeople around the world have rightfully been concerned about the ongoing DSM V revisions. The concern has been heightened about wha...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Loving Myself More

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While checking my Facebook comments earlier today, I was struck by this one from my sis Laverne Cox. She said, 'Today I am going to wor...

Another PR Transwoman Found Dead

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Seems like I just posted about Ashley Santiago being killed in her home a month ago . Now comes word that Puerto Rican police are investi...

DART Board Votes Down Trans Protections

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You may recall me posting in March about a situation in which a transwoman employed as a DART bus driver for 20 years had not only been dis...

Face And Figure ATL Battle

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Been a while since I posted some ballroom community video. Hey, they are my sisters, too! This video is from the September 2008 Chanel B...

KFA Supports ENDA

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TransGriot Note: One of my former colleagues in Da Ville, Nick Wilkerson, wrote this letter that was published in Sunday's Courier-Jour...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

So Far, So Good In Paris

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The 2010 edition of the French Open so far has gotten off to a great start for my fave tennis playing sisters. Serena had to work a little ...

Happy Birthday Pam 'Foxy' Grier

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Today is Pamela Suzette Grier's birthday, and I have much love for her as one of my beauty icons. I'll also be celebrating Pam'...

Don't Get Mad At The Messenger-Get Mad At The Injustice

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'The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic, but to end the injustice.' Paul Robeson July 8, 1965 Obviously there's ...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Screwed By You

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TransGriot Note: as the clock ticks down to the weekly broken promised ENDA vote we suspect ain't gonna happen because it's an elect...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

2010 French Open

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New year at Stade Roland Garros, same old question as to whether the Williams sisters will break their string of bad luck at this tournament...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Propaganda We'll Teach Y'all

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TransGriot Note: It's song rewrite time. I'm so disgusted over the TX State Board of Education's 'Conservatism Uber Educati...

Statements From The White House and State Department On Malawi Couple

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TransGriot Note: Statements from the White House and the State Department about the sentencing of the Malawian couple to 14 years hard labor...
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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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