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

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Primary Super Tuesday Wrapup

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People in twelve states went to the polls to choose candidates for the general election in November, with the attention of the nation and ma...

GENDA Dies Again In NY Senate

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"AN ACT to amend the executive law, the civil rights law and the education law, in relation to prohibiting discrimination based on gend...

Trans People Have Been Thrown Under The Civil Rights Bus So Much ...

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We can tell by the tire tracks left on our bodies the brand name of the tires we've been run over with. General, Uniroyal, Goodyear, Br...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Truly Great Trans Friends

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“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” One of the things about transition that is essential...

Brittany Officially Files To Run!

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I've talked about Oklahoma City attorney Brittany Novotny more than a few times on this blog and the potential history she could make i...

See Canada's C-389 Debate On Webcast

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For you political junkies interested in seeing how this debate on Bill C-389 transpires, the Canadian Parliament does have a webcast of its ...

Primary Super Tuesday

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If you live in the eleven states who are having primary elections today, time for you loyal TransGriot readers to take a few moments out of ...

Canada's Bill C-389 To Undergo Second Debate Today

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NDP MP Bill Siskay's Private Member’s Bill C-389, which would ensure explicit human rights protections for transgender and transsexual p...
Monday, June 07, 2010

B Scott Tellin' It Like It T-I-S Is

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B Scott is a YouTube video blogger and commenter known for his androgynous looks and outspoken commentary. Here's a B Scott video skew...

Frenchy's Co-Founder Passes Away

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I mentioned how much I love Frenchy's chicken and wrote a post honoring their 40th anniversary last year. Well, one of the co-foun...

Camp Aranu'tiq-A Summer Camp Of Our Own

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Schools are letting kids out for the summer, and many of those kids are either heading to, in or soon will be attending a summer camp. For...

Black Peeps Proud Of Who We Are And Who Call Y'all Out On Your Vanilla Flavored Bullcrap Ain't 'Racist'

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What is it about an intelligent, educated, socially aware, fly African descended person who is well versed in our history that scares the cr...

More Semenya Setbacks

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800m World Champion runner Caster Semenya of South Africa has been impatiently waiting to get back on the track since she burst onto the int...
Sunday, June 06, 2010

Goodbye Coach Wooden

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Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capabl...

We Will Win

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"First they ignore you, then they attack you, then you win!' Mahatma Gandhi It's wisdom from Gandhi that could easily be appl...

GENDA Gets 32nd NY Senate Vote Committment

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The old saying is the third time's the charm, and that finally may be applicable to GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act....
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Maria Zapata Comments On TOTWK

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"This week we found out that there was a film that used Angie’s name and the circumstances around her murder as a way to promote what ...

Iconic African-American Transperson In The House In Barcelona

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I was a little bummed because I couldn't be at the historic international trans conference taking place through tomorrow in Barcelona, ...
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It's A Dry Hate In Prescott, AZ

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For those of you non-POC's who for some reason think the 'Papers Please' law in Hateizona 'isn't racist' or didn'...
Friday, June 04, 2010

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Williams Sisters Win in Paris Edition

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I am thrilled for my fave tennis playing siblings. They captured their 12th major doubles title and their first French Open one since 1999...
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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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