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

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Let's Put A Doctor In The House

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The Maryland House of Delegates that is. Dr. Dana Beyer is running for a state legislative body as well. The Senior Assistant to at-large ...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Trans Community, Help Brittany Win!

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If you haven't heard the story by now, attorney Brittany Novotny has filed to run against incumbent homobigot Oklahoma state legislator...

GL Community, It Ain't POC Democrats That Are Your Problem, It's White Anti Civil Rights Republicans

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One of the things I noticed in the aftermath of the NY Senate committee 12-11 vote that killed GENDA for another session was all the vitriol...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Upcoming Trans ID Protest In Quebec

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TransGriot Note: Thanks to reader Matt McLauchlin, was made aware of a June 17 rally taking place place in Montreal protesting Quebec's ...

Will The Last Big 12 Team Please Turn Out The Lights?

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It has begun. Colorado became the first domino to fall in the college relocation sweepstakes Thursday by accepting an invitation to join th...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

2010 World Cup USA Watch-It's A Draw

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Team USA didn't win their opening Group C match versus England, but they didn't lose it either. They played England to a 1-1 draw i...

New TransGriot Template

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Hey TransGriot readers! Hope you noticed the new template and look for the blog. It was time after five years to give TransGriot a make...

2010 World Cup USA Watch-USA v. England

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Team USA opens up in World Cup Group C play with its first competitive match against England since the 1950 'Miracle on Grass'. Tha...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Louisville Civil Rights Warrior George Unseld Passes

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In the eight years I lived in Louisville, one of the first civic leaders I had the pleasure of meeting not long after moving there was trail...

Sample Letter For US Passport Gender Change

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New State Department regulations took effect yesterday that no longer require gender reassignment surgery as a prerequisite to have accurat...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-FIFA World Cup Is Starting Edition

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Starting today, half the world's television sets will be tuned in to the start of the FIFA World Cup tournament from South Africa. Fo...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

The First College Football Domino Falls

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Ever since the Big Ten Conference announced they were looking to expand by as many as 16 teams in order to split into two divisions and set ...

Surgery No Longer Requirement For US Passport Gender Marker Change

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Some welcome news for those of us who either have, need or soon will be applying for or picking up United States passports. The U.S. Stat...

The Grio.com's Trans Free 15 LGBT Leaders List Fail

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I'm usually paying attention when Black LGBT leaders lists are put together by media outlets geared toward people of color. I've fo...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Dr. Hedy Fry's Remarks on C-389

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TransGriot Note: I took some time to watch the Canadian Parliament proceedings online yesterday with Bill C-389 that now has successfully m...
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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...
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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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