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

Sunday, July 25, 2010

2010 Canadian Weblog Awards

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This is one I'm not eligible for since I'm on the south side of the 49th parallel, but a certain Canadian homegirl of mine and a ...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Nikki Araguz Update 4-First Phyllabuster

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TransGriot Note: From the Phyllabuster mail list-first one since the trial started. Phyllabuster: Judge bars firefighter's widow fr...

2010 Black Weblog Awards Nomination Deadline Is Tomorrow

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The 2010 Black Weblog Awards nomination period closes tomorrow July 25, so there's still time to nominate TransGriot for Best LGBT B...

Nikki Araguz Update-Friday Court Report From Cristan

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The Houston TG Center's Cristan Williams spent the day observing and tweeting the proceedings in the Wharton County Courthouse, and expl...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Nikki Araguz Update 2

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A FB page has been set up to support Nikki Araguz. And she's going to need it. Peep this entry from today: 'When we broke for l...

Nikki Araguz Update 1

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As many of you are aware of the initial arguments in Nikki Araguz's case were made down in Wharton today. As soon as I hear anything o...

Shut Up Fool! Awards- Is It Football Season Yet? Edition

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One of the surest signs that fall is approaching in the Lone Star State is the appearance of Dave Campbell's Texas Football on magazine ...

Tired Of Being Invisible

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T TransGriot Note: My post at the Rude Pundit I get the honor of closing out this LGBT Week of posts here at the Rude Pundit. It has be...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit-Day Two Recap

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For Day Two I decided to go casual and leave the house a little earlier so I wouldn't have the METRO drama I endured yesterday. I de...
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Phyllis Frye Is ON The Case

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The developments in the Araguz case are coming fast and furiously. During Day Two of the TTNS a press release was compiled in support of M...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Ah Kua Show Comes To America

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Leona Lo is bringing her sold out Ah Kua Show from Singapore to the bright lights of Broadway. Off Broadway that is. The Ah Kua Show wri...

Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit-Day Two

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After a very interesting and informative first day on the Rice University campus seeing old friends, making new ones and discussing how we&#...

Texas Has Transpeeps Marrying In It

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TransGriot Note: It was past time to pen this song rewrite. I'm more than a little pissed over the fact that ever since the push for sa...

Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit-Day One Recap

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I wanted to get this up earlier, but I laid down for a short nap that lasted until almost 10 PM CDT. Better late than never with my repor...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Every Transwoman Needs Sistafriends In Her Life

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One of the things I've discovered in this ongoing feminine journey is that every transwoman needs a group of sistahfriends in her life...

Moni's In The Middle Of The Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit

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At this moment I'm on Rice University's tree shaded campus sitting in the Kyle Morrow Room of the Fondren Library. This is one of t...

Damn- Here We Go Again With The Invalidating Our Marriages For Money Crap

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Many of us here in the Lone Star State and nationally remember the 1999 Littleton v. Prange case and the 2000 J'Noel Gardiner case in...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Sarah Palin's A Conservaidiot!

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The right wing and Tea Klux Klan's favorite self proclaimed feminist was on the attack against the NAACP last week. Her beloved teabag...

When Are You Gonna Recognize Our Humanity?

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'In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute' Justice Thurgood Marshall One of the ques...

The CCSF TransLatinas Club

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I recently joined the Trans Role Models Facebook page and it has been great to see the diversity of the trans rainbow playing out on that s...
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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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