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

Friday, August 06, 2010

Upoming Trans Strategy Conference

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TransGriot Note: Arianna and the folks at GIEC sent me the note about this upcoming invitation only trans event. This is a dynamic and eng...

Michigan GOP Secretary of State Race To Be Decided At GOP State Convention

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Michigan held their primary election on Tuesday. If you were perusing the election results online and looking to see who won the Republican...

Fatine Gets To Stay In The UK

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In August 2006 Ian Young, who was working as a security guard at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, sat next to a beautiful 32 year old yo...

Louisville Conservative Radio Host Calls President 'Half-Breed'

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One of the radio stations I steered clear of while I was living there was the Clear Channel owned WHAS-AM. WHAS 84 is the Louisville radio ...

65th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atom Bombing

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At 8:12 AM on August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber called the 'Enola Gay' piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets dropped an atomic bomb codenamed ...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-Houston's Hot Edition

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For the first time this summer the H-town thermometer passed 100 degrees as it tends to do in the month of August. This is usually the wors...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Death In Renee's Family

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Was saddened to hear from my Canadian homegirl about a death in her family. She just told me her 20 year old nephew Jesse James Cox AKA ...

Kagan Confirmed To Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court official photo at the beginning of the term this October will be even more diverse this fall. For the first time in U...

Nikki Araguz Update 10-Araguz Case Press Kit

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I have the advantage of living in the Houston area and being acquainted with many of the players in this ongoing story so I can pick up the ...

Happy 21st Birthday Angie

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Today is a day that should have been a happy occasion for a young Latina transwoman who lived in Colorado. But sadly it isn't thanks ...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Another Legal Win For Vandy Beth!

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Vandy Beth Glenn came one step closer to getting her job she was wrongfully terminated from in 2007 back. On Tuesday a federal judge order...

Down Goes Prop 8 (For Now)

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In a federal district court in San Francisco, US District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case. The plainti...

Hypermasculinity Is Killing Our Kids

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One of the things I've been sickened about lately is kids who are being beaten because they aren't acting 'masculine enough'...

Activists Need To Get Paid,Too

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There's an interesting thread and discussion going on at Pam's House Blend which was triggered by a letter Texas Tech student Nonn...
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Nikki Araguz Update 9 - Myth Busting, Cristan and Kat Style

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Cristan Williams of the Houston TG Center takes on the media lies about the Araguz case being pimped by the opposition attorneys in her late...

Happy 49th Birthday President Obama!

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Today is the 49th birthday of the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama. He's had an up and down year, and how good the ...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

White Gay Community-I Don't Ever Want To Hear That 'Blacks Are To Blame For Prop 8 Loss' Meme EVER Again

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One of the myths that will not die about the 2008 California Prop 8 loss that I occasionally see in gayosphere discourse is the 'Blacks...

TransGriot Interviewed At 'Talk About Gay Racism'

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Lincoln is a transman who's been a Christian since the age of 15, loves being active in the LGBT communities, helping people understand ...

I'm A 2010 Black Weblog Awards Finalist!

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The nominations have been reduced to the five finalists in each category for the 2010 Black Weblog Awards , and I have good news! In the &#...

Letter To Lea T.

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TransGriot Note: Sass Rogando Sasot is one of the international trans activists I look up to for inspiration as the founder of the transpin...
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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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