TransGriot

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

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Ho Hum, Ken Mehlman's Gay

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We have news that another GOP Pink Elephant has come out of the closet in former Republican chair Ken Mehlman. Ho hum. Dude, you were pegg...
Friday, August 27, 2010

1.5 Million Hits!

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Thanks to you loyal TransGriot readers I reached another milestone. At 10:54 PM CDT the 1.5 millionth visitor surfed over to my blog sinc...

Victoria Kolakowski Birthday Bash And Fundraiser August 29

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TransGriot Note: Victoria Kolakowski is another one of our groundbreaking trans candidates during this 2010 election cycle. In addition t...

Trans People Are Part Of The Diverse Mosaic Of Life 8

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'It is past time that our fellow transpersons and citizens around the world realize that we are beautiful, talented and intelligent pe...

Shut Up Fool! Awards-1.5 Million Hits Edition

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Sometime today or tomorrow I will pass the 1.5 million hit milestone for TransGriot. I can't thank you enough for stopping by my cyb...

Pennsylvania Changes Trans DL Rules

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it is changing its policy on how trans people identify themselves on driver's li...

Nikki Araguz Update 15 - The Outcome Will Affect You Non-Texan Transpeeps, Too

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In Cristan's latest video update, she lays out why we Texans have been saying to anyone who will listen why y'all peeps outside the...

Working to Empower Black LGBT People

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TransGriot Note: This editorial piece by NBJC executive director Sharon J. Lettman was originally published in the Bay Area Reporter on Au...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

McRae Pleads Guilty For Duanna Johnson Beating

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Well, better late than never, but the late Duanna Johnson has received justice in her excessive force case. Bridges McRae, the former Memph...

Brittany Novotny Cali Fundraiser Sunday

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You know that I've been watching with major interest the potentially historic election taking place north of me in Oklahoma City in whic...

NBJC 2010 Out On The Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit

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The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting its first annual OUT on the Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, September 1...

Deadline Coming For 2010 Black Weblog Awards

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The August 31 midnight deadline for voting in the 2010 Black Weblog Awards is fast approaching, and as you know I'm a finalist in the &#...

Introducing Desiree Hines

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As I continue to point out, the misconceptions and spin about African American transpeople are so far off the mark. In addition to being pa...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Team USA Eurotour- USA 87-59 Now The Real Work Starts

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It was after a thank you Lawdy 2004 Olympic bronze medal, hard on the heels of an embarrassing and unacceptable sixth place FIBA worlds fini...

Louisville Shoutout-Bootsy Style

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As the date for Carla Wallace's Lawn Party gets closer, missing all my peeps in Da Ville. Just wanted to post this and let you wonderfu...

Another Michigan GOP Candidate Plays The Transphobia Card

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The Michigan Republican convention will be happening on the Michigan State University campus August 29. One of the issues to be decided a...

Team USA Eurotour- Greece Is The Word

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The Team USA Men's FIBA world championship squad is in Athens for the final game of their exhibition tour to take on Greece. We USA bas...

Peeps Still Hatin' on Semenya

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For the first time since she was reinstated by the IAAF to compete , South African 800m world champion Caster Semenya faced world class comp...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Baltimore 'Reporter' Jeff Hager Needs To Read His AP Stylebook

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Well, it didn't take long for our latest episode of Reporter Gone Transphobic to manifest itself. Jeff Hager is the latest one that has...

Maine Tea Klux Klan Trips Over White Sheets

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The more the Tea Klux Klan tries to prove and protest they aren't racist, the more those white sheets come out of the closet. The DCist...
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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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