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

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Osama Bin Laden Gone-President Obama Political Promise Kept

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Today is the one year anniversary of the SEAL Team Six mission in Pakistan that resulted in the death of al Qaeda leader and 9-11 attack ...

Help Jenna Win The Miss Canada Universe People's Choice Award

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The 2012 edition of the Miss Universe Canada pageant as you know will make history with Jenna Talackova becoming the first transwoman being ...

Transwoman Brandy Martell Killed In Oakland

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Another day, another Black transwoman killed somewhere. and as a Daily Kos post noted, nobody gave a damn.   Correction, nobady gave a ...

Happy Birthday Leona!

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It's not yet May 4th on my side of the International Date Line, but it's getting close for my TransGriot readers on the western side...
Monday, April 30, 2012

2012 Olympic Women's and Men's Basketball Tournament Draw Held

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We're getting closer to the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on July 27 and the USA women's and men's basketball squa...

CeCe McDonald's Trial Starts Today

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CeCe McDonald's trial starts today in Minneapolis and is expected to last two weeks.    Her case has been getting increased publicit...

Trial of Victoria Carmen White's Alleged Killer Starts Today

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Today would have been Victoria Carmen White's 30th birthday, but unfortunately she's not around to celebrate it because of the actio...

Rachel Drops Knowledge On 'Meet The Press' Conservafools

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Ever since David Gregory took over for the late Tim Russert on NBC's Meet The Press I have refused to watch the show because he leans t...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

2012 White House Correspondents Dinner

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While I was attending our local Unity Dinner, in 'Hollywood For Ugly People' AKA Washington DC  the annual White house Correspondent...

The 20th Anniversary Of The LA Riots

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Today is the 20th Anniversary of the LA Riots that broke out for several days across the city in reaction to the acquittal of four L...

The 20th Annual Houston Transgender Unity Banquet

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Was happy to get the opportunity to attend my first Houston Transgender Unity Banquet since 2001 last night and a lot of things have changed...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Thanks Angelica!

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Wanted to take a moment to thank Angelica Ross for inviting me to participate in her inaugural 'Miss Ross Live' podcast that happene...

Upcoming Houston Splash 2012

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If you're wondering whether H-town has a Black pride event, yes we do and it's one that as big as the state and the city we live in....
Friday, April 27, 2012

CeCe's Case Going To Trial

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Unfortunately it looks like the CeCe McDonald case is going to trail starting on April 30l.    District Attorney Michael Freeman has been re...

Shut Up Fool Awards-NFL Draft Weekend Edition

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The 2012 NFL Draft kicked off yesterday and the first round was conducted in primetime with as expected Houstonian Andrew Luck becoming the ...

Argentina Gender Identity Law Advancing In Senate

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I've been keeping up with the Argentine legislature's attempt to pass the groundbreaking Gender Identity Law that would make it easi...

Check Out The 'Miss Ross Live' Show

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The cool thing about the Net is the different ways that marginalized people can get their voices and thoughts out there.   I had a blogtalkr...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Pat Robertson Has Another TBLG Broken Clock Moment

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I posted the transcript of the October 5, 1999 700 Club show on TransGriot in which Rev. Pat Robertson has a broken clock moment and ackno...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Direct Action Protests Alone Don't Get You Human Rights Coverage

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One of the things that I consistently see far too often in the liberal progressive ranks especially amongst the younglings is this overhyped...

Dear Stupid Knee-Grows Considering Sitting Out The 2012 Election

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Have you lost your fracking minds?   And no you don't deserve to be called Black of African-American if you're considering some...
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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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