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

Monday, May 14, 2012

Early Voting Starts Today In Texas Primaries

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No thanks to the redistricting chicanery the Republifools tried to pull in the Lone Star State and got called on by federal judges and the ...

Tired Of Being Invisible

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I'm going to remix Ralph Ellison's words so that they are apropos to conveying to the rest of the world how the chocolate trans comm...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day To Trans Moms

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I do know of and I'm aware of the existence of trans women who are doing the tough job of raising kids. I'm also aware of the fact...

Renee Discusses Motherhood And Feminism

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Happy Mother's Day TransGriot readers!  Since it's your day, what better way for me to spend it than listening to one of my favori...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Tamron Hall Brings The Pain

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Damn I love Tamron Hall!   Her weekday MSNBC show at 1 PM CDT is Must See TV for moi and the fact she's a sista Texan and no nonsense ...

Rep John Lewis Calls Out Rep. Paul Broun

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The GOP effort to suppress the vote is well underway, and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) tried to offer an amendment Wednesday night that would st...
Friday, May 11, 2012

ConGRADulations Class of 2012

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In addition to May being my birthday month, it's also the month in which commencement ceremonies are taking place all over the country. ...

NBJC Applauds President Obama’s Endorsement of Marriage Equality

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TransGriot Note: The May 9 press release from the National Black Justice Coalition concerning the POTUS' marriage endorsement Washingto...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Mother's Day Weekend Edition

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Mother's Day is this Sunday, and I must take a moment to not only wish all you moms who read TransGriot a happy one, but all you peeps w...

Naw, I Ain't Moving From My Red State And Neither Should You

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I get sick of hearing from rainbow community people living along I-5, I-95, inside I-495 (the Capitol Beltway) or an interstate traversing ...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Senate To Hold ENDA Hearings Soon

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While we know  that ENDA is not getting through the Tea Klux Klan controlled House this year, at least they can do the groundwork and build ...

Mayor Parker's Response To POTUS Declaration

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The president's big announcement also had major ripple effects in my beloved hometown since we not only have one of the oldest GLBT poli...

Mixed Emotions About POTUS Marriage Announcement

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Well, President Obama finally said yesterday in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts (not sure if we're related) the words that e...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Argentine Senate Passes Gender Identity Law

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The United States rainbow community wasn't the only one getting some wonderful news today. My trans cousins in Argentina according to ...

NBJC Statement On Passage Of North Carolina's Amendment One.

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TransGriot Note: Press Release from the National Black Justice Coalition concerning the regrettable passage of the unjust Amendment One Ye...

You Want to Blame Somebody For The NC Loss...

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Don't blame the POTUS for it, as I have heard in some politically ignorant and obtuse quarters of the vanillacentric GL community today....

Rest In Peace, Brandy

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For those of you in the Bay Area, Brandy Martell's funeral will take place today.starting at 11 AM PDT in Oakland.  It will take pl...

Message To The Men Who Want To Love Us

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It takes balls pardon the pun to be a transwoman. We go through a lot of crap just to be the women we are and any cisgender man who steps ...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Let My Transpeople...

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Let my transpeople pee in peace without being messed with by ignorant cis people. Let my transpeople access trans specific and non trans s...

0-32?

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The polls open later today in the Tarheel State on the Amendment 1 ballot question to enshrine a same gender marriage ban (which by the way ...
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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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