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

Monday, July 02, 2012

The Joseline Hernandez Transmisogyny Op-Ed Got Published!

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I've been griping about the out of control transphobia in the Black gossip blogosphere lately that has found a new target around VH1&...

NAACP Convention Starts In Houston Saturday

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The NAACP's 103rd annual convention will start in my beloved hometown at the George R. Brown Convention center on Saturday and run th...

Canadian Women B-Ballers Headed To London!

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It's next stop London for the Canadian women's basketball team. Two days after being upset by Croatia in the quarterfinals, they...

TS Separatist Chickens Out Of Debate Wih Cristan

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If you believe strongly that your ideas are superior to someone else's, you should have no problem standing up in any venue to calmly ...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

An 'In The Life' Conversation With Janet And Isis

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In The Life recently had two of my sisters in Janet Mock and Isis King get together to have a conversation about the perceptions of #GirlsL...

UH's Last Season In C-USA And Robertson Stadium

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One year from now the University of Houston will join the Big East Conference in all sports, but until then we'll be spending the 20...

Happy 145th Birthday, Canada!

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Today is Canada Day and I wanted to take a moment to wish all my TransGriot readers north of the 49th parallel a happy one. Canada Day c...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

2012 Williams Watch-Serena Survives Upset Bid

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There were probably more than a few people around the world who presumed that Serena Williams would breeze by her third round opponent Jie...

Canada Women B-Ballers Still Alive For Olympic Berth

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It's probably not the way they envisioned spending Canada Day, but they will be glad to take the court tomorrow with a final chance to...

The Canadians Don't Want You Conservafools In Their Country, Either

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Sorry to kill your buzz as y'all prepare to celebrate your 145th birthday on the other side of the 49th parallel, but as a good neighb...

AG Holder Comments On GOP Witch Hunt Vote

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The Fast and Furious conservascandal contempt vote took place on the conservafool controlled House Thursday afternoon after more than 100 ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

2012 Williams Watch-Serena To Third Round

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Sixth seeded Serena got the first week of The Championships off to a good start when she knocked off Barbora Zahlvalova Strycova off in str...

The Putrid 2012 Texas GOP Platform

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Leave it to the Texas Republican Party, those paragons of 'proven conservative leadership' to author a 2012 platform that makes it...

Shut Up Fool Awards-End of The SCOTUS Term Edition

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Yesterday was the end of the Supreme Court's 2011-12 term that started back in October and I'm still shocked, surprised, relieved ...

POTUS Comments On Health Care Reform SCOTUS Win

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The first president to push and get passed health care reform in US history.   It's spike the political football time and work like he...

2012 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tourney In Quarterfinals

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The 2012 FIBA Women's World Olympic Qualifying Tournament tipped off in Ankara, Turkey June 25 with our FIBA number 11 ranked Canadia...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Sharon Needles' Clueless Bigotry

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Why am I not surprised that a RuPaul's Drag Race winner doesn't have a clue why it is not fracking cool to sign a photo with ...

Big Political Day Inside I-495

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In a few minutes, the Supreme (Conservafool leaning) Court will let the nation know what they have kept a secret for three months- how the...

Project Runway Season 8 Finalist Is A Girl Like Us!

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2012 has been an interesting and groundbreaking year so far when it comes to the trans community and we're only halfway through it. ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

2012 TTNS To Include Trans Health Summit

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TransGriot Note: The 4th annual edition of the Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit  will be happening on July 20-21 at the Universi...
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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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