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

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

2012 Olympic Watch-USA Women's Teams Continue To Win

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In this Olympic Games which is being contested during the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, it's been interesting to note how well th...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Sorry You're A Vanillacentric Privileged Trans Oppressor

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In another episode of Whyte Radfem Womyn Gone Wild , the trans community's least favorite radfem stepped in it when she tweeted this p...
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Quoted In TF Charlton Article On Jennifer Carroll

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The commentary is still flowing concerning Florida's Republican Lt Governor Jennifer Carroll and her jacked up comment in the midst of...
Monday, July 30, 2012

2012 Olympics Watch-Great Day For The Williams Sisters

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It was a great day at the All England Club for the Williams Sisters in the London Olympic tennis tournament and a bad one for their haters...

2012 Olympics Watch-USA Women's B-Ballers Take On Angola

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The USA women's basketball team gets their second Group A game at the Basketball Arena that has been dubbed 'The Mattress' (fo...

TPOCC Chair On 2012 Dem Party Platform Committee

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The 2012 Democratic Party Convention will be happening in Charlotte, NC this September, and in advance of it the Democratic National Commi...

Justice For Nakhia!

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When I was living in Louisville, I got to know and become friends in 2005 with Nakhia Williams.   I was shocked and angry to find out less t...

Say Hello To Lana

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An ongoing story I've been tracking in these electronic pages is the rumored metamorphosis of The Matrix trilogy director Lana Wachow...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Olympian I Know

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I look forward to watching the Olympics and  rooting for the athletes representing my country and others in various sports   The intensi...

2012 Olympics Watch-Great Day For USA Women's Olympic Sports Teams

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Saturday was the first official day of competition of the 2012 London Games and to paraphrase an old Ice Cube rap song, today was a good d...

Maya Angelou Definition Of A Hero

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This Maya Angelou quote really resonated for me.   If you are striving to make this world a better place for all people, there are time...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

2012 Olympics Watch-Yo Haters, Serena Wins First Round Olympic Singles Match

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The 2012 London Olympics tennis tournament got started at the All-England Club with an unusual sight. color.   It is the tennis venue for ...

2012 Olympics Watch-The Games Open

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After the spectacular opening ceremony Beijing pulled off four years ago, the world was watching to see what London would do when it was t...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Death Threat Aimed At Casa Ruby

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I had the pleasure of meeting longtime Washington DC trans activist Ruby Corado last year while I was up there for Out On The Hill and was...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Texans Training Camp Edition

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The Summer Olympics opening ceremonies in London aren't the only sports related thing happening today.  NFL training camps for the u...

Xtravaganza Powah!

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It was two years before Paris Is Burning hit the theaters in 1990, but this photo of members of the House of Xtravaganza hit Vogue magazi...

USA Women's B-Ballers Playing For Respect

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The USA women's basketball team has won four consecutive gold medals, is ranked number one in the FIBA world rankings, are the FIBA wo...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Moni's Going To The 2012 GLAAD POC Media Institute

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Well, looks like I'll be piling up more frequent flyer miles in late August Was deliriously happy to discover that I've been acc...

New York Times Meeting With GLAAD About Trans Media Coverage

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After some problematic stories in the New York Times that drew the ire of the trans community, a meeting has been arranged to take place ...

Why I Love The Olympic Games

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"The most important thing is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the strugg...
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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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