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Friday, September 14, 2012

Shut Up Fool Awards-Countdown To 2012 Out On The Hill Edition

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The calendar pages are turning quickly toward September 19-22 and this time next Friday I'll will be in our nation's capitol hangi...

NBJC OUT On The Hill Host Committee Gearing Up For Biggest Summit Ever

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I can testify to how much work is involved in putting together a conference like OUT On The Hill , having done it while organizing the 200...

Ads In DC Trans Respect Campaign Launched

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I talked about it last month when the Washington DC Office of Human Rights decided in reaction to the string of ugly anti-trans incidents ...
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Rev. Dr William Barber's Open Letter To Clergy Pimping Wedge Issues

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Rev. Dr William Barber, II is the president and CEO of the North Carolina NAACP and one of the leaders in the progressive coalition effor...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

2012 TransGriot NFL Picks-Week 2

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Kickoff weekend of the 2012 NFL season is over and I actually accomplished my goal of doing better than the 9-7 I started the 2011 prognos...

No Justice For Carmen-The Chambers Trial Foreman Speaks

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Got an interesting comment today from Dennis Heffernan, the creator of the Cretaceous Comments blog He was the jury foreman on the Alras...
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2012 Transgender Political Candidates

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We've had not only a historic level of trans participation at the Democratic National Convention this year, but over the last few ele...

Cis Women Die From Silicone Pumping-Trans Women Pumpers Facing Murder Charges For It

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Silicone pumping is just not a transfeminine phenomenon any more.  Cis women are increasingly getting pumped, paying the money and in some c...

FAMU, Robert Champion Didn't Cause His Own Death

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Florida A&M University's motto is: "Excellence With Caring'  When they finally filed their 23 page motion in the ongoing ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Transgenders And Love: Yes It's A Minefield

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Cheryl Courtney-Evans has another post up at Abitchforjustice that needs to be seen by you loyal TransGriot readers and everyone else tha...

GLAAD Intersection of Race and LGBT Issues Telebriefing

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TransGriot Note: Saw this interesting note on the GLAAD POC media area of their website posted by Jeff Montes about a telebriefing from ...

Debbie Allen Wants To Reboot 'A Different World'

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A Different World broadcast its first episode 25 years ago this month.  I have been griping for more than a few years on these TransGriot...

2012 Out On The Hill-Moni's Panels

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As the days get closer to September 19-22 I get more excited about the third annual Out On The Hill that will happen in Washington DC and ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Black Trans Brothers-What Can We Black Trans Women Do To Help You Own Your Power?

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Ever since I transitioned, it's been necessary as a trans woman of African descent to paraphrase Barbara Jordan, to do more than just ...

Trans Prisoners Human Rights Need To Be Respected

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One of the things the Kosilek case has thrust back into the spotlight in addition to the issues of SRS being medically necessary is the tr...

Barney's Right-The Log Cabin Republicans ARE Uncle Toms

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Lord knows I've had my issues with The Purple One and have called him out for throwing transpeople under the civil rights bus on vario...

9-11 Eleventh Anniversary

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Today is as many of us in the States are aware of the eleventh anniversary of the al-Qaeda triggered terror attacks on this date in 2001. ...

Trans Sister Murdered In Philly

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Damn, can we go through one month without a transwoman being murdered?   Guess that's too fracking much to ask.   Was notified a...
Monday, September 10, 2012

NFL Official Shannon Eastin Makes History Again

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Because of the ongoing NFL officials lockout, an opportunity door was opened for others to get the chance to show what they could do at t...

2012 Texans Watch-Bulls On Parade Run Over Dolphins

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In yesterday's season opening game against the Miami Dolphins the Houston Texans had Arian Foster, Andre Johnson and Matt Schaub on th...
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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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