TransGriot

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

Thursday, October 18, 2012

TBLG Americans For Obama Video

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This video features rainbow community peeps such as Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Billie Jean King, George Takei, Wanda Sykes, Zachar...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Jury Selection Starts In Kenneth Furr Trial

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I been keeping up with the ongoing case involving former Washington Metro PD officer Kenneth Furr. You'll recall TransGriot readers that...

Memphis Passes Inclusive Non-Discrimination Law

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It wasn't looking good for this to happen last month after word leaked of an alleged secret deal to cut transpeeps out of the civil ri...

Swedish Appeals Court Overturns Trans Rape Acquittal

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In a case that horrified trans women around the world,  a 61 year old cis man was acquitted of brutally attempting to rape a 61 year old t...

Second 2012 Presidential Debate Wrap Up

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When the high stakes second presidential debate started at Hofstra University Multiple Choice Moderate Mitt Romney was there.  The probl...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

GOP Voter Suppression Billboards Up In Ohio and Wisconsin

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You just knew the Teapublicans in their racist desperation to defeat President Obama wouldn't put all their political eggs in the pass...

Countdown To Texas Early Voting

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October 22 can't get here fast enough for me.  I've already made up my mind who I'm voting for.  All I'm impatiently wa...

Rosie Perez Smacks Mittens In Video

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"Being Latino wouldn't win you the election, but saying jokingly that you wish you were may actually lose it for you."  Ros...

Critical Second Presidential Debate Tonight

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The format is a town hall style one with CNN's Candy Crowley as the moderator and 80 undecided voters,  but the stakes are even higher...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Yo Hallmark Channel, Black People Fall In Love, Too

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Last Saturday after watching my Cougars win their game against Alabama-Birmingham and Oklahoma run over Texas, I was college footballed ou...

Mississippi Tea Klux Klan Head Says Women Shouldn't Vote

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As if I needed any more stuff to add to the Mount Everest sized pile of evidence that irrefutably points out there are major differences b...

Respect The Trans Elders

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One of the cool things about conventions and conferences is that you not only get to meet the younglings who are all fired up and ready to...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

2012 Texans Watch-WTH?

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Green Bay walked into Reliant Stadium last night and spanked my fave footballers like Joe Biden did Paul Ryan in that vice presidential de...

Jenna Takes On The WHO's ICD Manual

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After taking on Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization and winning the right to compete in the Miss Universe organization pagea...

50th Anniversary of The Cuban Missile Crisis

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On this date in 1962 a USAF U-2 reconnaissance aircraft mission flown by Major Richard Heyser took 928 photos in six minutes over the San ...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

2012 Women's Media Center Social Media Award Voting Commences

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As part of this year's Women's Media Awards, the Women's Media Center is opening the voting of its Social Media Award to the...

Romney's Bigot Base

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Had someone try to argue the point with me on my Facebook page last week that race wasn't a part of this 2012 election cycle.   If you...
Friday, October 12, 2012

Malaysian Islamic Court Rules Against Transwomen

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I wrote about the four Muslim trans women in Malaysia who were challenging Section 66 of the country's Islamic criminal code that bars M...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Happy Birthday, Dawn Edition

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Today is the birthday of my Louisville homegirl and one time saber wielding housemate Dawn Wilson.  Lord Vader gets another year older ...

Flush Fear, Not Rights Trans Rally Saturday In Calgary

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I wrote a post about Conservative MP Rob Anders pimping the bathroom meme north of the border in an attempt to kill C-279, the Trans Righ...
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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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