TransGriot

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

Saturday, November 03, 2012

Miss Transsexual Brazil 2012 Pageant

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Brazil has been a good news, bad news place for our transsisters living there.   While this emerging South American economic power nation ...
Friday, November 02, 2012

Shut Up Fool Awards-Fall Back 2012 Edition

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Early Sunday morning daylight savings time ends in the United States, so at 2 AM you get to turn those clocks back and get an extra hour o...

Why Is A So Called GLBT Election Exit Poll Excluding The 'T'?

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Since the 1990's a consortium of five networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and Fox along with the Associated Press have contracted with the Ne...

It's November Sweeps Month-Here Comes The Trans Themed Programming

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The Nielsen Company conducts the national samples that determine the fate of television and cable programs, who gets the advertising dolla...

Last Day To Early Vote In Texas

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If you haven't done so yet, today is your last opportunity to early vote in the Lone Star State from 7 AM to 7 PM, so head over to you...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

2012 TransGriot NFL Picks-Week 9

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This week my fave NFL ballers come back from their bye week and welcome the Buffalo Bills and their former 2006 overall number one draft p...

Mia Nikasimo: Transgender Community As An African In The Diaspora

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One of the things I love to highlight is trans voices of the African Diaspora, and one of those voices from the Mother Continent speaking el...

It's Hell To Be Trans In Kuwait

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While we think we have it tough being trans in the United States, there are some parts of the world where just trying to live our trans li...

Political Football 2012

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Washington Redskins football is always a popular ticket inside I-495 and the Washington DC area, but every four years the last Redskins ho...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

VP Biden: Transgender Rights Are The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Times

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I've always liked Vice President Joe Biden for a number of reasons, but I have even more reason to love him according to a HuffPo repo...
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Happy Trans National Holiday 2012!

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I call Halloween the ' Trans National Holiday ' because its one of the times besides Mardi Gras when we could walk the streets as ...

Scary Proposition For African-Americans

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One of the things that sends shivers up my spine this Halloween is fast forwarding to November 6 and hearing the networks say, "We pr...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

A Tale Of Two Responses To Hurricane Sandy

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If you needed any more evidence as to the vast chasm of difference between President Obama and Mitt Romney, all you needed to observe as p...

Republican Racism On Display

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The debates are over, and now this long 2012 presidential campaign marathon has evolved into a sprint to the November 6 finish line in eig...

POTUS Ain't Moving Until January 2017

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So Ann and Mitt, don't even bother to start packing.  We already have a highly qualified and competent  POTUS that is doing the job.  ...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Thinking About You Peeps In The Path Of Hurricane Sandy

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Since I've spent the majority of my life living on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana, dealing with hurricanes and being prepared f...

Still Pissed About Roseanne Barr's Transphobic Tweets

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The passage of this weekend not only didn't lessen my anger about Roseanne Barr's jacked up transphobic tweets I put her and Kola ...

Dyssonance: Cloud Atlas Is A Film For Us

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You know I enjoy my Arizona homegirl Dyss' thought provoking posts because she has the same talent of not only fearlessly and intellig...

1000th Post For 2012!

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It's not even Election Day yet and you're looking at the 1000th post I've written this year.  And note, that's just on m...

I've Voted, The POTUS and FLOTUS Have Voted, Have You?

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Early voting is going on in many locales in the United States in advance of our critical November 6 presidential election. President Oba...
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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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