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Thursday, January 10, 2013

'Django Unchained,' Quentin Tarantino's Broken Clock Moment

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  TransGriot: Note: Guest Post from Renee of Womanist Musings   Long before Django Unchained was released on Christmas day, there...
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'Scandal' New Episode Tonight

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All my friends and family are quite aware of how much I love the ABC show Scandal .   I love it to the point they don't even bother ...

Upcoming Can We Talk For Real Show Appearance

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I have the honor and pleasure of doing interviews either in print, radio or on radio podcasts on behalf of this community.  Hopefully yo...

My 'Real' Name Is What I Tell You It Is

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When we trans people go through a gender transition, we spend a lot of time and thoughtful contemplation considering what our new name wi...

Well Duh, MSNBC Black Viewership Increased 60%

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In the news that really didn't surprise me department, MSNBC president Phil Griffin proudly touted the fact his network grew its viewe...
Wednesday, January 09, 2013

NBJC Will Get 10th Anniversary Year Started At Upcoming Creating Change Conference

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2013 marks the tenth anniversary year since the National Black Justice Coalition was founded back in 2003. This anniversary year of Black LG...

Happy Birthday Niece!

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For you regular readers of TransGriot, you've seen me write posts from time to time about the exploits of Dr. Kaila A. Story, also kno...

Saying No To Soccer Racism

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Been talking about from time to time in various TransGriot soccer related posts about the now decade old FIFA Say No To Racism campaign t...
Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Girl Scout Cookie Time 2013!

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Remember last year's series of posts I wrote urging the trans community and the liberal progressive blogosphere to support an o...

The Wedding Reception

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I haven't treated you TransGriot readers to my fiction writing talents in a while and I'm going to do so with an assist from the c...

Jemele Hill Gets Racist Letter

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The latest episode of the 'Post Racial America My Azz' department involves ESPN columnist Jemele Hill. I love watching her live up...

Historic Day For Texas Legislature

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The 83rd session of the Texas Legislature gets started today and runs for 140 days until late May.  For the first time since Glen Maxey le...
Monday, January 07, 2013

SMU Adds Trans Policy Protections

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The list of Lone Star State colleges and universities adding trans protections just grew by one. Thanks to the hard work of the folks a...

Is Trinidad and Tobago Making Moves To End TBLG Discrimination?

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I've been happy to see that several Caribbean Anglophone island nations are discussing or starting to make their first tentative steps...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

First Sunday Of The Year

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Today is the first Sunday of the 52 we get every year whether or not it's a leap year.   Some of you will choose to spend it in your c...

2012 Texans Watch-On To Foxborough!

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The Texans over the month of December have not exactly shown us Houston fans they are the same squad that swaggered and dominated NFL co...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

2012 TransGriot NFL Picks-Wild Card Weekend

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The regular season prognostication contest between myself and Mr. Watts is over, and it came down to the last week and the last game of t...

Justice For January Rally Tonight

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I posted about January Marie Lapuz, one of the girls like us in the Vancouver area who was loved and respected in the community b...

TPOCC 2013 New Year's Message

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And we're off!!! Just weeks ago we stood with LGBT leaders ...
Friday, January 04, 2013

Shut Up Fool Awards-First Shut Up Fool Of 2013 Edition

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Happy New Year!  Hope you didn't celebrate too hard and you made New Year's resolutions you're going to at least try to make a...
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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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