TransGriot

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

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Moni's At The March HISD Board Meeting

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I talk about intersectionality a lot on this blog.   I also talk about the fact that I interact and intersect with a lot of communities besi...

Jada Pinkett-Smith Questions Whether White Women Should Grace the Covers of Magazines Aimed at WOC?

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Guest post from Renee of Womanist Musings Like many women of colour I grew up looking at magazine racks with row upon row of White fac...

Yo, Canada! C-279 Passes House!

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Yesterday was a wonderful day for my Canadian trans cousins who saw C-279, the trans rights private member's bill introduced by New De...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Unjust 'Your Trans Papers To Pee' SB 1432 Bill Filed In Arizona

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When I spoke at the University of Arizona last year, I had a wonderful time visiting the state, chatting and having lunch with Antonia D&#...

Introducing The TransLatin@ Coalition

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One of the reasons that my home girl Arianna Inurritegui Lint was at the Black Transmen, Inc conference in Dallas was to do a presentation...

Gay Inc Orgs, When Are You Going To Start Hiring Us?

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So that leads me to pose this question once again. It's one the transgender community and our allies are impatiently waiting for an ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Domaine Javier Files Discrimination Suit Against Cal Baptist

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25 year old trans woman Domaine Javier, who was expelled from California Baptist University in August 2011 after appearing on an episode o...

Dyssonance Debunks More Bug Lies

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Y'all know how much I love Dyssonance, especially when she has fun debunking and effortlessly destroying ignorance from the rad phlegm r...

Moni's 2013 NCAA Men's B-Ball Bracket

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March Madness is upon us once again and for the 75th year the NCAA men's basketball tournament is being contested.   68 teams begin pl...
Monday, March 18, 2013

BTMI 2013-The End And The Beginning Of Something Special

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When I stepped into the Doubletree Campbell Centre Wednesday afternoon, I had a deja vu flashback to the 2005 Transsistahs-Transbrothas e...

BTMI 2013-Surprise, I Have Another Award!

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The BTMI brothers had a few surprises for me while I was up there in Dallas this weekend.  While I was busy telling the world I felt ho...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Shut Up Fool-BTMI Weekend Edition

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Hey people, sorry I'm late with my usual Friday business of calling out the fool, fools or group of fools that Mr T warned us were eve...
Friday, March 15, 2013

BTMI 2013-Honored To Be In Dallas

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I'm on the other end of I-45 in Dallas for the second annual Black Transmen, Inc Conference and having a blast. It's not only the ...

2013 Black Transmen, Inc Conference Keynote Speech

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This is the text of the keynote speech I just delivered to the 2013 Black Transmen, Inc Conference in Dallas, TX.   If some video pops up...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Responding To Transphobia Online

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With trans folks popping up in the news more frequently and this being the Internet era, they haters have the ability to post foul comments ...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Moni's Getting On The Bus-To Dallas

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I'm flipping the travel script for this trip to deliver the keynote speech for the Black Transmen, Inc conference.   Instead of headin...

Goodbye And Good Riddance Jennifer Carroll

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The karmic wheel may have finally caught up with Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll (R). She made the problematic comment last year that ...

Happy Birthday, Roberta Angela Dee

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Today would have been the 62nd birthday of trans writer and the person whose pumps I walk in Roberta Angela Dee.  (October 31, 1950-March 13...
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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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