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

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Whose Beloved Community? Black Civil And LGBT Right Movements

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TransGriot Note: This Call for Proposals was forwarded to me by Ovid Amorson and looks like it's right in my activist wheelhouse.   Thi...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

What The Hell Happened In DC Today?

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I had an enjoyable day at HCC-Southeast kicking Trans 101 knowledge this afternoon to a predominately Latin@ and African-American student ...
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Trans 100 Kickoff Event In Chicago Sunday

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Too bad I can't be there for this one, but for those of you in the Chicagoland area, you'll get an opportunity to roll over to the M...

#GirlsLikeUs Turns One

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A space created by and for trans* women with the purpose of connecting, upLIFTing one another, and sharing resources and stories. It reach...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

'The Face' Model Devyn, Is Apparently So Light Skinned, She's International and Not Black

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The latest guest post from Renee of Womanist Musings Women of colour have always had a hard time in the modelling industry.  There hav...

Trans 101 Panel Featuring The TransGriot At HCC-Southeast Tomorrow

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This time tomorrow I'll be in the Angela Morales building on the HCC-Southeast campus preparing to do a Trans 101 panel. For those of yo...

Shouldn't Need To Show ID To Pee

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TransGriot Note:  When I'm upset or pissed about something, I express it sometimes with my poetry.  Been a while since I've writte...

Jamaican Girls Like Us Standing Up For Their Rights In Ad Campaign

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Those of us in the US and elsewhere across the African Diaspora have watched in horror the last few years as our Jamaican trans sisters have...

NBJC Supreme Court Rally For Marriage Equality

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The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments March 26-27 on two cases that could potentially lead to the demise of the Defense of Marriage ...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Trans Inclusion In The Military Panel Discussion

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As I, the Transgender American Veterans Association, and a host of other people and organizations continue to point out, the 2011 repeal of ...

More 'Ask A Trans Attracted Man' Videos

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Troy is a self described 'trans-attracted' brother who recently started a YouTube channel dedicated to discussing the issue.  He w...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

GLAAD Officially Standing Up For Trans People

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Got to see an interesting announcement happen while watching this morning's episode of the 2013 GLAAD Media Award winning Melissa Har...

TLC's Masen Davis Discusses Unjust Arizona Transphobic Bill

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Transpeople have been using gender appropriate public restrooms for six decades.  But because the trans human rights movement has been suc...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Janet Mock Appearing On Sunday's Melissa Harris Perry Show!

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So when will trans persons of color be invited to participate in a Melissa Harris Perry show discussion?  Will that happen sometime befor...

This Week In The Texas Lege 2013-Week Ending March 22

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It's time for the latest edition of Daniel Williams' reports on what our GOP dominated Texas legislature is up to in Austin for th...

Barack-etology 2013

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Well, you've seen my NCAA brackets for the 2013 men's and women's tournaments which have already taken a hit on the men'...
Friday, March 22, 2013

South Korean Court Rules Trans People Can Change Gender Markers Without SRS

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Some positive news on the international trans human rights front coming out of South Korea.   On March 15 the Seoul Western District Cou...

Shut Up Fool Awards-March Madness 2013 Edition

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The annual college basketball feast known as March Madness has started in arenas all over the United States.  The men's tourney kicked...

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

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In honor of Women's History Month, in 2008 I started doing an NCAA women's tournament bracket similar to what I was doing for th...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Claude 'Rick' Roberts, Jr 1941-2013

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Was at the Houston hospice today when my father passed away at 12 noon CDT. Didn't talk about it much on the blog , but my dad is 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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