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Sunday, April 07, 2013

Two Pronged Teahadist Attacks On Texas Collegiate TBLG Centers Terminated

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The Texas Teahadists have had their water on for the LGBT centers on the Texas A&M, University of Houston and University of Texas ca...

Joanne Cassar Wins! Maltese Government Drops Objections To Her Right To Marry

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TransGriot Note: E-mail this one to HRC and Karin Quimby for me will you? After a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the Eur...

What Took Y'all So Long? UH Coach Guy V. Lewis Elected To Basketball Hall of Fame

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On the 30th anniversary of a certain NCAA title game that makes me sick to my stomach to watch, the news that the voters pulled their heads ...
Saturday, April 06, 2013

Deja Vu Trans EMS Death In New York?

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In 1995 I was horrified to hear the story of 24 year old Washington DC trans woman Tyra Hunter, who died at the hands of a transphobic EMT a...

Dear T-Girls: Stop Chasing Men Who Don't Want You

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Another one of the video bloggers I love is Katherine, who has a video blog entitled Kitty Khaotique with 217 videos and counting. She has...

I'm Not Kidding When I Say This Is An Internationally Read Blog

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Was checking my stats and was curious to find out which countries my readers are coming from and what the Top Ten Countries are who surf by ...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

Instigator Of CeCe McDonald Case Sentenced

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'Flaherty deserves jail time and a fine for causing bodily injury to CeCe, and the trans community should not rest or let this crap sli...
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Will My Transsisters Have The Pleasure Of Growing Old?

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I hit the Big 5-0 last year and I'm four weeks from hopefully reaching another Cuatro De Mayo celebration and turning 51.   But that...

Shut Up Fool Awards-2013 Final Four Weekend Edition

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March Madness has on the men's and women's side whittled down the 132 teams that started on the roads to Atlanta and New Orleans to ...

Kelly Young Killed In Baltimore

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Another day, another report of a dead Black girl like us .   This time it is 29 year old Kelly Young of Baltimore, MD who was shot and kil...

2013 TG Social Series Kicks Off Today

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Later this evening for those of you in the Houston area, the first Houston TG Center social of 2013 will happen starting around 7 PM.   The ...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

Black Trans Woman Killed In Florida And Subsequently Misgendered By The Media

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Here we fracking go again.   This time this all too familiar situation shifts to Orlando, FL   30 year old Ashley Sinclair was found s...

What Would 50 Days Of Nonviolence Look Like For A Trans Person?

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Was happy to note that on the 45th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr a campaign is being launched to ...

Janet Mock's Trans 100 Closing Speech

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I saw the Trans 100 event live feed on Sunday and like the rest of you am anxiously waiting for the curators to finish their work getting ...

45th Anniversary of Dr. MLK, Jr's Assassination

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It's now 45 years since that awful April 4, 1968 day that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in Memphis, TN at 6:01 P...

NY Ballroom Community Calling For 2013 Latex Ball Boycott

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Interesting things happening in the New York Ballroom Community and they center on the 2013 Latex Ball. It's considered the largest b...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Fallon's Florida Boxing License Is Valid!

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  Fallon 1-Haters 0   Glad to hear the the Florida Boxing Commission didn't wait until Friday to resole the matter either.   Still...

Dr. King's I've Been To The Mountaintop Speech

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45 years ago today Dr. King was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers.  He gave this "I've Been To The Mountaintop'...

Brittney Griner To The NBA?

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While I'm disappointed my Houston homegirl won't be playing for another NCAA women's title this weekend in New Orleans, I'm ...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Trans 100 List And Video Coming Soon

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TransGriot Note: If you're wondering when the video of the Trans 100 Chicago kickoff event and the Trans 100 List itself will be posted,...
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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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