TransGriot

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

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Trans Exterminationalists In Their Own Words

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One of the things that mystifies me is why The Southern Poverty Law Center hasn't declared Trans Exterminationalist Radical Feminism as ...

Tracey, A Young Transkid With A Wonderful Family

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I'm happy and have been for years to see young trans kids like Kim Petras (who is now a stunning twentysomething young woman) Jazz and...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character

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I've talked in the blog about the Archie Comics having storylines in which they have done 'what if' gender bending with their ...

LA Times Meets With Local Trans Activists and GLAAD Over Transphobic Coverage

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Been keeping an eye on Los Angeles and the unfolding story since February concerning the local trans community's outrage over a transpho...

The 'I Don't Know Any Black Trans People' Excuse Doesn't Fly

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I've done a lot of posts about the subject of erasure of trans people of color.   In the process of combating the media invisibility I...

Trans History Moment: The Anti-Trans Michigan Womyn's Music Festival

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If you're wondering why  this issue between girls like us and the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival keep popping up repeatedly, it'...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Making (Negative) Things Happen

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Katrina Rose drops more TBLG history and gives us an idea just how much work the Equal Sign Org is going to have to do to expunge the tran...

The Inaugural Trans 100 List (US)

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Well peeps, this is the moment everyone's anxiously been waiting for, the unveiling of the inaugural Trans 100 List (US).   This one is...

Transphobic Bigot Eruption Earns UFC Fighter A Suspension

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UFC heavyweight boxer Matt Mitrione ended a two match losing streak by knocking out in 19 seconds Philip De Fries in their bout in Sweden Sa...

Happy Birthday Carmen Xtravaganza!

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If you go deep into my archives you'll see this series of Women I Admire posts.  It was my way of paying homage to the women trans and...
Monday, April 08, 2013

Black Transmen Are Part Of This Community, Too

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One of the things I've long been aware of in my 15 years as an activist is visibility matters.  One of the long conversations I had wi...

Chrysalis: Lingerie For Girls Like Us

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This news broke while I was offline, but I was excited to hear about a first ever line of linerie designed by a girl like us entrepreneu...

Why The Trans Community Loathes HRC

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Back in 2007 I wrote a post entitled ' Why The Transgender Community Hates HRC ' that chronicles the history of the animosity betwe...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Janet's Back On The Melissa Harris-Perry Show!

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Melissa Harris-Perry wasn't kidding when she tweeted that she needed to make Janet a #nerdland regular after making a stellar March 23...

Karen Finney's New MSNBC Show Starts April 13

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Y'all know how much I love MSNBC political analyst Karen Finney, and was happy to hear that she will be getting her own show on the cabl...
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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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