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

Monday, April 22, 2013

Memorial Candlelight Vigil For Brandy Martell Next Week

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For those of you in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area there will be a candlelight vigil next Monday April 29 to commemorate the one year ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rest In Peace, Marcelle Cook-Daniels

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I've been thinking about him recently, and when I Googled his name I stumbled across the obituary that reminded me on this ...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Pregnant Turkish Woman With Uterine Transplant Draws Interest In Trans Community

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Jazz in a recent interview expressed the hope and desire to become a mother.   If medical events in Turkey continue to be positive, she and ...

My Family! Providing Children's Books For The LGBT Market

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      When married power couple and business partners Monica and Cheril Bey-Clarke were seeking to become licensed foster parents in...

The Gender Puzzle

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This is an Australian documentary that focuses on the lives of several Australians that have gender issues..  One is a model with AIS (...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Hey CNN, The Boston Bombers Weren't 'Dark Skinned Males'

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Funny, they were light-skinned males who looked remarkably like you, John King . Countdown to how fast the media, Fox Noise, the co...

Shut Up Fool Awards-2013 Unity Banquet Weekend Edition

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Boy does time seem to move at warp speed as you get older and get closer to another birthday.   It seems like it was just months ago I was w...

Will GENDA Finally Pass In New York This Year?

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Or will it be the same old same old frustrating pattern of the bill overwhelmingly passing in the Democratic controlled New York State Asse...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Black Transmen, Inc. Spring Newsletter

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Mekhi Johnson was kind enough to send me a link to the BTMI Spring newsletter.  It talks about the just concluded edition of their 2013 conf...

Washington DC Shelter Drops Trans Ban

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Lakiesha Washington was homeless and needed help when she showed up April 3 at the John L. Young Shelter for Women.  But instead of help, be...

Tamala Savage Show-Take Two

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In the process of taping Part 2 of the Tamala Savage Show interview I started Saturday.   You can click here to check out Part 1 of my in...

Brittney's The One!

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The number one overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft that is! Wasn't a big surprise, but my Houston homegirl was snapped up by the Pho...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Camp Aranu'tiq 2013 Season

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With the end of the 2012-13 school year coming in about seven weeks, the thoughts of many kids turn to summer activities and fun.  Summer ca...

On The UH-Downtown Campus Today...

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For a screening of the 90 minute documentary Trans followed by a panel discussion at UH-Downtown.. The screening is taking place on the...

And This Is Why Your Parents Taught You Never To Talk Back

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The troll I nuked in this post is probably setting off Geiger counters in a 5 mile radius at this time, but we aren't done dropping mor...
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Three Girls Like Us-One Year Later

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35 year old Coko Williams of Detroit was one of three African-American transwomen killed during the month of April 2012 along with Paige C...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Chrysalis Lingerie Looking For Trans Women Models

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Chrysalis Lingerie, the FUBU lingerie line for girls like us that launches its e-commerce site on May 2, is now looking for trans women...

Ms W's Final Trans Marriage Legal Appeal Starts

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TransGriot Note: Here's another one you can e-mail to Karin Quimby Been keeping up with along with my trans sisters in the Asia-Pacifi...

Trans People Can't Wait, Either

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On this 50th anniversary date that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the 21 page essay that became the defense of and the seminal...

Letter From Birmingham City Jail 50th Anniversary

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TransGriot Note: Today is the 50th anniversary of the day that the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr's penned his 'Letter From Birmingha...
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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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