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

Thursday, April 25, 2013

TransGriot Nuke A Troll 31- Troll Nuking A Lone Star Teabagger

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Another day. another cruise of the USS Monica out of port.  Our ongoing mission is to cruise the cyberseas and drop 50 megatons of knowledge...

Is Marvel FINALLY Going To Greenlight The Black Panther Movie?

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Rumors have been hot and heavy over the last year amongst Marvel comics fans about whether the film about their first African descended supe...

TERF"s RadFem Hatefest Booted From Another Venue

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Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to hold an international trans hate conference and nobody wanted to host it ?   Ask the Trans...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

KOKUMO Performing This Weekend

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TransGriot Note:  Photo of KOKUMO by Andy Karol For you peeps in the Chicago area looking for something to do, y'all get the opport...

The K-11 Issues Are Still The Same...

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That still doesn't change the fact that once again you had ciswomen playing what is ostensibly a trans role.  Even with different ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Rest In Peace, Shakira

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Received the shocking news that one of my trans sisters, writer Shakira Daneshia Gordon Garr passed away today due to complications fr...

Good Luck Kris!

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One of the new folks I met on the UH-Downtown campus when I participated in their panel discussion last week was Kris Sharp, the UHD student...

Indonesian Sisters Standing Up For Their Rights

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It's old video from last year, but it makes the point I've been trying to drive home that trans rights are a world wide struggle.   ...

TransGriot Nuke A Troll 30-TERF Irradiation Time

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Time to cruise the cyberseas again in fulfillment of our ongoing mission to drop 50 megatons of knowledge on another poor soul who stepped...
Monday, April 22, 2013

In The House At The 21st Annual Houston Unity Banquet

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The 21st annual Houston Unity Banquet was held at the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel April 20 to another diverse capacity crowd. The program f...

Black Trans History-Philecia Barnes

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Black transpeople aren't strangers in having to fight tooth and nail for our human rights.   We know from our history as African descend...

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...
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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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