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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Acoff Murder Updates

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As I continue to get details about this senseless killing from people in the area, I'll post them to the blog. Thanks to several rea...

Brandy Martell Memorial Vigil Held In Oakland

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As I mentioned in one of my posts, a memorial candlelight vigil was held in Oakland to mark the one year anniversary of the date that Bra...

Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths

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I'm beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of the near genocidal levels of anti-trans violence that are taking away far too man...

Another Black Transwoman Dies In Ohio And Is Disrespected In The Local Media

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First the details of the third African-American transwoman this month to die too soon at the hands of a murderer, then I go Maya Wilkes ...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Tamala Jones Comes Out As An Ally

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I've always loved Tamala Jones as a actress.   She has an extensive body of work and has played characters in many of my fave movies and...

Ask A Trans Attracted Man Latest Video

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Troy's latest video in the Ask A Trans Attracted Man series .   In this fifth video in the series Troy touches on people not loving t...

Being Trans Affects Everything

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It's not a lifestyle (and I hate that conservaterm).  When you swallow those hormones or take those first shots of testosterone or...

Brandy Martell Candlelight Vigil Tonight

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A reminder for those of you in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area of the candlelight vigil being held tonight to commemorate the one year ...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Does It Really Get Better?

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There was a video I posted from a biracial transwoman back in February 2010 in which she launched a blistering takedown of white transsexual...

POTUS Remarks At 2013 WH Correspondents Dinner

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The 2013 edition of what's called 'Nerd Prom' in Washington DC, the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Issak Gets To Go To His Prom With His Date

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The Red Lion Area Senior High School prom in Red Lion, PA was last night, and senior Issak Oliver Wolfe was in attendance with his date...

#BlackPrivilege Twitter Hashtag Going Viral

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It started as a Black Twitter smackdown to a racist Tumblr page , but has raged on Twitter since Friday night and gone viral.   It was...

More Than Just XX Or XY Chromosomes

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One of the things that makes me laugh my butt off whenever I see it in a comments section I decide to peruse to gauge the ignorance in i...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Love Is All You Need?

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This is a short film in which the societal script is flipped and being gay or lesbian is considered the norm and heterosexuality is seen...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Seven Transphobic Tropes Debunked

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I've discussed in the over 6500 posts on this blog (and had fun eviscerating ) these seven transphobic tropes that seem to constantly po...

Shut Up Fool Awards-2013 NFL Draft Weekend Edition

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The 2013 NFL Draft started last night in New York and will continue later tonight with Rounds 2 and 3 and Rounds 4-7 on  Saturday.  The ...

The Battle For Self Determination Of One's Own Identity Is A Just One

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I'm blessed to have some pretty smart people around me as you can tell by some of the conversations that get started on my Facebook pa...

Jazz At The GLAAD Media Awards

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Shoot, Jazz is piling up more frequent flyer miles than I am so far this year.   If I can get to Philly from here for the upcoming Philade...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Toni Gets To Wear Her Prom Dress

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As if there was going to be any doubt this was not going to happen, especially in light of the fact this same issue cropped up in the Wall...

May 1 Teach-In At Smith College

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If you oppose discrimination and would like Smith College to admit trans women as undergraduate students, please come to this event. Be...
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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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