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

Friday, May 24, 2013

Good Luck Fallon!

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Fallon Fox puts her undefeated 2-0 record on the line when she steps into the Octagon later tonight for a nationally televised bout fro...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

TransGriot Nuke A Troll 32-Defending Damian

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After spending a busy period on the cyberseas nuking trolls, had to give the hardworking crew of the USS Monica a long liberty call.  But ...

WTF Advocate?

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I shouldn't be surprised after 15 years in the TBLG community to see the Advocate failing when it comes to talking about trans issues. ...

Damian Skips His HS Graduation

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In case you're wondering how the situation with Albuquerque transteen Damian Garcia played out, when the ceremony kicked off at 10 AM MD...
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President Obama's Morehouse Commencement Speech

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There are some peeps in the African-American community and on Black Twitter who have voiced concerns about his commencement speech, but it...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

WTF, HuffPo Gay Voices?

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The HuffPo Gay Voices page posted a May 16 article about the upcoming TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly , a groundbreaking interdisciplina...

Fallon's Historic Friday MMA Fight

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Fallon Fox will return to mixed martial arts action on Friday and make a little MMA history in the process when she does so.  When the und...

Happy Birthday Harvey Milk!

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“It takes no compromise to give people their rights...it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give peopl...

Preach, Rev. Tweed!

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This is a message faith based homophobes and transphobes here in the USA, Bermuda and the rest of the world definitely need to hear.  Be...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

27,072 People (And Counting) Say Let Damian Walk In Black Robes

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The pressure is mounting on Archbishop Michael Sheehan and Superintendent Murphy in this now viral story of Albuquerque, NM St. Pius High Sc...

What Would Spelman College Do In This Trans Feminine Student Situation?

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“Schools should be focused on building our next generation of leaders, not discriminating against them." Calliope Wong I had an in...

Kim Coco Iwamoto Being Honored As A Harvey Milk Champion Of Change

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The White House will honor ten TBLG officials on Harvey Milk Day and one of them will be a girl like us. Kim Coco Iwamoto, who is servin...

Anti-Trans SB 1218 Is DEAD!

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We TBLG Texans just keep finding ways to kill these anti-trans and anti-LGB bills in the Lone Star State despite the best efforts of ou...
Monday, May 20, 2013

The 41 List Of TBLGQ Latino/a People Has Girls Like Us On It!

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In 1901 a clandestine Mexico City party was raided and 41 people were arrested .   Half of those 41 people were dressed as women (and some...

Clock Ticking Toward Major 2013 Texas Lege Deadline

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The 83rd session of the Texas legislature ends on May 27 and we are rapidly approaching a major legislative deadline at midnight.   All bi...

Let My People Pee In Scotland

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Here we go again with cis people tripping about a trans woman peeing in the ladies room.  The latest report of this BS comes from Scotland ....

Rev Sally McClain Retires

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Those of you who have been long time readers of TransGriot know that the blog not only started in Louisville, but through May 2010 chronicle...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

This Week In The 2013 Texas Lege-Week Ending May 17

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The 2013 Texas Legislative session is rapidly drawing to a close. But until the session ends on May 27 and the legislators are all headed ...

Let Damian Walk In Male Cap And Gown MoveOn.org Petition

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A MoveOn.org petition has been created by Torrey Moorman in support of Albuquerque, NM transteen Damian Garcia . The petition was create...

Reconciling Ministries ChurchQuake Scholarships For LGBTQ Kids Of Color

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One of the wonderful people I got to meet during last year's GLAAD National POC Media training event last summer was Dr. Pamela Lights...
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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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