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

Thursday, May 30, 2013

'The New Black' Film Festival Tour

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The New Black is a documentary film I was cognizant was in the process of being shot, and I'm happy to discover it has been completed...

Ackshun Jackson Disses Jordana On His YoYo DC Podcast

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'No fight is more just than the battle for self determination of one's own identity.' Jordana LeSesne April 2013 Last night g...

WTF Just Happened In Puerto Rico With SB 238?

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Oops, guess I spoke too soon about SB 238 passing the Puerto Rican House and Senate . Seems that while the news was being trumpeted aroun...

Still Miss You, Tracy

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June 28 will mark the second anniversary since those of us who know Tracy Bumphus were stunned to hear the news about her untimely passing. ...

2013 Williams Watch-Next!

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My fave tennis playing siblings are in Paris for the 2013 French Open, and world number one and tournament number one seed Serena Williams c...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Italian Cardinal Gives Communion To Trans Woman At Funeral-Wingers Trip

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With Pope Francis running thangs in Vatican City, is the hate on transpeople doctrine injected into the Roman Catholic church by Paul McHugh...

METRORail North Line Test Train Run Begins

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Getting another step closer to service starting on the METRORail Red Line North extension later this year. Construction on this 5.3 mile...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Whatever Happened To 'The Dallas Principles'?

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On May 15-17, 2009 a meeting was held at the DFW Airport Hyatt Regency hotel by 24 LGBT activists who were frustrated about the fulfillment ...

T-E-R-F's Hate

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This latest song rewrite was one I had put on the back burner until it was kicked into creative overdrive with an assist by  ENDAblog 2.0&#...

Brittney's Milestone WNBA Debut

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In her WNBA debut game in the US Airways Center versus fellow rookie Elena Delle Donne and the Chicago Sky my Houston homegirl Brittney Gr...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Happy Memorial Day 2013

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It's another edition of Memorial Day, which is considered the unofficial kickoff to the summer season in the States.   But the reason ...

2013 Williams Watch-Good News Bad News At Roland Garros

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The 2013 edition of the French Open started yesterday in Paris and will run through June 9.  Unlike that Grand Slam tournament on the othe...

Melissa Harris-Perry Eviscerates EW Jackson

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Seems I wasn't the only African-American who was shining a spotlight on that cookie-chomping knee-grow  E.W. Jackson on Saturday ...

Cristan Williams Challenges TERF To Debate

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When I used me debating The Bug as this year's TransGriot April Fool spoof post , I knew there was no way in Hades she'd agree to de...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Indonesia's Trans Muslims

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Here's a documentary focusing on our Indonesian trans sisters.   They have been catching hell there lately, and the anti-trans attitudes...

Openly MRKH Contestant In Miss USA 2013

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We won't have a girl like us competing in the Miss USA 2013 pageant next month because Kylan Wenzel unfortunately didn't win the Mis...

Dr Z's Hackathon For Trans Empowerment

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Y'all know I have much love and respect for Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler and enjoyed the long chats I had with him during the 2013 BTMI co...

Happy 25th Birthday CeCe McDonald!

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Today is CeCe McDonald's birthday and I wanted to make certain this day didn't pass without the TransGriot acknowledging it. I a...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

So SPLC, When Are You Going To Declare The TERF's A Hate Group?

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And how many more Black and Latina trans women have to die before you do so?  How many more transpeople have to suffer from anti-trans dis...

This Week In The 2013 Texas Lege-Week Ending May 24

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The Texas trans community got a major win when SB 1218 died in the House Judiciary and Civil jurisprudence Committee for this session.  ...
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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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