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Monday, June 03, 2013

Megyn Kelly Has Another Broken Clock Journalistic Moment

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Megyn Kelly just renewed her FOX Noise anchor contract despite being seriously courted by other journalistic outlets.  but it seems like s...

C-279 Passes Senate Second Reading!

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Transpeople around the world are watching along with our Canadian trans cousins as C-279, the Trans Rights Bill passed another step in its ...

Maltese Parliament Debating Trans Marriage Civil Code Changes

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As part of the deal they struck with Joanne Cassar in order to end the European Court of Human Rights case she brought against them in J...

Ohio High School Lets Trans Latina Student Graduate Wearing Correct Gown

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This was the way Damian Garcia and Isaak Wolfe's cases should have gone.down and it's nice to see common sense prevail. In a scen...

Audrey's History Making Kenyan Case

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I've had the pleasure of conversing with Audrey Mbugua online for several years now and I'm looking forward to the day I finally m...

Hmm, Did I Pluck A Dallas Principled Nerve?

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' 'Were the Dallas Principles a sincere attempt to change the way the BTLG rights movement goes about its business or did they evol...
Sunday, June 02, 2013

Loving VH1's 'Hit The Floor'

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While I'm impatiently waiting for the third season of VH1's Single Ladies to appear on my TV set did get to watch the opening show ...

2013 Williams Watch-On To The Quarters!

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Serena Williams is still in the hunt for her 16th Grand slam title after taking only 70 minutes to breeze past 15th seeded Roberta Vinci o...

MTV's 'Girl Code'

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Was channel surfing one night and stumbled across an MTV show that caught my attention entitled Girl Code . It's a spinoff show to MTV...

Where Were The 'Normal' Gays At Stonewall? Cowering In Their Closets

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The next time that some conservagay tries to pinkwash the history of Stonewall and erase transpeople from it, send them to this link  to...
Saturday, June 01, 2013

Can We All Get Along And Work For Positive Change?

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TransGriot Note: I had my say about that Tumblr post, and as promised here's the guest post by Beth Morgan with her take on it. Parts...

Marriage Equality Fails In Illinois-Cue The 'Blame The Blacks' White Gay Chorus

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A not so funny thing happened on the way to Illinois becoming the 13th state to pass marriage equality legislation.   The Illinois legislatu...

What Part Of We Didn't Start The War On Transwomen Are You Not Comprehending?

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There was an interesting facts free May 2 Tumbler post coming out of TERF world that trans oppression enabler Dana LaRocca posted to a Faceb...

2013 TBLG Pride Month POTUS Proclamation

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TransGriot Note: President Obama's 2013 TBLG Pride Month Proclamation  The President's Pride Month Proclamation: LESBIAN, GAY, BI...

More Saturday Sellout Links

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Since I just added the E.W. Jackson post to the TransGriot Saturday Sellout series (and sadly need to do more of them) here are the lin...
Friday, May 31, 2013

2013 Williams Watch-Serena To Fourth Round

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Serena Williams' march to her first French Open women's championship since 2002 continued as she took on Sorana Cirstea of Romania...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Last Friday In May Edition

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It's been a slow news week in the wake of the Memorial Day holiday, but as Mr. T always said fools are everywhere.  Thankfully for thi...

Delaware FINALLY Introduces Anti-Trans Discrimination Bill

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After declining to take the opportunity to do so in 2009 when they added sexual orientation to the state's anti-discrimination law, Dela...

Brittney's ESPN Interview

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You longtime TransGriot readers know I have much love for Ms. Griner and have since one of my readers sent me the links to the YouTube vid...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Nigeria Passes Draconian Anti-GLBT Bill

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While the international community was focusing on Uganda and its attempts to pass their blatantly unjust 'Kill The Gays' Bill, the...
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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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