TransGriot

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

Thursday, June 13, 2013

2013 TBLG White House Reception Today

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And it could get ugly as the volume has risen from Gay, Inc and predominately white gay peeps about the ENDA executive order they are dem...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

BTMI T-Shirt Design Contest

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Calling all artists and aspiring graphic designers, Black Transmen, Inc. is conducting a T-Shirt design contest! Can you draw? Do you ha...

Washington DC Proposing Legislation To Ease Trans Birth Certificate Guidelines

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More positive news out of Washington DC in that the District of Columbia is working on legislation that would make it easier for trans peopl...

50th Anniversary Of Medgar Evers Assassination

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It didn't take long for reaction to come from the Southern segregationists and Klan terrorists to come in reaction to President Kenned...

Here We Go Again With The ENDA Executive Order

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It's back for the 2K13, the predominately white gay grousing over President Obama not moving on their demands to sign an ENDA executive ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

50th Anniversary of JFK's Civil Rights Speech

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President John F. Kennedy on this night 50 years ago addressed the nation on African-American civil rights issues.   While we have come a ...

Another GetEqual Fail- White Privilege, Black Blaming and Dissing The First Lady

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I've been on GetEqual's ass since 2010 about their one sided penchant for protesting this White House but not having the same vani...

Eva Longoria Offers Support To Trans Employee

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I have much love for my fellow Texan Eva Longoria, and like many people in the trans community was pissed to hear the story about about tran...

Cssa Ruby Turns One!

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It has served over 700 people since its June 2012 opening, has attracted the unwanted attention of a hater who called in a bomb threat to ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Upon Further Review, The 2013 Honor 41 List...

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Has FIVE trams people on it. .    There are four trans Latinas and trans man Isaac Gomez on the 2013 edition of the Honor 41 List.  To exp...

Trans Pioneer JoAnn Roberts Dies

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I was shocked and saddened to read the TG Forum and Chrysalis posts from Angela Gardner and Dallas Denny announcing the June 7 death of o...

GENDA Stalled In NY Senate Again-What's Up With That?

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And as residents of the state where Sylvia Rivera spent her life up to and including her deathbed working for trans rights, it's past ...

George Zimmerman Trial Starts Today

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While I'll be keeping an eye on Washington DC and Milwaukee for two trials starting there , my still unapologetically Black and trans ...

Trans Rights Bill Passes Delaware Senate

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Well, that was quick.   Senate Bill 97, the trans rights bill introduced late last month by Senate Majority Whip Margaret Rose Henry (D-Wil...

Two Trans Murder Trials Start Today

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The eyes of the African-American trans community and our allies will also be focused today on Washington DC and Milwaukee,WI as the alleged ...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Guyana Reviewing British Colonial Era Crossdressing Ban

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I wrote about this February 2009 case in the South American nation of Guyana in which several of our transsisters there were arrested for vi...

WWYD-Transteen Confronted By Father Over Prom Dress Shopping

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Shopping for prom dresses is a multimillion dollar business, and as Toni Zamazul and other transteens the last few years continue to point o...

That Cursed Pipe

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Ever since I read one of my TransGriot poems during the BTMI event,  I've wanted to do more poetry slams if I can find the time and the ...

Same Person, Different Pronouns

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Now that we are about to go into the summer season with family reunions, weddings, barbecues (and hopefully no funerals) on the horizon, o...
Saturday, June 08, 2013

Dr. Z -On Being A Good Black Man

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Another blac (k) ademic post from Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler that needs to be signal boosted.   Brought back some not so pleasant memories wh...
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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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