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

Friday, June 21, 2013

Shut Up Fool Awards-First Day Of Summer Edition

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It's the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (Winter for my readers south of the Equator.) and it's the longest day of th...

'Transphobic' Is Officially A Word

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The transphobic TERF's can attempt to deny the word doesn't exist, but the Oxford English Dictionary will say otherwise. 'Tran...

Nova Scotia To Cover GRS Surgeries

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More evidence of the positive karmic momentum wave that trans human rights is on north of the 49th parallel. After first saying they wouldn&...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Vivian Diego Speaks

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I posted recently about the vicious transphobic attack that was aimed at 22 year old Los Angeles girl like us Vivian Diego who was jumped by...

Time's Running Out In NY State To Pass GENDA

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While the trans community in Delaware woke up to the first day of having their human rights respected and protected, the trans citizens of N...

Black Twitter's Still Whacking Paula Deen

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Yeah Paula, you seriously pissed us off. Black Twitter still has its foot firmly planted in Paula Deen's antebellum behind.  It has ...

Number 17!

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With the Delaware Senate on a 11-9 vote passing the House amended Gender Non Discrimination Act Wednesday afternoon and it getting Gov Jack ...

Reason Number Whatever Why I Don't Vote For Republicans

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If your political party had a 33 year old African-American Harvard Law school graduate who was a former 2003 Miss America with a platform of...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Black Twitter Strikes Again On #PaulasBestDishes Hashtag

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Paula Deen put her Southern fried foot in her mouth when she revealed her loyalties to all things Southern including that tired tradition o...

It's Juneteenth, 2013 Edition!

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Today is June 19 or Juneteenth as we call it in the Lone Star State and the 42 other states that recognize it It commemorates the 1865 day...

Black Pride: What Does LGBT Pride Mean To You

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TransGriot Note:  I was honored to be asked by Kellee Terrell along with other African-American TBLG folks as part of an EBONY.com feature...

Tom Joyner Morning Show Team Dips Into Transphobic 'Comedy' In Garner Case

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I'm a huge fan of the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show that has a national listening audience of 11 million African-Americans.  B...

Tracey Lynn Garner Facing Second Murder Charge In Silicone Pumping Death

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Tracey Lynn Garner of Jackson, MS is now facing a second charge of depraved heart murder to add to the one she's facing concerning the ...

Amended Trans Human Rights Bill Passes Delaware House

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Yesterday in the Delaware House SB 97, the Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Act ran into a speed bump on its way to passage and out of the ...

Aww, Pam's House Blend To Shut Down July 1

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Sad and surprising news coming out of North Carolina as my blogging shero Pam Spaulding announced that after nine years, she is shutting ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Diamond Stylz-The Middle Ground

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Another thoughtful video by Diamond Stylz
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Delaware House To Vote On Trans Rights Bill Today

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All eyes in the trans community will be turned towards Dover, DE and the First State today as the 41 members of the Delaware House are poise...

Petition: Lift The US Ban On Trans Military Service

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The dirty secret about the 2010 DADT repeal is it only applied to the GLB portion of the community. Trans people were not included and we...
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Huge Social Security Win For Trans Community

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The worldwide trans community has been on a good karmic roll lately with either policy or legislative victories in various nations, and we...

Washington Watch-Racism And Lack Of Diversity In The LGBT Community

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I've talked about this subject for Lord knows how long in the seven years I've been writing at TransGriot, so it was nice to see 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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