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

Saturday, July 06, 2013

SEPTA Transit Passes No Longer Have Gender Stickers

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On July 1 there were a few changes that went into effect for the riders of SEPTA, the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority.  The base ...

Thinking About Ali

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Ran across an interesting video about a transteen named Ali, who graduated from Stuttgart High School in Arkansas last year and is college b...
Friday, July 05, 2013

Sheena Monnin Still Owes The Donald And Miss Universe $5 Million

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Remember Sheena Monnin, the transphobic 2012 Miss Pennsylvania pageant queen who threw shade at Jenna Talackova and made the sour grapes ti...

DC Council Unanimously Passes Jones Birth Certificate Bill

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Finally, some good news out of Washington DC for a change.   As the recent birth certificate travails of a Georgia cis woman proved, it'...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Post July 4th Edition

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The parades are over, the fireworks displays are done and cleanup crews are busy dealing with the mounds of trash left behind from the peopl...

ENDA Set For July 10 Senate Committee Vote

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The long delayed Employment and Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) will finally get a Senate committee vote. The bill if passed would prevent di...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Arrest Made In Racially Charged Denardo Pizzeria Attack Case

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On June 23 there was a 3:15 AM EDT incident in a Washington DC pizzeria in the 1800 block of 14th St. NW that went viral due to it being fil...

One Of The Killers Of Evon Young Convicted

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Billy Griffin's trial may have ended in a hung jury on June 17, but that wasn't the case for Ashanti Mcalister The 18 year old Mc...

Suspect In Vivian Diego Beating Case Pleads Not Guilty

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21 year old Nicol Shakhnazaryan, one of the alleged perps arrested June 20 in the vicious beating of Vivian Diego has plead not guilty to ch...

5 Million Hits!

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(singing) 5...5 million..5 million blog hits! Thank you TransGriot readers for helping me reach another blogging milestone as of 2:43 AM...

Once Again, How Do I Feel About My Country, And How Does My Country Feel About Me?

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Today is July 4, 2013, the 237th birthday of the United States, and I'm not in a celebratory mood as this Independence Day arrives. Th...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Colorado Civil Rights Division Lets Coy Pee In Peace

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The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of 6 year old trans kid Coy Mathis, who was barred from using the girls' restroo...

2013 Shut Up Fool Of The Year Midyear Review

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On January 30, 2009 I began what has turned out to be one of the more popular features on TransGriot in my weekly Shut Up Fool Awards.   ...

B. Scott Ain't Accepting BET's 'Apology'

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BET thought they had quelled the growing blacklash (pun intended) over their homophobic dissing of B Scott at Sunday's BET Awards with ...

Deoni Jones Trial Delayed Again In DC

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Gary Niles Montgomery was arrested and charged with the murder of 22 year old Deoni Jones back on February 12, 2012 , but the wheels of just...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

BET Apologizes To B. Scott For Awards Show Drama

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Diamond has commented on it in her latest video blog along with other people in the blogosphere and outraged fans of multimedia personalit...

Georgia Cis Woman Asked To Prove Femininity To Correct Birth Certificate Error

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For those of you who are skeptical of the point I repeatedly make that Black trans issues are Black community issues as well, I submit that ...

2013 Williams Watch-WTF? Serena's Out at Wimbledon

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For the first time since 2007, the list of Wimbledon women's champions will have someone other than a Williams sister on it. After winn...

Diamond Stylz Comments On The BET-B Scott Controversy

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Catching up on all the news I missed while traveling, and I'm just hearing about BET hiring the androgynous B Scott and then demanding...

Mile High Chillin' With My Family

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Moni's was in the middle of her just concluded family reunion in Colorado's state capitol over the weekend just relaxing. The reas...
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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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