TransGriot

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

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Smith College, Don't Assume The Trans Community Forgot About What Happened To Calliope

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With the 2013-14 academic school year about to commence either this month or in September on many college campuses, I not only wanted to t...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

WMATA Silver Line Service Start Delayed Until 2014

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Houston area folks aren't the only ones having to wait for eagerly anticipated transit rail service to commence.   So are the peeps in...

Hazreen Shaik Daud Video Update

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I talked about Hazreen Shaik Daud, the Malaysian trans girl like us who was appointed the political secretary to Tanjung Bungah state assemb...

Wendy And Ignacio Visit America

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The Wendy and Ignacio in this case are our Cuban transsister Wendy Iriepa Diaz and her hubby Ignacio Estrada Cepero who had a very public w...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Jamaican Justice Minister Condemns Jones Killing.

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Was wondering if anyone from the Jamaican government would condemn the brutal July 22 mob violence killing of Jamaican gender variant kid D...

Still Sick Of Hearing The Term 'Race Card'

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'It wouldn't be necessary to 'play the race card' as you peeps so derisively put it if you Euro-descended Americans ancesto...

Dr KRZ-Commentary On The New Black Trans Narrative On OITNB

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I just spent Sunday evening and early Monday morning watch the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black mainly to check out my homegirl Laver...

The 4 Year Old African-American Genius

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Anala Beevers of New Orleans is just a precocious four years old, but at just 4 months of age she was learning the alphabet, counting in Spa...

Pat Robertson Has Another Broken Clock Trans Moment

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You longtime TransGriot readers know I have gleefully pointed out that televangelist Pat Robertson, who has a long history of uttering rac...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Houston Black Trans Community-Time To Step Up

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One of the conversations I was engaged in as I attended a recent community event was one in which I was pulled aside by two of my African-Am...

New TBLG Military Group SPARTA Emerges From OUTServe-SLDN Drama

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In the wake of the contentious drama that ensued after the ugly implosion of OUTServe-SLDN last month and the drama in BTLG World concerning...

A Mother-Trans Daughter Femininity Dinner Discussion

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Some of the Facebook trans groups I'm a member of have very interesting discussion threads at times that eventually trigger hard solid ...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Texas Drag Icon Whitney Paige Dies

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We Texans have already dealt with the shocking death of Erica Andrews to a lung infection back in March.   I'm unfortunately just now fi...

I Repeat: Stop Looking At Being Trans As A Curse

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I wrote the original post in reaction to seeing that tired meme expressed by a transperson in a discussion thread, and I've gotten so...
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Disciples Of Christ Church Officially Welcomes TBLG People To Its Churches

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During the time I was a Texan in Exile in Louisville, Edenside Christian Church, the one I attended from 2001-2010 and was a proud member of...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

T.G.I.F. 2013 Happening Tomorrow

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Last July  T.G.I.F., spearheaded by local trans activist KOKUMO brought over 350 people to a first of its kind event in Chicago celebrat...

Laverne's 'Orange Is The New Black' HLN Interview

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Laverne Cox is on HLN talking about her role on the Netflix series 'Orange Is The new Black' in which she plays (gasp) a transwoman.

Black Is The New Black

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Denny Upkins weighs in on the Trayvon Martin tragedy and the ongoing drama that African-Americans endure in this country in this essay e...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Road To Creating Change Houston 2014 Diary-Changes

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I posted my initial Creating Change 2014 Diary back in May not long after we had our initial interest meeting with the goal in this ongoi...

J-FLAG Condemns Jones Murder

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In the wake of the violent murder on Monday of gender variant teen Dwayne Jones , J-FLAG, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians All-Sexuals And Gay...
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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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