TransGriot

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

Monday, August 05, 2013

Happy 24th Birthday, Angie

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Today would have been girl like us Angie Zapata's 24th birthday had she not been murdered by Allen Andrade five years ago on July 17, 2...
Sunday, August 04, 2013

JSmooth On Don Lemon, Race and Respectability Politics

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For those of you wondering why Black Twitter, legions of Black pundits and the Black blogosphere went off on Don Lemon (and I haven't pu...

Happy 52nd Birthday Mr. President!

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Today is the 52nd birthday of President Barack Hussein Obama II who reality based peeps know was born on this date in Honolulu, HI back in 1...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

Laverne's On MHP Tomorrow

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Laverne Cox will be hanging out in #nerdland with Melissa Harris-Perry tomorrow morning to talk about her role in Orange Is The New Blac...

Diamond Stylz-Am I A Dick?

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I've needed to post another one of Diamond Stylz's videos for you TransGriot readers for a while.  In this one she talks about gen...

Carmen And Koko Xtravaganza's Fascinating Lives

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The cool thing about being the TransGriot is I do from time to time get to meet, talk to and even become friends with some of the peeps that...
Friday, August 02, 2013

Did Raven-Symoné Just Come Out?

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I wrote a post last May about about people in the Black SGL community needing to quit pressuring the Queen and Raven-Symoné about whether ...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Texans In Training Camp Edition

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The Houston Texans have been in training camp for a week now at their facility across the street from Reliant Stadium in preparation for t...

A Ray Hill Houston TBLG History Moment

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TransGriot Note: Ray Hill is one of our iconic leaders here in the Houston area who has been in the BTLG rights fight locally, statewide and...

Will C-279 Ever Pass The Senate And Become Canadian Federal Law?

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When we last checked in on Bill C-279's progress through the Conservative dominated Canadian Senate on its way to passage and Royal As...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

The Draconian ATL Anti-Prostitution Banishment Law Is Back

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Back in April I signal boosted a post from Cheryl Courtney-Evans' A Bitch For Justice blog calling out the proposed draconian anti-prost...

Do Transpeople Need A '2nd Amendment Remedy' To The Anti-Trans Violence Problem?

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"It doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't ...

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...
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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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