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

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

What's LGBTI Mean?

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I've been writing about TBLG issues for over seven years here at TransGriot and looking at them in many cases from a chococentric pers...

George Duke Passes Away

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Was stunned to hear the news via the TJMS that another fave musician I grew up with passed away August 5, a year after his wife Corine die...

Pulling Up Saggin' Pants Won't Fix What Ails Our Community

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Like much of the Black blogosphere I'm majorly pissed off at Don Lemon for co-signing with a longtime race-baiting bigoted detractor of ...
Monday, August 05, 2013

2013 Texans Watch-Texans Preseason Schedule

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My fave NFL ballers have been in training camp preparing for a Super Bowl or Bust season and to add a third consecutive AFC South Division c...

Trans Assimilation

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TransGriot readers, you have got to see this video of one of my trans brothers basically tellin' it like it T-I-S is about his masculine...

Laverne Cox On MHP

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Laverne Cox's highly anticipated debut appearance in #nerdland happened yesterday morning as she along with several castmates from Ora...

Trans POC Speakers Need To Be Seen, Heard And Paid At TBLG Events

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Had an enjoyable two hour conversation with Tona Brown late Sunday afternoon.   It eventually turned to discussing the appalling and frustra...

Trans Being Left Behind Rights Wise In Vietnam?

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Since I posted the story of Cindy Thai Tai and her evolution, it's been interesting from these shores to watch the Vietnamese trans c...

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 ...
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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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