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

Saturday, October 12, 2013

NoMoreDownLow.TV Upcoming Show On Unsolved Black LGBT Murders

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NoMoreDownLow.TV is in its third season of broadcasting shows about the African American SGL, trans and bi community from our perspective. ...

Happy Birthday Dawn!

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Today happens to be the birthday of my former Louisville roomie Dawn Wilson. She's probably celebrating it by going to the LFC t...

Fallon Fox Fights For A CFA Title Tonight!

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It's been a long hard and at times bumpy road for her to get to this point, but later tonight at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Moni's Coming Out Story

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Been reading a lot of people's coming out stories today, so thought I would have you TransGriot readers jump into the DeLorean Time ...

National Coming Out Day 2013-It's STILL Different For A Trans Person

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'I don't want to underestimate how liberating it is for a trans person to come out to family, friends and allies.  It does wonde...

Transphobic Conversation In The Nail Salon-What Would You Do?

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'If you're worried about people calling you 'angry' for speaking your mind, you'll be angry at yourself later for not ...

Stacey Blahnik Lee 3rd Anniversary Candlelight Vigil Tonight

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Today marks the third anniversary of the death of Stacey Blahnik Lee.  Her boyfriend Malik Moorer found her strangled to death when he retu...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Titica Named UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador

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I've talked about award winning girl like us Titica, who is a rising music star in her native Angola .   She has performed for Angolan P...

Elisa Chan Resigns From San Antonio City Council

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There's good news and bad news for our TBLG peeps on the western end of I-10. The good news is that transphobic and homophobic councilme...

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions-Week 6

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The slump continues as I had a below .500 week prognosticating games to go with my pissivity over the pathetic Texan offensive performance i...

Naw Lauryn, I Ain't Feelin' 'Neurotic Society'

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I became a big fan of Lauryn Hill's music when she released in 1998 the multiplatinum smash CD The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.  It ear...

'The New Black' Documentary Trailer

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I've been aware that this Yoruba Richen documentary film was in the making, and was a little bummed when the initial opening film festiv...

2013 Houston Mayoral Debate-What I Learned From Watching It

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Tuesday night the one and only televised mayoral debate between all the candidates was on KUHT-TV, our local PBS station and hosted by our l...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Garland TBLG Residents Address City Council

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Garland DART board member Michael Cheney taking that futile walk that denied a quorum for passage of domestic partner benefits during the S...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls Out The GOP Over The Government Shutdown

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took to the Senate floor and told it like it T-I-S is about who voted for the government shutdown and who is be...

DART Board Votes To Extends Domestic Partner Benefits!

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It's been in the works for over a year and was delayed another few weeks by a walkout during the September 25 DART board meeting by mem...

Malala's Triumphant Year

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One year ago today a gun toting Taliban thug boarded a school bus and shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for daring to speak up and criticize...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Trials Of LGBT Out Vs.Not Out Panel Discussion Event At UH Tonight

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It's National Coming Out Week, and I've been invited to take part in a panel discussion on the University of Houston campus later ...

Wendy's First Campaign Web Ad

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I'm definitely down with wanting to see Sen. Wendy Davis (D) become the Lone Star State's third female governor. She's already...

Laverne Cox on FXX's 'Totally Biased'

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Y'all know I have much love for Laverne Cox on these TransGriot electronic pages.  Because it happened while Computer Prime was in 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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