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

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

'You're A Racist"- Um, No I'm Not

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I laugh my azz off when people, especially on the conservafool side of the political spectrum fling the facts free charge at me that 'I&...

Another Early 90's Springer Show On Trans Issues

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While looking for some interesting video, ran across another early 90's Jerry Springer show that surprise surprise, respectfully t...
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Konyale Madden, RIP

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One of the things that unfortunately happened while Computer Prime was in the shop and I didn't get to report on when it happened was th...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Why Trans Education Efforts Are Vitally Important

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It's been 60 years since Christine Jorgensen stepped off that SAS flight from Denmark and into the view of the unblinking eye of the w...

Judge Posner, Too Bad You Didn't Recognize Voter ID=Voter Suppression In 2007

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“Let’s not beat around the bush: The Indiana voter photo ID law is a not-too-thinly-veiled attempt to discourage election-day turnout by c...

I Repeat, You Can't Declare War On Love

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"You can't declare war on love." --Number Six, Battlestar Galactica 'The Plan' Three years ago I wrote a Battlestar Ga...

Thanks Y'all For Helping MAJOR! Win Again

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MAJOR! was up for IndieWire's Project Of The Week which was being voted on until the poll closed at 11 AM EDT yesterday.  I wrote a po...

Damn, Y'all Starting The 'War On The Girl Scouts' Again?

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The conservative movement 'War On Women' for the last few years has also included because of their progressive outlook, attacking th...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Early Voting Starts For 2013 H-Town City Elections

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At 8 AM CDT the polls open for the start of the early voting period for our city elections.   If you've already made up your mind whic...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

2013 Texans Watch-Close But Another Loss

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I along with many ride or die Texans fans are not happy about the four game losing streak that our NFL ballers entered Kansas City with tha...

TDOR 2013-Initial List Of TDOR Events Is Up

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There was concern in Trans World when our go to website for Transgender Day of Remembrance information at the beginning of October hadn'...

Janette Tovar Murder Anniversary Update

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On October 16 we passed the one year anniversary of the death of 43 year old Janette Tovar of Dallas, who died of blunt force trauma to the ...

2013 UH Cougar Watch-Tough Loss To Those Utah Based Cougars

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The collegiate football pundits had my fave undefeated collegiate football team penciled in as a ten point underdog at Reliant Stadium to th...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Saturday Sellout-Erik Rush

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Been a while since I've done one of the Saturday Sellout posts in which I shine a bright spotlight on all the Oreo cooking chomping sell...

Luv Ya Bum! 1929-2013

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Another one of our iconic personalities in H-town passed away yesterday at age 90 in the person of beloved iconic Houston Oilers football co...

Help MAJOR! Win Again

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Thanks to those of you who helped MAJOR! in its Kickstarter campaign raise over $27,000 to get the movie funded.   Now Annalise and Storm...

Still Miss Y'all, Louisville!

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Ever since I accompanied by Polar back in May 2010 drove the moving van onto that I-65 south entrance ramp to eventually end up 1000 miles ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Countdown To BTAC 2014 Has Begun!

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It's official people, the countdown to the BTAC 2014 event April 29-May 4 in Dallas has officially begun. It's going to be bigge...

Shut Up Fool Awards-The Government Shut Down Is Over Edition

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After three weeks, the conservafools realized that the POTUS wasn't playing when he said he wasn't going to negotiate with them an...

Federal Reserve Bank Of Dallas Refuses To Add Trans Protections

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Over the last several years we have had governmental entities and colleges and universities all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area add sexual o...
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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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