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Friday, November 08, 2013

Transgender Awareness Week Is EVERY Week On TransGriot

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Because there are folks in the trans community who believe the Transgender Dy of Remembrance memorial ceremonies are in their words 't...

Moni's Thoughts About The Trans Inclusive ENDA Passing The Senate

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The renaissance of the trans human rights movement in the late 80s early 90's led to our first lobbying foray into Washington DC in 199...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions Week 10

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This is now officially the worst year I've ever had in NFL punditry.    I had another lousy week in this wild and crazy NFL season in w...

Trans Inclusive ENDA Faces Key Senate Votes Today

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According to my sources on Capitol Hill and the Senate Democrats page , the moves will be made today for final passage of S. 815, the trans ...

Dynamo Shock Red Bulls, Move To MLS Eastern Conference Finals

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When this series started, many pundits didn't give the Houston Dynamo a chance to advance past the Supporters Shield winning and top see...

Post Number 1000 in 2013!

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Considering I had an unplanned writing break when Computer Prime had to go to the shop for repairs, the fact I hit 1000 posts this year with...
Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Cleveland LGBT Group Delivers Letter To Plain Dealer

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Many of you TransGriot readers remember how I blasted the unacceptably disrespectful coverage of the Cleveland Plain Dealer aimed at our fa...

It's A Threepeat For Mayor Parker!

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For you folks who are coming down to Houston for Creating Change and wondering if Annise will still be in the mayor's chair when you arr...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Naw Don Lemon, I'd Rather Not Be Harassed By The Po-Po's Period

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Don Lemon must either love getting called out by Black Twitter for the problematic crap he says, is  angling for a contract on Fox Noise wh...

Trans Pageant Diva Wanted For Silicone Pumping

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Armani Nicole Davenport is a two decade decorated veteran of the trans pageant circuits in Texas, Louisiana and Georgia.  She has won a lo...

It's Election Day 2013-Handle Your Electoral Business

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It's Election Day in many parts of the country including the Houston area. Unfortunately I won't be able to participate in today&#...

Paris Lees Tops Britain's 2013 Pink List!

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If it seems like to the rest of the world 2013 has been British trans journalist, advocate and media presenter Paris Lees' breakout ye...
Monday, November 04, 2013

ENDA Passes Key Senate Cloture Vote

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By a 61-30 margin, the US Senate passed a procedural cloture vote on the trans inclusive Employment and Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) that...

Dynamo Come Back For 2-2 Playoff Game Draw Vs Red Bulls

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After sending the Montreal Impact packing on Halloween night, the Houston Dynamo had a bigger challenge to overcome in their quest to three...

MAJOR! Wins IndieWire's October Project Of The Month!

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You helped it reach its $25,000 fundraising goal and exceed it.   You helped it win IndieWire's Project of the Week to put it in the r...

US Senate Vote On Trans Inclusive ENDA Happening Later Tonight

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For the first time since November 2007, a vote is scheduled to be taken on The Employment and Non Discrimination Act  (ENDA) later this even...

2013 Texans Watch-Arrgh, Another Loss

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The Texans were on NBC's Sunday Night Football in a pressure packed Battle Red Night matchup against their AFC South rivals the Indiana...

Jeri Hughes Running For Gertrude Stein Club Presidency

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I've mentioned a few times in my posts about my trips to Washington DC longtime trans activist Jeri Hughes.  When I'm inside I-495 a...
Sunday, November 03, 2013

Sally Jessy Raphael 90's Trans Show

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During the 90's you could count on during sweeps weeks to see the highly competitive talk show broadcast environment at the time doing s...

Persian Gulf States Seek To Bar Trans Workers

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Remember the post I wrote in July asking where in the world I could travel on a US passport ?    Scratch the Persian Gulf States from that...
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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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