TransGriot

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

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Trans Flight Attendant Elected To Presidency Of Her Union Local

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When I was in the airline business, there were rumors that we had four trans flight attendants working for our carrier at the time I was bec...

I Like Sports And I Need To Write About Sports

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When I'm out and about in our community and the subject turns to what I write about on TransGriot, I have people tell me that they love ...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Trans Younglings, Imagine Growing Old, Not Dying Young

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Was perusing my Facebook wall and noticed a post from a young African-American trans person in which she expressed her joy about turning 24 ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Two Texas TDOR's In 24 Hours

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I'm usually pretty busy when November 20th approaches and it's time for the Transgender Day Of Remembrance memorial events to take p...

Zoe's 2013 Cleveland TDOR Speech

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Cleveland's TDOR memorial ceremony had the added sorrow of remembering one of their own this year in the person of Cemia 'CeCe' ...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Run Leticia Run!

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If I had an inkling at the time I booked my trip to San Antonio for their TDOR I could have stayed through the weekend and this next histori...

Petition For SPLC To Monitor Gender Identity Watch As A Hate Group

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One of the reasons that trans people have faced so much negativity in society is because the TERF's (trans exterminationalist radical fe...
Friday, November 22, 2013

TDOR 2013 Message To My Houston Black Transpeeps

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Since the 2013 Transgender Day of Remembrance events are rapidly coming to an end, basically had to say a few things to my African-American...

November 22, 1963

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Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas.  Unlike my parents and others old enough to ...

Shut Up Fool Awards-It's TDOR 2013 Edition

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It's TDOR Week, and in the runup to the 15th Anniversary memorial events on November 20, I was honored to have had the opportunity to ta...

See Ya, San Antonio

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This was a quick in and out trip to the Alamo City for their TDOR, and I do thank them and my gracious host Lauryn Farris for the invite to ...

Presentation On Trans Latina Immigrants Today

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For you folks on the Left Coast looking for Trans Awareness Week stuff to attend or get your learn on about our community, there will be a...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Diamond Stylz's TDOR 2013 Message

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My Houston homegirl Diamond Stylz is my counterpart in the video blogging world, and peeps need to recognize that she's all that and fiv...

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions Week 12

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Well, I ended my two game losing streak, but the Texans streak has now reached eight games and tensions are high in their locker room as wit...

Moni's Getting On The Bus-To San Antonio

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Moni's doing another road trip, and this time I'm hitting I-10 west for the first time in a long time to San Antonio.  This will b...

Choose Life, Not Suicide!

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Iris Sahhara Henson is my across The Pond African Diaspora trans sister from Nigeria who left her homeland to move to London and live her li...

Happy Birthday Arianna!

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When I went to New York for the GLAAD POC Media Institute training last year, little did I realize I was going to depart from it not only be...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Equality House Gets A Makeover For TDOR

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The Equality House is a home across the street from the Westboro Baptist Hate Church in Topeka, KS that was purchased by and is run by th...

No Justice For Islan, For Now

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To remind everyone that sometimes we don't get justice when our haters kill us (which fuels the anti-trans violence because the perps be...
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Thinking About The Girls Like Us Who Didn't Get A TDOR Memorial

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I had a nice conversation with Gwendolyn Smith yesterday evening (yes, THE Gwen Smith who conceived the TDOR memorial ceremonies and the Rem...
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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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