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

Monday, December 02, 2013

Upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Draw Friday

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203 of FIFA's 208 member nations started playing matches on June 15, 2011 in order to earn one of the 32 spots in the 2014 World Cup tou...

Black Men, You're A Misogynistic Punk If You Hit Any Black Woman, Cis Or Trans

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One of the things we definitely have to work on in the rapidly approaching New Year is eradicating this misogynistic attitude amongst youn...

Celebrating Transgender Day Of Remembrance In Malaysia?

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Trans advocate Yuki Choe was the main speaker for the inaugural Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial event organized in Malaysia in 2...

Happy Milestone Birthday Bree!

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My birthday is tomorrow not excited but grateful to see another year....My Lord is awesome...... --Bree Wallace, December 1, 2013 If the was...
Sunday, December 01, 2013

According To The GOP, Racism Is Over

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And Rosa Parks ended it 58 years ago today when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, AL...

Introducing Trans* Athlete

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After I compiled the post about why I write about sports as a trans person on a transcentric blog, I discovered while surfing the Web the f...

World AIDS Day 2013

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Today is the 25th annual observance of World AIDS Day.   It started back in 1988 as the first ever global health day that serves several p...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Hawaiian Trans Teen Missing

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I'll slam the KITV-TV peeps about the misgendering in their report later, but first tings first, lets find the child.  Every second past...

Lolo's One Step Closer To Going To Sochi

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I love Lolo Jones and still feel for her when I see that video of her hitting that second to last hurdle on her way to what looked like a l...

Bonnie N. Davenport DC's First Trans Cop

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This post is probably going to come as a surprise to some people who have seen the long history of transphobic shenanigans emanating from DC...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Shut Up Fool Awards-Carving Up Jive Turkeys Edition

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(Burp) I'm still full from my Thanksgiving grub out yesterday and still have a few days worth of food in the fridge I brought home f...

I Repeat, Can Y'all Stop Hatin' On Transwomen During This 2013 Holiday Season?

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I wrote a post back in 2009 rhetorically asking if the world could (or would) stop hatin' on transwomen during that holiday season and t...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

What I'm Thankful For In 2013

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At this moment I'm chilling at my mom's house and probably have a turkey wing (left side) stuck in my mouth along with the other f...

Road To Creating Change 2014 Houston Diary- Emotional Rollercoaster

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As you TransGriot readers know I'm co-chair of the Racial Diversity Committee, one of the subcommittees that's part of the organiz...

Happy Turkey Day 2013

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Today is Thanksgiving Day, which we give thanks for all the blessings that we have received this year and spend time with family and loved o...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Democrat's Guide To Politically Handling Your GOP Uncle

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I've been fortunate to grow up in a yellow dog Democratic family so I never had this problem.  For me when the talk comes to politics at...

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions Week 13

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It's Thanksgiving weekend, and in addition to all your fave holiday foods on the menu is also a nice serving of NFL football.   Putting ...

Texas Is Not Just For Conservative White People

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They'll say that little old Leticia Rosa San Miguel Van de Putte from the barrio will never become Lieutenant Governor. And they'll...

Diamond Stylz-I Am Diamond Stylz

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You've seen me post many of Diamond's videos on my blog about various subjects because my Houston homegirl has the same gravitas in ...

Armani Nicole Davenport Turns Herself In

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I wrote earlier this month about Armani Nicole Davenport, our Dallas area pageant sister who was wanted by the New Orleans Police for an Oct...
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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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