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

Friday, December 13, 2013

Houston Public Library Hosts “SpeakOUT!”, A Free Spoken Word Poetry Event Tomorrow

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Houston Public Library (HPL) invites the community to its 'SpeakOUT' event, focusing on the unique experiences within the LGBT ...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Last Friday The 13th Of The Year Edition

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It's Friday The 13th, and no Jason Voorhees or his counterparts aren't going to make your day a living hell at your local multiplex ...

Houston Has A New Women's Pro Soccer Team!

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Another team joins our lineup of professional sports franchises in the Houston area and will start play in April.   Even cooler is the fac...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Looks Like SNL Was Paying Attention To The Criticism

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One of the major reasons I stopped watching NBC's Saturday Night Live long ago (except for the recent show in which Kerry Washington ...

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions Week 15

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As far as my fave NFL squad goes, the only thing they are in the running for is the number one draft pick and after this Jacksonville loss,...

65th Anniversary Of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all pe...

Squash Trans Hate For The 2013 Holidays!

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas People! Remember last month when I posted about the Change.org petition to get the TERF flavored Gender ...

Taiwan To Allow Legal Gender Change Without Medical Or Surgical Intervention

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After three hours of heated debate on December 9, Gay Star News is reporting that the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare has decided to...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Shreveport Passes TBLG Rights Ordinance!

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For the longest time the city of New Orleans was the lone municipality in the state of Louisiana that protected their TBLG citizens from dis...

Ashley Sinclair's Alleged Killer Arrested

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The New Year will hopefully see justice for Ashley Sinclair.   News out of Orlando, FL is that after an eight month investigation, someone...

British Transwoman Barred From Playing Women's Soccer By FA

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Jazz spent two years fighting the US Soccer Federation for a policy that would allow her and other trans kids to play soccer in this country...

METRO's Early Christmas Present To H-Town Opening December 21

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Since late October, METRO has been doing final testing runs on the METRORail North Line extension in preparation for opening the 5.3 mile li...

Cleveland TBLG Community Rally On Sunday

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Been advised by Zoe Lapin that a community rally to discuss the trans murders of Brittany Kidd-Stergis and Betty Skinner, the latest outbrea...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Tracey Fighting To Be Herself

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Where are the trans teen kids who share my ethnic background?  It's a question I've been asking and frankly so have my readers for a...

HISD Considering Policy Banning Offensive School Mascot Names

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Mirabeau B. Lamar High School opened in 1937 and is  named for the second president of the Republic of Texas. It has a long distinguished ...

President Obama's Remarks At Mandela Memorial

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To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and prese...

What The Hell You Mean Trans Women Are 'Less Valuable'?

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When I heard about New York attorney John Scarpa actually parting his lips to say that harsh sentences for killing transwomen should be rese...
Monday, December 09, 2013

We're Still Watching You, Smith College

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Smith's dean of admissions, Debra Shaver, announced a committee would form to address the needs of prospective trans students at Smith...
Sunday, December 08, 2013

Rice Wins 2013 C-USA Football Title!

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Some of my local TransGriot readers are Rice University students, and despite the fact as a Cougar alum they are one of our big rivals and w...

Pope Francis-Liberal?

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I'm not a Catholic, but as a Christian in the Baptist tradition and a student of history I acknowledge the large role and influence the ...
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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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