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

Saturday, December 28, 2013

METRORail Test Train Phase Beginning On East End Line

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METRO just opened the North Line extension to daily revenue service last weekend, and now comes word that the testing phase on the East End...

Serena Williams Is 2013 AP Female Athlete Of The Year

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Read it and weep haters!  Serena Williams was named the 2013 AP Female Athlete of the Year for the third time.  She'd previously won tha...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Christian Has Been Found!

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Some good news to report on the missing transteen front concerning Christan Kukahiko , the 15 year old teen who was last seen November 9 at...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Last Fool For 2013 Edition

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This is the last week and last Friday for 2013, which means that this Shut Up Fool Award will be the last one I select for 2013 And I'...

Moni's Headed To The 2014 LGBT Media Journalists Convening!

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One of the first trips I'll make in the New Year will be back to Washington DC, but it won't be to lobby.  I'll be headed insi...

1993 Oilers Getting More Interesting By The Day

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Well well, looks like the In Living Color 'Men on Football' Super Bowl skit joke about the Oilers wasn't too far off base. Th...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Racist TMZ Poll Wants You To Decide Whether To Call Us African-Americans Or N**gas

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I guess TMZ thought because of the holidays no one would be paying attention to that racist poll they have on their site, but they guessed w...

2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions- Week 17

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It took me 16 weeks of this 2013 NFL season to finally take top honors for a prognostication week and that in a nutshell is why I've bee...

Jenna Talackova Gets Canadian ELLE Shoot

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In case you're wondering what Jenna Talackova is up to these days after successfully fighting to open up the Miss Universe pageant sys...

Unmasking The Religious Right War In America

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It's said that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.   That's especially true if you are a persecuted or hated minority group u...

BTAC 2014 Registration And Call For Proposals

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The 2014 Black Trans Advocacy Conference in Dallas from April 29-May 4 at the Hilton DoubleTree Campbell Center is rapidly approaching.   ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Aisha And Danielle on MHP

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Merry Christmas People! Just had to post the pics courtesy of my fave power couple from Sunday's appearance on the Melissa Harris-P...

Hey Megyn, My Santa Is Black...

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And so are the Christmas themed movies I watch, the Christmas themed romance novels I read, and the Christmas music I have listened to sin...

Yo Hallmark Channel, Next Year Can We Get More Diversity In Your Christmas Movies?

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Yes, Black people fall in love, get married, buy  romance novels, and like watching romance movies, too.   It would be nice to see oursel...

Merry Christmas 2013

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Merry Christmas to all my TransGriot readers on the eastern side of the International Date Line!   Once again I get to thank you for all the...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

NY Islan Nettles Case Meeting

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TransGriot Note:  From the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) On December 20 trans community leaders Laverne Cox and Brooke Cerda Guz...

2013 International Trans Year In Review

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Just like 2012 , the year 2013 on the international front was a good news, bad news one for the international trans community.  Let'...

Diamond Stylz-Let's Talk To My Mommy

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Since I'm spending time with my family today, thought you peeps needed to see the video Diamond Stylz posted which was an interview sh...

Merry Christmas* 2013

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It's Christmas Eve on my side of the International Date line, but for all of you on the western side of it, it's Christmas Day!  M...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Fallon's Upcoming GQ Article

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For those of you interested in all the latest news concerning our fave WMMA fighter, Fallon Fox will have an article appearing about her in ...
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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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