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

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Houston Freeze Part 2

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Me and the Creating Change Houston Host committee were breathing a sigh of relief during our Volunteer Training Day Sunday when last Thurs...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Houston LGBT Radio Icon Jimmy Carper Passes Away

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I posted last year about March 10 being declared by Mayor Annise Parker as Jimmy Carper Day.   Jimmy is a radio legend and one of the belo...
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Creating Change 2014-Volunteer Training Day

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Officially Creating Change 2014 isn't starting until January 29, but yesterday was the first day of Creating Change Houston action for...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Janet Mock On CNN Tomorrow

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Our trans TV appearances runneth over lately.  It was Tiq and Christina today , and will be Janet Mock tomorrow on CNN.  She'll be on ...

Tiq and Christina's CNN Appearance

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I mentioned that GLAAD"s Tiq Milan and ESPN sportswriter and GLAAD board member Christina Kahrl appeared on the CNN show Reliable S...

Creating Change 2014 Begins...

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Well, for me, the Houston Host Committee and the volunteers it begins today.     Starting at 12 noon CST, the members of the Houston Hos...

Tiq Milan On Today's CNN"s 'Reliable Sources'

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So yeah media peeps, how about trying harder in the 2K14 to broaden the transmasculine discussion to include transmen of color?  --TransGri...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Hey John, The SA Coke App Likes These "T' Words

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AmericaBlog is one of the gay oriented sites I avoid like I do Vidor, TX on any drive I make on I-10 east because of the transphobia that ...

MHP Breaks It Down To John Cornyn Why The VRA Is Needed

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Many of you probably noted I gave Sen. John Cornyn  (R-TX) an honorable mention for last week's Shut Up Fool Award.   He is against th...

Do I Have People I Admire In This Community? I Sure Do

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Much of the time I'm in the position of having someone come up to me and tell me how much they admire me, how long they've been a ...

Christina Kahrl On CNN's 'Reliable Sources'

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Haven't been watching much CNN lately because I'm still pissed off about the far too conservative butt kissing lean they have taken ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Countdown To Creating Change 2014 Edition

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Been piling up my beauty sleep this week because this time next Friday I will be knee-deep in doing my part to welcome the estimated 4000 pe...

Moni's Hanging With The UHD Gators

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The Gators at the University of Houston Downtown, that is. On this overcast, cold and wet Thursday afternoon I headed over to the UHD ca...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

White America Is Still Hatin' On Black Athletes

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I watched the NFC Championship game on Sunday between the Seahawks and 49ers and saw the post game interview Erin Andrews conducted with him...

Portuguese Anti-Racism Video

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It was interesting to see this video..  During the time I worked in the airline industry (and I still miss it) I heard an urban airline le...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Can We Talk For Real Talks CC14

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With seven days to go until Creating Change 2014 kicks off in Houston, I and the entire Houston Host Committee are eager to roll out the r...

Chilean Trans Rights Bill Unanimously Advances

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The election of President-elect Michelle Bachelet is already paying dividends for the Chilean transgender community. Bachelet regained the...

Women Finally Get To Fly At Sochi

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From the ski jump hills that is. Since the 1998 Nagano Games female ski jumpers around the world have been petitioning the IOC and FIS, th...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Creating Change 2014-Program

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It's T minus eight days and counting until Creating Change Houston style happens, and as we get closer to January 29 the excitement is...

Naw Bryan, You're The One That Needs Prayer

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Bryan Fischer went off the deep end again and launched into another Two Minute Hate against trans people on his radio propaganda show. for t...
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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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