TransGriot

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

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Help Jaila's EP Become A Reality

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You may remember me talking about Jaila Simms, who was on the reality TV show Making Diddy's Band back in 2009. So what's Jail...

What Does 'Tell It Like It T-I-S Is' Mean?

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For those of you who read my blog regularly. you'll note that I have the phrase 'tell it like it T-I-S is' incorporated in man...

Composite Sketch Of Suspect In Houston SGL Couple Murder

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As many of you here in the Houston area and beyond are aware of, two African-American SGL women were found dead near a Port Bolivar conv...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Conservatism An Intellectual Movement? Since When?

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James Baldwin once said that "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can ha...

Congratulations Omar!

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The Lone Star State as you know has some fantastic activists living in its 268,561 sq. miles of territory and in the 16 years I've been ...

It's New York Times Bestselling Author Janet Mock's Birthday!

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Time for a TransGriot shoutout to my  little sis in Janet Mock, and as you can tell by the title a lot has changed since I gave my sis her l...
Sunday, March 09, 2014

Annie Is Black, And The Pointed White Hoods Come Out

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A remake of Annie is about to hit your local multiplexes that when it was in the discussion stages, Willow Smith was rumored to be in...
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I've Applied For The Amtrak Writers Residency

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One of my nicknames that longtime trans activists call me is the 'Air Marshal'.   I got that nickname to not only differentiate me f...

Did You Spring Forward In 2014?

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We are now as of 2 AM on Daylight Savings Time until November 2.  So if you neglected to move those clocks up one hour, that's why you&#...

Kentucky HB 171 Hearing Testimony

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It was one of the things I was working on before I left Kentucky, and I was pleased to hear that the statewide Fairness Bill, HB 171 finally...
Saturday, March 08, 2014

Let's Go 2014 Houston Dynamo!

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One of the interesting things about Major League Soccer is that like baseball, it has a long season and a very short offseason.  It was ju...

Told Y'all Conservafools Don't Care About Non-White Americans

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Every time I start riffing on this blog about the many ways that conservatism only benefits wealthy white people and I call it and the Repub...
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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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