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Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Speech For Britney And Crystal Memorial Vigil

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Here's the text of the speech I'm delivering at tonight's memorial candlelight vigil for Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson Giv...

Charlotte Trans College Student Harassed, Detained For Using The Bathroom

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While I was busy focusing on a developing situation on the WSSU campus in Winston-Salem, just down the road in Charlotte more TBLG injustic...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Thanks To My Cis Sistas

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I'm rapidly approaching the April 4 day that I started the public phase of my transition 20 years ago.  It was an exciting but anxiety...

Houston Britney and Crystal Candelight Vigil Tomorrow

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For those of you in the Houston area and can do so, hope you're planning on joining me in the chapel of the AD Bruce Religion Center o...

Mr. WSSU Election Wednesday

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There's another election that has gotten my attention besides the mayoral one in Washington DC that is happening today.   It's the...

30th Anniversary Of Marvin Gaye's Death

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Now that I've gotten my April Fool's prank post out of the way, back to giving you readers what y'all surf over here for.  Thi...

Moni's Going On CNN

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TransGriot readers, just wanted to let y'all know I'm going to be traveling to the ATL soon to talk about trans issues in the Africa...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Jane's Letter Concerning The Attacks On Aaron

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TransGriot Note:  Jane Vaughan is a former Winston-Salem State University student and past president of the WSSU Gay-Straight Student Alli...

Geena Rocero's Trans TED Talk

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Geena Rocero is a name you're going to be hearing a lot of soon.  I had a long conversation with her Friday, and our transpinay sister i...

Happy International Transgender Day Of Visibility 2014!

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For most of you on the eastern side of the International Date Line, it's Monday, March 31.   But today is also the International Transge...

SGL Hatin' Going On At Winston-Salem State U

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Got a call early Saturday morning from Chevara Orrin and Jane Vaughan alerting me to a developing situation at North Carolina HBCU Winston-S...
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

5.5 Million Hits!

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Another day, another milestone here at TransGriot. Thanks to you loyal readers, I passed the 5.5 million hit milestone at 11:53 PM CDT tod...

The 2014 Trans 100: Initial Thoughts

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I spent an enjoyable few hours watching the livestream feed of this year's second annual Trans 100 reveal show once again from a sold ou...

The 2014 Trans 100 Revealed Tonight

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At the Mayne Stage tonight in Chicago the second annual Trans 100 event hosted by Angelica Ross will take place starting at 7 PM CDT.   T...

Tona Plays Amazing Grace

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Just a reminder of how awesome Tona Brown is and how such awesomeness needs to be on the stage of Carnegie Hall .  This video is from the ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

In The 2014 BTAC Homestretch

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I'm planning on being on the other end of I-45 April 29-May for the the third annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference which is shaping...

Kat Blacque Talks About' RuPaul's Drag Race'

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I've had my say about the jacked up RuPaul show .   And now for your TransGriot pleasure video blogger Kat Blacque comments about that...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Happy Janet Mock Day!

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As y'all are aware of, Janet's tour across the country in support of Redefining Realness continues, and tonight she is in San Fra...

Moni Goes To Legacy

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Spent a couple of hours this afternoon in the gayborhood at the invitation of Antonio Aguires speaking to a group of employees at Legacy M...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Sweet Sixteen Edition

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The men's and women's NCAA tournaments enter the Sweet Sixteen round this weekend as they whittle it down to the Elite Eight and 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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