TransGriot

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

Friday, May 23, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards- Memorial Day Weekend 2014 Edition

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It's Friday, and once again we move toward the last Monday in May and Memorial Day weekend.  It's the day we remember the people w...

HERO Haters Threaten Recall Elections

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The fun continues during the coming Memorial Day weekend over the HERO, and the faith-based haters have now resorted to threats and intimida...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Transphobic Rochester DJ's Fired

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Media peeps, if you didn't get the message from Katie Couric's, Piers Morgan's, Wendy Williams' and RuPaul's recent publ...

HERO Updates, Notes and News -May 22

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It's Thursday and we're creeping closer to the May 28 session that will hopefully result in a historic human rights win.  I'm en...

Tona's Carnegie Hall Concert Tickets Go On Sale Today!

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Well, the historic day gets one step closer to reality with tickets going on sale for Tona's historic event at New York's famed Car...

Tyra Banks To Produce VH1 Trans Cable Series

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This ought to be interesting..   Tyra Banks is set to executive produce a docuseries starring Carmen Carrera     According to Hollywood R...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Geena Goes Home

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Geena Rocero is on a trip back home to the Philippines in which she is doing media appearances and interviews, speaking to local transpinay ...

HERO Updates, Notes and News-May 21

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In our latest edition of HERO updates, notes and news we discovered that the Riggles weren't the only ones sowing transphobic hate speec...

Time For Some Truth In This Houston Trans Narrative

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One of the things that has pissed me and the Houston trans community off in this battle to pass the HERO is the opponents nonstop reliance o...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes and News-May 20

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Due to repeated requests from my readers locally and around the country hungry for information about our historic human rights fight, I'...

Where Will You Be On The 28th?

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'A man who will not labor to gain his right is a man who would not, if he had them, prize and defend them' --Frederick Douglass Th...

Don't Vote For Kesha Rogers In This Runoff Election Either

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Early voting started yesterday for the primary runoff elections in Texas yesterday.   While most of the media will be focused on GOP side ...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Matt Kailey 1955-2014

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Was stunned to hear the news that one of my fellow bloggers and trans human rights activists in Matt Kailey passed away Saturday night-early...

HERO Update, Notes and News

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As many of you following our quest to pass the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance are aware of, City Council voted on Wednesday to delay the vot...

Timmy's Turns 50

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I have many Canadian readers of this blog, and could let this anniversary pass without mentioning it. If you have traveled to Canada, you ...

Enforcing The Gender Binary Is Killing Our Kids, Too

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In 2010 when I wrote this post about the murder of 3 year old Ronnie Paris by his father because he in his words 'didn't want his s...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Mayor Parker Is Helping Us Out, Not Selling Us Out

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I need to address a loud and wrong conclusion jump that has been coming from certain quarters of the trans community over the last few days ...

Houston Black Pastors, Sick Of You Denying Our Humanity

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One of the things that has really been disheartening to me and other African-American trans Houstonians in this fight to pass the HERO is se...

Tona's Historic Concert

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This is the Weill Recital Hall at New York City's  Carnegie Hall, where on June 25 Tona Brown will make trans history when she steps ont...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Houston MLK Plaza And Statue Unveiling Next Week

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This time next week there will be a party going on at MacGregor Park. The memorial plaza and statue of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
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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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