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

Friday, June 06, 2014

Ryders Eyewear Transphobic Ad Fail

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Well, here we go with another company who is getting the message the hard way that transphobia not only doesn't sell products, the tra...

70th Anniversary Of D-Day Invasion

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June 6, 1944 was one of the pivotal moments not only of World War II but of world history.   70 years ago on this date on the shores of No...

Houston HERO Opponent Accused Of Sexual Harassment

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“I say to you, what if I came into the bathroom while you were sitting on the toilet? Wouldn’t you feel uncomfortable?” -Pastor Kendall B...
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Thursday, June 05, 2014

Houston Style Magazine Issues A Retraction To Problematic HERO Post

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I'd demand a retraction and apology, but I'd probably have better odds of seeing the Astros, Texans, Rockets, Dynamo and Dash all wi...

Faith Based Cognitive Dissonance

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Ran into that all last month from the faith-based HERO haters at 901 Bagby Street    But note to the Christians uber Alles crowd:  The HER...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Today's The 25th Anniversary Of A Massacre..

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The world will never forget .    It's the 25th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in which it is estimated that...

Houston Style Magazine, Stop Pimping The HERO Bathroom Lie

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One of the things that has really pissed me and Team HERO off about this battle to pass the now week old Houston Equal Rights Ordinance is h...

What's Up With Tona's Carnegie Hall Gofundme Campaign?

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Tona Brown's upcoming historic Carnegie Hall concert in New York is one that promises to be one interesting and magical night three w...

Director Thompson, How About A 'Transgender' Category For the 2020 Census?

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US Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson wrote a blogpost yesterday announcing that a Local Census Office was opening in Washington  DC...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Happy Second Anniversary Casa Ruby!

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Y'all know I have much love for my DC hermana Ruby Corado, the founding executive director of the Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center i...

Black America, Stop Hatin' On Black Transwomen

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I've been discussing this subject in various posts ever since TransGriot first started in 2006.  Sadly I'm still talking about it...

Another Tuesday, Another HERO Fight

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Today may be the first Tuesday in June, but what this day actually is turning out to be is the first battle of the fight to keep our just ...
Monday, June 02, 2014

Maryland Haters Fail In Trans Rights Law Repeal Effort

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As I keep reminding folks here in the wake of the passage of our HERO, passing the human rights law is the easy part.  Now we have to def...

Janet's Letter To Jane Doe

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Still pissed off to hear through my contacts in Connecticut that 16 year old Latina trans teen Jane Doe is still unjustly locked up in a...

Finally Going To PTHC!

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I was supposed to attend and take part in a panel discussion at the 2013 PTHC event .  Circumstances beyond my control kept it from happeni...

Andraya Williams Update

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'Appears as though the CPCC peeps seem to think that if they keep stonewalling instead of coming to grips with the fact they have seri...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

SNaP Coalition Statement On ATL MARTA Trans Hate Attack

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Solutions Not Punishment is a broad based coalition in the City of Atlanta with close to a hundred organizational and individual members. ...

I Repeat, If We Tell You It's A Slur Word, Don't Use It

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'Let me drive this point home once again.  You don't get to make the call as to what words are or aren't offensive to my commu...

Mia's Mad As Hell!

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There are a lot of us extremely pissed off in Trans World about our sisters Janell Crosby and Tyra Woods being attacked by cismales on an ...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Perps Busted In ATL MARTA Trans Hate Attack

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The two wastes of DNA who were caught on video attacking two African-American trans women on a MARTA train in Atlanta as people cheered and...
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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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