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Monday, June 16, 2014

HERO: Next Steps Meeting Tonight

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As I've been reminding everyone, passing the #HERO was the easiest part of the process.   Now we have to defend it from our misguided ...

Trans Latinas Representing In Chicago

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While much of Trans World was focused on the just concluded Philadelphia Trans Health Conference in Philly, some of our trans Latina siste...

RIP Zoraida Reyes

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"Life is too short. We have to enjoy life however we want. We can love whoever we like. We were born to help others. We all are e...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Malala's Father Speaks

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It's Father's Day, and this is an interesting TED talk given by  Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of international human rights activi...

Heading Back To H-town From PTHC 2014

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The 2014 Philly Trans Health Conference is one for the history books, and Sammi Jo probably has her phone off and is resting after the succe...
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PTHC 2014 Diary-Day Three Recap

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It's the last day of the 2014 Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and my body told me it was time to get more sleep than I have been ...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Flag Day 2014

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We are also aware through a perusal of history that any marginalized group fighting for their human rights is usually demonized at some poi...

PTHC 2014-Day 3 Preview

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The final day of the Philly Trans Health Conference is another one jam packed full of seminars .  As to which ones I'll attend today...

PTHC 2014 Diary-Day Two Recap

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It's the middle day of the 2014 Philadelphia Trans Health Conference.  After a nap I arose at 4 AM to do some writing, get breakfast whe...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards- In The PTHC 2014 House Edition

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As y'all already know I'm in Philadelphia for the 13th annual edition of the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference at the Pennsylvani...

PTHC 2014-Day 2 Preview

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It's Day 2 of the Philly Trans Health Conference, and in addition to more exciting seminars , we have another keynote speech today bei...

PTHC 2014 Diary-Busy First Day

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The first day of the 2014 edition of the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference dawned overcast and cool,  but it didn't dampen my excitem...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

PTHC 2014-Day 1 Preview

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It's the first day of the 13th annual Philadelphia Trans Health Conference.   It's my first ever one, and I'm excited and feelin...

PTHC 2014 Diary-Oh, The People You Will Meet

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One of the wonderful things about events like the Philly Trans Health Conference is that for one of the few times in our lives, trans people...

2014 FIFA World Cup Starts Today

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I'll have to set aside some time to do so while I'm in Philly, but the 2014 FIFA World Cup finally starts group stage play later t...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

I've Finally Arrived In Philly!

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After traveling through the ATL to get here from Houston and ducking a few storm clouds on both flights, the Air Marshal has finally made i...

Canadian Senate Stonewalling Trans Rights Bill Passage

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My Canadian trans cousins were justifiably celebrating along with the rest of the world when on its fourth attempt, C-279, the Trans Rights ...

Leaving On A Jet Plane- Back To Philly Again

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It's been 14 months since I last took a flight which had Philadelphia as its final destination, but once again I'm piling up the fre...

SBC Officially Hates The Trans Community

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Count the Southern Baptists along with the Roman Catholic Church as a religious denomination that officially has an anti-transgender policy...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Down Goes Cantor! Down Goes Cantor!

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As you longtime TransGriot readers know I can't stand conservafools, and never liked Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) the House Majority Leader...
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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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