TransGriot

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

Monday, July 21, 2014

NBJC Emancipation Campaign

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You know that I have been down with the mission of the National Black Justice Coalition throughout the life of this blog and have much love ...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

HERO Show On HMS-TV

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As many of you readers may be aware of, I was invited to participate in a televised discussion concerning the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance...

45th Anniversary Of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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After blasting off from Pad 39A in Florida and a three day journey to enter lunar orbit, the world is waiting as astronauts Neil Armstron...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Belgium Has A Transgender Parliamentarian!

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University of Ghent professor Petra De Sutter has become the second serving trans parlimentarian in Europe after recent elections in her na...

WMATA Will Finally Open Silver Line July 26

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When I was up in DC for the LGBT Innovation Summit and took the Metrorail train to Capitol Hill, one of the things I noted was the direction...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Houston LGBT Community Needs To Be BETTER Black Community Allies

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''Failure to engage my community means failure to win at the ballot box.'  -TransGriot., March 23, 2009  Black People More Homo...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Stupidity Is Too Damn High Edition

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It's Friday, and you know what that means TransGriot readers.  Time to call out this week's fool, fools or group of fools for this...

Je-Shawna's Last NBJC Day

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When I attended the 2011 OUT on the Hill, one of the many awesome people I got to meet besides half of my fave DC power couple in Aisha Mood...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Damn! Damn! Damn!

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That famous Good Times scene in which the late Esther Rolle while playing the iconic Florida Evans, lets loose her anger, frustration an...

HMS-TV Talks About The HERO Tonight

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For you peeps wanting more info about the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and everything surrounding our nearly two month old law, I'l...

Tracey Update

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A few months ago I wrote about Tracey Wilson, the trans kid in Vancouver whose parents filed a human rights complaint with the BC Human Rig...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Another Transwoman Killed In Baltimore

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Received the sad news today another transwoman was killed in Baltimore The body of 26 year old Mia Henderson was found in an northwes...

Mom Gives Moving Speech About Her Trans Child

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As I've pointed out more than a few times, trans children not only exist, but for those who are fortunate enough to be in the homes of...

45th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Launch

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On July 16, 1969 my space junkie self was up on a warm summer Houston morning like everyone else in the country and the world nervously a...

Archie Dies

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One of my childhood pleasures which probably surprised some of my readers, was announcing my love for Archie comics.  My dormant interest...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes And News-July 15

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It's time for another HERO news update since the last one I penned was back on July 4 .  One thing I and everyone inside Beltway 8 ar...

TPOCC, BTMI and BTWI Handling Their Capitol Hill Business

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The Trans Persons of Color Coalition (TPOCC) , Black Transmen Inc (BTMI) and Black Transwomen Inc (BTWI) are part of the coalition of groups...

The 2014 Honor 41 List Honorees Are...

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The Honor 41 list founded by Alberto B. Mendoza celebrates  LGBTQ Latin@ role models, and last year we were excited to learn that the inaugu...

Countdown To FIFA Women's World Cup 2015

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If you thought that the World Cup wasn't going to happen until 2018 in Russia, think again.   There will be FIFA World Cup action happ...
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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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