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

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

What Transwomen Do In The Bathroom

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- There have been a lot of lies told by our HERO opponents over the last few months concerning what trans women do in the restrooms besi...

Stephanie And Ukea: Plus 12

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Twelve years ago on this date at the same 50th and C Street corner in Southeast DC where Tyra Hunter's death by medical transphobia ha...

HRC Deja Vu At SCC 2014?

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When I was on a New York vacation in May 2000, I had a chat with a wise trans Latina that lasted so long, I ended up spending the night at h...
Monday, August 11, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes And News-August 11

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It's been a week since the haters faith based oppressors failed to gather enough signatures to place the HERO on the ballot for recal...

Bye, Stacey!

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I've said the most dangerous bigot is one that has the power to write legislation, and Tennessee Teapublican state senator Stacey Campfi...

Still Musing About Marcus Major

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Back in July 2011 I wrote a post asking the question what happened to author Marcus Major ?  After writing the short story Kenya and Amir ...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Anti-Trans Violence In NYC Subway

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One of the things I'm beyond being sick and tired of being sick and tired of is the anti-trans hate being directed at Black transwomen i...

NBJC Calls Out Transphobic Michigan Womyn's Music Festival

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The Michigan Transphobic Womyn's Music Festival started on August 5 and is in its final day in Hart,. MI.  While I prefer my concerts in...

Tiq Discusses Trans Detainee On MSNBC

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Got to spend some quality time with him last week during an NABJ panel, but always good to see my trans brother Tiq Milan handling his bus...
Saturday, August 09, 2014

40th Anniversary Of Nixon's Presidential Resignation

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The Watergate saga came to an end when embattled President Richard Nixon, who was about to become the first president to be impeached and ...

TTNS Texas State-Day 2

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It's Day 2 of the Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit in San Marcos, TX. We pick up where we left off with more seminars and ou...
Friday, August 08, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Moni's At Texas State Edition

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Another Friday afternoon, another event.  At this moment I'm at the LBJ Student Center on the Texas State University campus having lunch...

TTNS Texas State-Day 1

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We're about to start a historic day in the life of the Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit! .   For the first time ever the TTN...
Thursday, August 07, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes and News-August 7

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The big HERO news is still the failure of the haters to collect enough signatures to get it on the ballot this fall.  But as we expected, th...

The TTNS Road To San Marcos

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Another weekend, another Moni roadtrip.  And yes TransGriot readers, at this time last week I was in Boston.  This time I'm traveling ...

Tyra Hunter: Plus 19

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We must never forget what happened to Tyra on this day. We must also diligently work to ensure that what she suffered at the hands of e...
Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Blowing Up The Anti-Trans Talking Points

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Since our right wing oppressors, TERF's and clueless writers like Michelle Goldberg are deploying anti-transgender talking points in the...

Rice University Makes Princeton Review List of LGBT Friendly Colleges

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As a proud UH Cougar, hating Rice University when we play them in any sport is Job One.  But there's no shade involved when it comes to ...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes and News-August 5

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The big story yesterday was the failure of the HERO haters to get the 17,269 signatures they needed to force the Houston Equal Right Ordina...

HERO Repeal Petition Is Invalid!

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While getting dressed to head downtown to the Communications Workers of America Union Hall where the Forward Times HERO town hall was going...
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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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