TransGriot

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

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Transgender Faith and Action Network Conference Starts Friday

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Unfortunately won't be there in Charlotte for this year's event after keynoting what was then known as the TransFaith in Color Conf...

Paula Sophia Falls Short In Oklahoma Legislative Runoff

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All 12 precincts have reported in the Oklahoma House District 88 runoff race between Paula Sophia and Jason Dunnington and the winner and n...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Educating Us About Us Forum

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One of the things the fight to pass the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance exposed is just how much education needs to be done about the various...

Laverne's On The Cover Of ESSENCE

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To understand the significance of this ESSENCE magazine cover, I have to take you back to the late 80's Tracy Africa Norman was in the...

2014 Williams Watch-US Open Party Getting Started

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The last Grand Slam of the 2014 tennis season cranked up in New York yesterday, and the question the tennis world is asking is will Serena...

Will Oklahoma Electoral History Be Made Today?

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In a few hours when the polls open in Oklahoma, Paula Sophia gets an opportunity to make some modern transgender history. She is in a runo...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Michael Brown Funeral Eulogy

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Michael Brown, whose cause of death in Ferguson, NO was assassination by po-po, was buried today. The funeral at Friendly Temple Missionar...

Sarah McBride Becomes A Bride

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You long time TransGriot readers know I have much love for Sarah McBride, the Delaware girl like us who I met during the National Black ...

Have A Wonderful 2014-15 School Year

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The 2014-15 school year gets started today in HISD, many of the surrounding suburban school districts and our local colleges and universitie...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

2014 US Little League World Series Champions!

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The Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers from Chicago have been making history ever since their arrival in Williamsport for the 2014 edition...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

The Conservafool Racism False Equivalency

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Most of the time I love reading the iconic cartoon Peanuts and seeing the antics of Charlie Brown and friends.  But I'm not l...
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Houston Dash End Tough Inaugural Season

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We Houston women's soccer fans were thrilled to discover a few months ago that we'd been able thanks to the Houston Dynamo to get an...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Aww Mo'Ne's Gone Edition

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Was hoping I get to see the remarkable story of Mo'Ne Davis continue to play out in this year';s edition of the Little League World ...

Read Your AP Stylebook, JIm Kiertzner And WXYZ-TV

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When I took a trip up to Boston recently for the National Association of Black Journalists convention to discuss the coverage of Black trans...

History Repeating Itself In Chitown?

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TransGriot Note: We African-American transwomen painfully remember that our sis CeCe McDonald spent 41 months in a Minnesota prison unjustly...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Rest In Power, Kenishia Hubbard 1964-2014

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Was stunned to hear that one of our transsisters, Left Coast advocates and my fellow Texan Kenishia Hubbard suddenly passed away at age 50...

Malcolm X-The Ballot Or The Bullet Speech

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This April 4, 1964 speech delivered by Malcolm X at Cleveland's Cory Methodist Church is ranked (number 7) as one of the 100 Greatest ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes And News- August 20

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Last night Team HERO took a moment to celebrate and recognize the team of folks who helped get the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance passed ba...

Smithsonian Adds Trans Items To Expanded LGBT History Collection

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Yesterday The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History added hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects to its col...

Domonique Newburn Case: One Year Later

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As Islan Nettles was lying in a New York hospital bed in a coma after the vicious transphobic attack on her, today was the day a year ago ...
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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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