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Thursday, September 11, 2014

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Week 2

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"I want to get off to a good start and lay the foundation.  This week and the next four weeks of the 2014 NFL season will reveal which...

Janet And Laverne On 2014 The Root 100 List!

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Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler became the first ever transperson named to The Root 100 in 2013 .   So when this year's list of 100 achiev...

9/11 Terror Attacks 13th Anniversary

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Today is the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks that targeted the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon i...

What's Missing In This Greg Abbott Press Conference On Women's Health?

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Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott decided to have a press conference at St. Joseph's Women's Medical Center her...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Racist Georgia State Senator Wants To Keep Blacks From Voting

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I've said more than a few times that the most dangerous bigot is one that has the power to write legislation.  I have also called the Re...

Message To The Brothers

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TransGriot Note:  This deserves a signal boost. It was written by Julian Long in response to the renewed drama surrounding Ray Rice.   It ha...

2014 Williams Watch-18!

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While my fave tennis playing siblings went down in the US Open doubles quarterfinals 6-7 (5-7), 4-6 to the Russian duo of Ekaterina Makaro...

2014 FIBA World Cup Watch-Rolling To The Semis

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When I last checked in with Team USA in the 2014 FIBA World Cup Tournament in Spain they were just clinching the top spot in Group C pool ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Fallon Fights Brents This Saturday

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Our fave WMMA warrior will step into the cage in Springfield, IL this Saturday for her Capital City Cage Wars co-main event battle with Ta...

My Latest WFPL-FM 'Strange Fruit' Interview

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Y'all know I have much love for Dr. Kaila Story and Jaison Gardner, (AKA 'Niece' and 'Nephew' and they refer to me as &#...
Monday, September 08, 2014

GenderProud Twitter Chat Tonight

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Tonight a Twitter chat sponsored by GenderProud will happen that will discuss an interesting topic. Over the last decade we have seen th...

My Thoughts On The Griffin SCC Speech

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I was shocked to note when I read the transcript of the speech HRC President Chad Griffin delivered on Friday to the huddled masses at the ...

Diamond Williams Case Update: Preliminary Hearing Tomorrow

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In our last update on what was happening in the search for justice for Diamond Williams, there was a mental competency hearing held for D...

Bryn Mawr Students And Alums Craft Trans Inclusion Petition

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Following the lead of Oakland's Mills College, Mount Holyoke College became the first Seven Sisters one to change their admissions polic...

Trans Latina Killed In Memphis

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Well people, it has unfortunately happened again.  We have lost another one of our trans sisters and her name is Alejandra Leos.   This ti...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

2014 Williams Watch-Serena Goes For The US Open Threepeat

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Number one seeded Serena Williams has been all business and brutally efficient in this march to the 2014 US Open final.   Taylor Townsend ...
Saturday, September 06, 2014

Trans Women Are Representin' During NY Fashion Week

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It's Fashion Week in New York.   It's the twice yearly time when for a week tents pop up in Bryant Park to host the fashion shows i...

Windslowe Pumping Case Update

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Been a while since I had any news concerning the Padge Victoria Windslowe pumping case in Philly. Windslowe was arrested in 2012 and charg...
Friday, September 05, 2014

Application Deadline For HBCU LGBT Leadership and Career Summit

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A September 8 deadline is quickly approaching for the 2014 HBCU LGBT Leadership and Career Summit which will take place October 4-7 in our ...
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Chad Griffin's 2014 Southern Comfort Speech

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This will be a pivotal speech for HRC.  Depending on what happens after it is delivered, it will either start HRC on the road to redemption...
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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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