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

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

TransJustice Fellowship Applications Due October 1

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For those of you in the New York area, got word of a fellowship opportunity that is accepting applications. If you're interested, you&...

You Claim You Aren't Scared Of Me, But Tragically You Are

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TransGriot Note:  My fave WMMA fighter talks about the reasons why many of the so-called tough WMMA women fear her.   And after Tamikka Bren...

Transmasculine Homecoming King Crowned In Texas!

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I keep telling you people who like to bash Texas at every opportunity that my home state and hometown has progressive tendencies built int...

5th Annual NBJC OUT On the Hill Starts Today

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Personal issues are going to prevent me from attending this year's event (and I'm pissed about it), but the 5th Annual OUT on the Hi...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Hasselbeck Forgot About Literacy Tests

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I'm not shocked when one of the FOX Noise Fembots opens their mouths and something stupid, racist, bigoted (or all of the above) comes o...

Thanks Peeps For Your Support

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As some of you may or may not be aware of, been dealing with unexpected major drama over the last week It got ugly, and while the situatio...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Texas Fall College Democrats Convention At UH This Weekend

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Since I'm right down the street from the UH campus (for now)  and the price is right (FREE), will probably go get into reporter mode a...

Texas Governor's Debate

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For those of y'all who don't live in the Lone Star State, the first debate between Texas state Senator Wendy Davis and Attorney Ge...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Scotland's Staying Put Edition

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While we were sleeping last night, across The Pond Scotland was counting votes for a referendum that if it had passed, resulted in Scotland...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Week 3

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After getting off to a great 11-5 start in Week 1, the upset bug and a few close games that didn't go my way ravaged my Week 2 selecti...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

TTNS Accepting Hosting Proposals For 2015 Event

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The sixth annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit is history, and the event for the first time was hosted outside the Houston ar...
Monday, September 15, 2014

2014 FIBA World Cup Watch-Back To Back FIBA Champions!

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Team USA started this basketball business trip at the end of August with a few goals in mind.  They wanted to become only the third nation ...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

NBJC's 5th Annual OUT on the Hill Rapidly Appoaching

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The September 24-27 dates for the 5th Annual OUT on the Hill Black LGBT leadership summit are rapidly approaching, and there's still ti...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Fallon Fox Beats Brents!

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There's an old saying in the Black community that goes "'Don't let your mouth write a check your body can't cash.&quo...
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Sade's Story

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I posted a while ago about efforts of the trans community in Guyana to overturn the British colonial era anti-crossdressing laws that are ...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards- Fallon's Fighting Edition

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Our fave WMMA fighter Fallon Fox will be headed to Springfield, IL to take on Tamikka Brents as a co-main event bout in the Capital City Ca...

You Can Vote Out Stupid

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Nope, you can't fix stupid, especially when they are willfully ignorant and resist any information that points to them as being wrong. ...
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...
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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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