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

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

'He Wanted To Erase Her Existence'

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Mayang Prasetyo, another one of our transsisters was murdered in Australia. Along with the media in Brisbane misgendering and sensationali...

Janet's Interview With Tracee Ellis Ross

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Janet Mock was guest hosting for Larry King recently on his Larry King Now show, and got the opportunity to interview the fabulous Trace...
Monday, October 06, 2014

The SCOTUS Starts Its 2014-15 Session Today

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Hide the Constitution, because the SCOTUS is in session starting today through June 2015 And yeah, have no love for the four conservafool ...

Today Is The Texas Registration Deadline To Vote In The 2014 Election

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If you are planning to vote in this year's critical election starting on October 20, you need to be registered by today October 6 is...
Sunday, October 05, 2014

2014 FIBA Women's World Championship Watch-Title Number 9!

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The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women title game was held this afternoon my time in Istanbul, and the FIBA world number one ranked Te...

Dwight DeLee Case Hearing October 15

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I was majorly pissed off along with many trans people in New York state and across the country when the conviction of Dwight DeLee in the mu...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

2014 FIBA Women's World Championship Watch-On To The Finals!

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It was Semifinal Saturday in Istanbul earlier today as the four surviving teams in the 2014 FIBA World Championship For Women tournament fac...

Justice For Brittany Kidd-Stergis!

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There is good news to report in terms of another one of our fallen transsisters receiving justice. In my last update on this case back in ...

RIP Aniya Parker

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We now know the name of our fallen transsister in Los Angeles.    She is 47 year old Aniya Parker., whose friends knew her as Asia.   L...

2014 FIBA Women's World Championship Watch-On To The Semis

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The quarterfinal action took place in the 2014 FIBA World Championship For Women yesterday with Spain taking on a China team that upset Bela...
Friday, October 03, 2014

HERO Updates, Notes and News-October 3

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Was using the computers at the Houston Public Library location downtown when I received another reminder of why the Houston Equal Rights Ord...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Countdown To Election Day Edition

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It's the first Friday in October, and that means the clock is rapidly ticking toward October 20 and the opening day of early voting in...

What's The Latest News About Canada's C-279?

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Like my Canadian trans cousins, I've been keeping track of what is happening with C-279, the trans human rights bill that passed the C...
Thursday, October 02, 2014

We've Lost Another Transsister

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This time in Los Angeles. Reports are coming from the area that a fortysomething trans woman was fatally shot in the head early this morn...

Thanks OutSmart Readers For The Dual Wins!

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As I've said more than a few times on the blog, in numerous panel discussions and speeches, I don't do the activism I do for award...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Week 5

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Aww yeah, had a great Week 4 picking games and for a minute it was looking possible I was finally going to get my elusive perfect week. ...

GenderProud ID Video

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Identification documents that matches who we are as people is vital to us navigating the world with as little drama as possible. ID that m...

Trans and Gay Panic Legal Defenses Banned In California

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The good human rights news just keeps on coming.  The California Assembly passed on a 50-10 vote in August the AB 2501 bill authored by Ass...
Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Texas Governor's Debate: Round Two

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This second debate between Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott last night in Dallas got a little more contentious than the first debate in the Valle...

NFL Flags Muslim Player For Prayer

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The NFL used to be the most PR savvy professional sports league in the country.   But lately it has been buffeted by multiple scandals and...
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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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