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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Reggae Girlz Fail To Qualify For 2015 Women's World Cup

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After their heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Costa Rica after fighting back to tie the match on a Shakira Duncan goal in the 77th minute, the Regg...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Facing Homelessness

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Homelessness is  a critical issue for trans people, with one in five having experienced homelessness at some time in their lives because o...

Tired Of The Williams Sisters Getting Disrespected

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One of the things that will set me off in a hurry is when misgendering is aimed at Black women from the girls in the 'hood to Michelle O...

Happy Birthday Geena!

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When I picked up the phone back in March and it was her on the other line, little did I know after that two hour phone conversation that...

ANZPATH Conference Trans Human Rights Keynote Speech

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As I've been saying for a long time and it increasingly is being borne out, trans rights are an international human rights issue. Th...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Why Are The Big MMA Circuits Ignoring Fallon Fox?

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One of the cool things to watch over the past year has been the rise of Fallon Fox in the women's MMA ranks.   While some peeps have b...

HERO Updates, Notes and News-October 20

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Things are definitely heating up on the HERO news front and it came from an unexpected direction.  The HERO haters filed a lawsuit designed ...

2014 Election Early Voting Starts Today In Texas!

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I've been waiting for this day ever since I got my Texas driver's license in January.   A nine month ordeal in acquiring it caused ...

Future Trans*

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From time to time I like to engage in hard, solid thinking about various topics.   There are times I like to take a ride on what Dr. Nei...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Trans*H4CK Boston Coming Soon

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Dr. Kortney Ziegler is getting ready to take Trans* H4CK on the road again, and this time the innovative hackathon and speaker series is hea...

Ruby Corado Gets Married!

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Whenever I pop into Washington DC, one of my mandatory stops, especially when she makes it happen by grabbing me at the airport before...

Jennifer Laude Case Update 2

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There have been mutiple developments in the Jennifer Laude case since my last update , so let me catch you up with what's happening.  ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Reggae Girlz Trying To Qualify For 2015 Women's World Cup

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While much of the attention in this CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament has been focused on Group A and the FIFA world  num...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Laverne Cox Presents: 'The T Word' Broadcast Tonight On MTV and LOGO

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Just a programming reminder post alerting you peeps looking for television shows about trans people to tune in to MTV or LOGO if you hav...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Let's Get Ready To Early Vote In TX Edition

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October 20 is rapidly approaching, and as soon as the early voting polling place near me opens I'll be there ready to cast my ballot in ...

Jennifer Laude Update

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In the latest news concerning the murder of our transpinay sister Jennifer Laude, the US marine suspected of killing her is still in custody...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

OutSmart 2014 Gayest and Greatest Awards Party

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You know for me to miss Scandal , this had to be pretty darned important. I  mentioned in a previous post that I had been honored w...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Week 7

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Getting closer to the midway point of what has been not only a competitive NFL season, but a tight competition for the 2014 season prognos...

Trans Woman In Memphis Brutally Attacked

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Here we frakking go again with yours truly having to report another instance of a trans woman of color being attacked This time it happened ...

The Litmus Test

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TransGriot guest post by Dawn Wilson This election is a litmus test . A simple test of intelligence . What is a litmus test you a...
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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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