TransGriot

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

Friday, November 14, 2014

Moni's In The Facing Race 14 House!

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After handling my emcee hosting duties and having a late night trying...

PRIDE Houston Moves Date Back To June 27

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PRIDE Houston after a contentious public meeting at the Montrose Center last night corrected their mistake and moved the 2015 Pride Parade b...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

PRIDE Houston Juneteenth Parade Conflict Update 3

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Even though I'm in Dallas for the Facing Race Conference, the fight continues on my end of I-45 to get the PRIDE Houston board to see th...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks Week 11

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I rebounded rather nicely in Week 10 with my NFL picks after that disastrous sub-.500 week we'll see if it costs me my chance at  the...

Leaving On A Jet Plane-To Dallas

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With all the drama swirling around the logic defying PRIDE Houston board decision not to move their parade back to the traditional last week...

TDOR 2014- Who We're Remembering

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As noted from time to time as you've perused these electronic pages, I have also covered the deaths of our fallen sisters as they have h...

PRIDE Houston Juneteenth Parade Conflict Update 2

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This screenshotted comment from PRIDE Houston board member Jason Gallegos is a sterling example of the cluelessness , arrogance and vanil...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

PRIDE Houston Juneteenth Parade Conflict Update

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Just an update to the boneheaded vanillacentric privileged PRIDE Houston decision to not move it from conflicting with the Juneteenth parade...

TSU Town Hall Discussion Tomorrow

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Tomorrow night the panel jointly sponsored by Delta Phi Upsilon Fraternity Inc, Legacy Community Health Services, TSU OUTLaw, and the House ...

PRIDE Houston, What Were You Thinking?

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Last month I attended a meeting in which we tried to resolve an issue not of our own making that once again has the Houston Black LGBT commu...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Happy Veterans Day 2014

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It's November 11 and once again it's time to acknowledge the veterans in our country who are also members of the trans community. ...

Laverne Is A 2014 Glamour Woman Of The Year!

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This has been one amazing year for Laverne Cox in which she has broken ground for transkind on one level or another.  She was the first tr...

Dallas Adds TBLG Protections To City Charter!

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There was actually some good news out of Texas in the wake of an abysmal night for Team Liberal Progressive. One the ballot in the City of D...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Representing Trans* In Chicago And In The Friendly Skies

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And to think I almost decided NOT to come while I was in the middle of my drama back in September and October. I'm so glad I did dec...

Carli Lloyd's Coming To H-Town!

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I see the Houston Dash were serious about putting a competitive team on the field after a challenging inaugural NWSL season that saw them f...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Bye Chicago! Headed Back To H-Town Again

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After spending a wonderful weekend in Chicago for the Representing Trans* Symposium here, getting to demolish a deep dish pizza and some Slu...

25th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

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Like the Cold War and Jim Crow segregation, the Berlin Wall was a part of the world when I was born in 1962.   It was erected in August 1961...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Representing Trans* Symposium Today

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This is what I flew up here for and was the event I was focused on while all the unnecessary family drama was swirling around me. November...

Mia Love Is NO Shirley Chisholm

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The Republicans are still crowing about the history they made in terms of Mia Love being elected to congress as the first ever Black* fema...

Trinidad And Tobago Starts Their FIFA Playoff Leg Today

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In the history of the FIFA Women's World Cup, a Caribbean based team has never played in the tournament.  With CONCACAF tournament qua...
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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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