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

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Why You Haven't Seen As Much Writing On The Blog Lately

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One of the things about a move in addition to getting familiar with a brand new neighborhood, is also having to reestablish everything that ...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Post Turkey Day 2014 Edition

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It's the day after Turkey Day, and some of you are probably at the nearest mall grabbing up stuff on sale or are resting because you had...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving 2014!

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Happy Thanksgiving Day TransGriot readers! Turkey Day 2014 has turned out to be a little different than I expected it to be.   In addition...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks Week 13

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Today is Thanksgiving Day and the start of Turkey Day weekend for those of us in the USA. You TransGriot Canadian readers got your Turke...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

All They Needed To Do To Keep Ferguson From Burning...

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Was indict Darren Wilson. But because whiteness and white supremacy was at work in this whole sorry affair, they didn't, and now you h...
Monday, November 24, 2014

First Annual Transgender Outreach Service At The POD

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The Progressive Open Door Christian Center during this TDOR 2014  season has really stepped up under the leadership of Deaconess Dee Dee W...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Houston Trans Woman Attacked, And I'm Pissed About It

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Because of the anti-trans hate speech coming from the kneegrow hate ministers of the Baptist Minsters Association of Houston and Vicinity i...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

Reclaiming My Inner Diva Again

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Yesterday afternoon I was waiting from my bus downtown to take me back to my new crib in the Heights.    One of the things I have been bat...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-TDOR Weekend 2014 Edition

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This weekend all over the planet our trans community and our allies are pausing to remember our trans brothers and trans sisters around the ...

Black Trans Women Have 'Privileges Over A Woman?' LMAO

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I was sent by one of my readers this copy of one of the letters to the editor section of ESSENCE.  She asked my thoughts about Betty Buccane...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

TDOR 2014 Musings

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TransGriot Note: A TDOR post I composed for the Task Force blog Today is the 15th anniversary of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks Week 12

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It was a Sunday full of upsets that nearly sent me to another below .500 record but I ran the table in the afternoon and Sunday and Monday n...

Houston TDOR Service With Soul At The POD

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Last night I was honored to be the keynote speaker for Progressive Open Door Community Church's and Trans Women Of Color United For C...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Houston TDOR 2014 Events

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Like everywhere else on the planet, H-town and our TBLG community will be memorializing our fallen trans sisters with events scheduled aroun...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Philly, Are You Planning To Recognize The 50th Anniversary Of The Dewey's Sit In?

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Ever since I was first sent notice of it by Dr. Susan Stryker, I was excited to learn and talk about the Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit In an...

Trans Lives Matter

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We have had in the United States this year 11 trans murders since June.   That's too many, but pales in comparison to what our Brazili...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Calling Your Butts Out White GL Community, Doesn't Make Me 'Anti-Gay

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Been chuckling as I read the comments in some of the threads at Towleroad and other blogs discussing the now concluded unnecessary drama   ...

Moving Day 2014

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Unlike the last time in 2010, when I moved from Louisville back to Texas, this one is different in a lot of ways.    It's a shorter di...

BTAC 2015 Dates

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The dates for the 2015 Black Trans Advocacy Conference have been announced, and once again it''l be right on the doorstep of my bi...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Miss International Queen 2014 Is..

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For the first time ever is from Venezuela. 22 year old Isabella Santiago beat out  21 contestants from 18 nations to win the tenth editi...
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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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