TransGriot

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

Thursday, December 11, 2014

It's Imperative Black SGL Community, You Care About My Trans Rights Issues, Too

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I attended at the Montrose Center a few weeks ago a Teach For America sponsored meeting on the State of LGBT Education.   When it was over ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Plano, TX Passes Problematic TBLG Inclusive Ordinance

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With Houston becoming in May the most recent Texas city to enact  an inclusive non-discrimination law with the passage of HERO, Lone Star...
Tuesday, December 09, 2014

TransMusePlanet's 20 Most Influential Trans People of 2014

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Been a while since I've had the pleasure of signal boosting a TransMusePlanet post, but this is one that needs the extra eyeballs on it....
Monday, December 08, 2014

RIP Deshawnda Sanchez

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So much for the 2014 Christmas season being devoid of a trans murder. In the Los Angeles area in the early morning hours of December 3, 21...

Minnesota Lets Our Transkids Play

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You may recall when I posted the testimony of Zeam , who was lobbying the Minnesota State HS League to let him and other trans students pa...
Saturday, December 06, 2014

Escaped From New York, Back In Houston

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Well, I didn't have Snake Plisskin to help out, but I escaped New York and I'm back home in Houston.. But it was only after sittin...
Friday, December 05, 2014

Shut Up Fool Awards-Moni's Leaving New York Edition

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I'm at LaGuardia airport about to take a flight back home to Texas after spending a little over 24 hours here in New York as part of an ...

I Can't Breathe

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Neither can I. Still pissed off and wondering what the hell those Staten Island grand jurors were thinking? But the protests are conti...
Thursday, December 04, 2014

An Empowering Day Discussing Trans Media

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I spent much of today at the NBC Universal building's 16th floor to attend an Arcus Foundation and USA Network's sponsored Media Thi...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks Week 14

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Another week of NFL games has gone by and I had a great Turkey Day.  I got to see my Texans win and the Cowboys lose.  But unfortunately for...

Arcus Foundation Trans Media Think Session

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Despite all the drama that greeted me upon my arrival into New York, I do have some business to attend to before I can go back to observing ...

WTF Staten Island Grand Jury?

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What the frack is wrong with the individuals who sat on the grand jury in Staten Island?   What the hell did you not see in the murder by ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Moni's In New York Again...

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For the first time since 2012 when I was here to do the GLAAD POC Media training. This is the first time I've ever been to New York cl...

Leaving On A Jet Plane-To New York

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I'm about to board a plane at Hobby for another trip to handle some community business, with the destination this time being New York Ci...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014

2015 Houston Mayoral Race - The Early Declarees

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When 2015 gets here in four weeks, it not only will usher on what promises to be a challenging Texas legislative session, bit it also signa...
Monday, December 01, 2014

World AIDS Day 2014 Houston Memorial

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I got a chance to spend some quality time with the Gallery Girls, AKA Nikki Araguz Loyd and Meagan Gillett on Monday afternoon and evening. ...

Koko Jones Release Show Tonight

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As some of you already know, my sis Koko Jones dropped a new album called Who's That Lady' back on November 18. Unfortunately I'...

World AIDS Day 2014

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Today is World AIDS Day 2014 in which we remember all the people we have lost due to the epidemic worldwide and take stock of where we are i...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

TransGriot Tour Of Houston TBLG Friendly Churches Continues

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One of the things I get a little sick of in the trans and SGL community is people blanket bashing churches.  While some of them like Gra...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Can Y'all Stop Hatin' On Trans Women For The 2014 Holiday Season?

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I wrote posts in 2009 , 2011 and 2013 asking this question, and in light of the fact we're getting ready to start another holiday seas...
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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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