TransGriot

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

Monday, January 05, 2015

Angelica Ross Named An MHP Foot Soldier!

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I missed the broadcast on Saturday because of cable issues, but was excited to learn that my Chicago homegirl Angelica Ross was named one ...

Hour Magazine 1980 Trans Interview

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While looking for something to watch on YouTube stumbled across this video of a 1980 Hour Magazine host Gary Collins interviewing trans wo...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

Stuart Scott (1965-2015)

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"When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you...
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Rev. Carol Stone Passes Away

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Some sad news to report from the other side of The Pond concerning a trans pioneer. The Rev. Carol Stone lost her battle with pancreatic ca...

Rev. Richardson's Thoughts On The Alcorn Suicide

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Rev. Lawrence T. Richardson wrote an essay for his The Salt Collective Blog entitled 'Transgender and Christian..and Crying For Leela...
Saturday, January 03, 2015

HERO Updates, Notes and News-January 3

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Happy New Year people!   While the calendar page has flipped to 2015, our fight to implement the passed on May 28 Houston Equal Rights Ord...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Wildcard Weekend

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The regular NFL season is over, and I fell short of my goal of walking away with another prognostication title.   That's headed to Denve...
Friday, January 02, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-First Fool Of 2015 Edition

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It's the first Friday of 2015, and even though it's been a slow news week, somebody out there was exhibiting for folks  mind numbing...

Trans Community, We Need To Be Better Friends To Each Other

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One of the things that jumped out at me while reading my Facebook feed was one transsister not wanting to go out on New Year's Eve, but...
Thursday, January 01, 2015

Strange Fruit' Hits 100 Show Milestone

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Heard the wonderful news from Da Ville that Niece and Nephew's public radio show recently broadcast its 100th episode. Niece and N...

Happy 9th Anniversary TransGriot!

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January 1 as you long time readers are aware of also happens to be the anniversary date of the founding of TransGriot.    It was on New Ye...

Happy New Year 2015!

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Another  January 1 has arrived for this space rock, and 2015 starts off for me personally with some major life changes. For the first ti...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Come Out Of The KKKloset About Your Racism, GOP

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Here we go again with another GOP legislator trying to convince us that he's not a racist, but with a problematic association, record as...

Moni's 2014 Year In Review

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While 2013 was a great year for me,  2014 was also a breakout year for moi personally.  And I piled up a lot of activism related frequen...

The 2014 Shut Up Fool Of The Year Is...

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One of the more popular features on my blog is the weekly Shut Up Fool Awards.  Every week I get to call out the fools in our midst, and bus...

Attacking Leelah's Parents Or Christianity Isn't Going To Bring Her Back

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In the wake of Sunday's tragic suicide of 17 year old Leelah Alcorn in the Cincinnati area, it was brought to my attention by one of my ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Angel's Missing

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Sadly as we close out 2014, need to signal boost a report courtesy of ELIXHER about a missing Black trans woman 20 year old Angel Elisha Wa...

It's Tona's Birthday!

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Today is Tona Brown's birthday, and had to give my little sis a TransGriot birthday shoutout after the amazing history making year she...
Monday, December 29, 2014

If #BlackLivesMatter...

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Then #BlackTransLivesMatter too. We are days away from seeing the end of a groundbreaking year for trans visibility predominately led by B...

The 2014 NFL Prognostication Winner Is...

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Mike Watts. We were co-champs in 2011, and his 2012 and 2013 season ended in furious late season finishing kicks that came up just short. ...
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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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