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

Friday, January 16, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-King Day Weekend 2015 Edition

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Holiday will be on Monday, an as per the tradition many groups are preparing to do a day of service to fi...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Happy 86th Birthday Dr. King!

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Today is what would have been the 86th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, a man that as Tavis Smiley once called him, the grea...

Jennifer Laude Case Update 3

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The new year brings some updated news in the Jennifer Laude case, and the clock is ticking on it..  Under the Visting Forces Agreement betwe...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fix Society, Not Trans People!

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Lourdes Hunter last Saturday cut loose a powerful speech during a Washington DC rally attended by over 200 people organized to call for ju...

Kamala's Running For US Senate!

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You longtime TransGriot readers know I have much love for Kamala Harris, the current two term Attorney General for the state of California ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Stuff Just Got Real With The ICD-11 Revision

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With the outrage building is the international trans community about our Russian peeps being under attack with the BS driving ban, somethi...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Deal With The Fact Black Trans Women Exist

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Angela Giaandrea Valentino is one of my longtime readers who had a major problem with transphobic hate for Laverne Cox coming out of the m...

Guilty Plea In DC Metro Trans Teen Stabbing Incident

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Justice was finally served in the case in which a then 15 year old trans feminine teen was stabbed on a Washington Metro train last summer. ...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Hey Cowboy Fans, NFL Officiating Karma Is A You Know What

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Y'all know I have no love for that NFL team that plays in Arlington and have been a Cowboy hater since childhood And after watching th...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Dallas TransVisible Screening Today

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If you 're looking for something to do in Dallas later today, you may wish to head to the Texas Theater and check out the documentary Tr...

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Divisional Round

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Went 3-1 on my Wildcard weekend round picks thanks to an assist from the refs in the Detroit-Dallas game. Now we move on to the Divisiona...
Friday, January 09, 2015

Call For The Ballroom Community And Allies To Boycott Saks

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Saks Fifth Avenue is facing a discrimination lawsuit filed by trans woman Leyth O. Jamal, that occurred when she was an employee of the loca...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Baby It's C-C-Cold Outside Edition

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The blast of Arctic air that has made the last few days miserable for my friends in much of the country has finally made it to my Lone Star ...

Trans Woman Making Bid To Run NC Democratic Party

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In 2012 Janice Covington Allison was one of the thirteen trans delegates to the Democratic National Convention being held in Charlotte, NC. ...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Upcoming Know Your Rights With The Police Event

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I missed the first one, but definitely plan to be in the house for the second in a planned series of trainings organized by Ashton Woods tha...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Why The Lack Of Media Coverage Of The NAACP Terror Bombing?

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Back in 2010 I asked the question when is a terrorist attack NOT a terrorist attack ?   I asked that in the wake of the predominately white ...

Happy Birthday Jordana!

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Today happens to be the birthday of my musically gifted little sis from another mother and the reason this blog exists in Jordana LeSesne. ...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Jordan Baker Protest At Houston City Hall

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One of the things that will continue to be an issue in Houston and elsewhere around the country is unarmed Black people continuing to be sho...

SXSW Interactive Trans Tech Panel

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Not too early to get started thinking about what conferences and conventions you'll have an opportunity to attend in 2015 and get your t...

Hey Trans Men, Wake Forest Scientists Create Human Penis In Lab

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One of the ongoing truisms we'll say in the trans community that relates to bottom surgery for our trans brothers goes like this: &#...
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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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