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

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

CeCe McDonald To Receive The Paul A. Anderson Youth Award At CC15!

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The 2015 edition of Creating Change is rapidly approaching, and one of the things the Task Force does during this event is present awards t...

Sorry Ashley, Rev Al IS A Black Leader With A Big Voice

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Over at Kulture Kritic there is a post by Ashley Naples that caught my attention.   It is basically critical of the Rev Al Sharpton and leg...

T Minus 2 Weeks To CC15

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This time last year it was those of us on the Houston Host Committee for Creating Change 2014 who were checking and rechecking our plans, ne...
Monday, January 19, 2015

Anti-Trans Bathroom Bully Bill Filed In Kentucky

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TransGriot Note:  In the interest of journalistic integrity, I served on the boards of the Fairness Campaign and its C-FAIR political PAC fr...

2015 Williams Watch-Australian Open 2015 Starts

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One of the other things that is a regular feature of TransGriot is moi  tracking the tennis playing exploits of my fave kick butt tennis p...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

2015 Trans 100 (US) Nominee Deadline Approaching

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For those of you who have had dissenting opinions about the last two editions of the Trans 100 list, well here is your opportunity to do som...

Waking Up With Aisha And Janet's Punditry

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Woke up this morning on a weekend that I've been feeling less than 100% to two Sunday morning talk shows that made me feel much better w...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks-Championship Sunday

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I had an identical 3-1 record picking games during the Divisional Round , and just like last weekend , I benefited from a controversial ca...
Friday, January 16, 2015

Being Honored With A 2015 Transgender Pioneer Award!

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One of the long running transgender themed conventions I have never been able to attend is the Fantasia Fair in Provincetown, MA. Fantasia...

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...
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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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