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

Sunday, January 25, 2015

'Passing' Trans Masculine Documentary

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One of the things the world definitely needs to see and hear are the voices of trans men of color. Just as the modern trans feminine narra...

Ashton Speaks At #MillionsMarchTexas

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One of our fave local activists here in the Houston area, Ashton Woods was asked to speak at the recent #MillionsMarchTexas event in our sta...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

RIP Bianca Baxter

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Sad news from the ballroom community courtesy of ELIXHER.  On December 21 the House of Mizrahi suffered the untimely loss of their House M...

Know Your Rights With The Police Event At Resurrection MCC Today

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The latest Know Your Rights With The Police event will be taking place at Resurrection MCC at 12:30 PM CST. It is organized and presented by...

High School Students Call Out FOX Noise

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"Based on our studies about the field of journalism, we have determined that you're not practicing journalism. You're practi...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-Chain Of Fools Edition

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If the title of this week's Shut Up Fool Awards sounds familiar, it's borrowed from a classic Grammy Award winning Aretha Franklin s...

Rest In Peace, Lamia Beard!

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Well, didn't take long for me to have to write my first post of 2015 memorializing one of our fallen African-American trans sisters. T...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dave Wilson Proposes Anti-Trans Houston Charter Amendment

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I've been aware since Thanksgiving he's been up to this shady unconstitutional BS for a while since my mom and sister got those tra...

Why Does This Pattern Keep Happening In Jenifer's Council Races?

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You long time TransGriot readers have seen my posts since 2011 documenting the efforts of Jenifer Rene Pool to become the first out transper...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

'Boy Meets Girl' Has A Trans Actress...

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Playing a trans woman.. This indie romantic comedy directed by Eric Schaeffer is the story of Ricky, a young Southern trans girl who deals...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

President Obama Says The 'T' Word In His 2015 SOTU Speech!

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"That’s why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities...

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...
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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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