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

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Jazz Speaks At The Time To Thrive Conference

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Y'all know how much I love the amazing Jazz Jennings, and when I finally met her and members of her family last summer during the Phil...

Upcoming February 25 Can We Talk For Real Podcast Appearance

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With 2015 already shaping up to be a horrific year for anti-trans murders, I've been invited to appear on my first Can We Talk For Rea...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Another Week, Another Trans Homicide - RIP Kristina Gomez Reinwald

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I've been aware of this since I was tipped Tuesday, but needed more confirmation before I was comfortable enough to write about it. ...

Racism Rears Its Pointed Hooded Head At TX HS Basketball Game

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Some of us in the Lone Star State sarcastically refer to North Texas, because of its proximity to the madness in the Sooner State , as Baja ...

Bi Community Not Shown Any Love In #ThisIsLuv Campaign

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The #ThisIsLuv Campaign was organized by Wade Davis, Tiq Milan and Darnell Moore in conjunction with GLAAD, National Black Justice Coalition...

HCC Southeast LGBT Of Color Panel

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Had the pleasure of taking part in another panel on the HCC Southeast college campus yesterday in the Angela V. Morales Building that focu...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

5th Annual TransGriot Black Trans Trivia Quiz Coming Soon

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Been a little quiet during this Black History Month with the history related posts because of all the breaking news and #CC15, but that'...

Headed To HCC Southeast Again!

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Later this  morning I'll be on the HCC Southeast campus for another panel discussion. Y'all know how much I enjoy bouncing to the ...
Monday, February 16, 2015

You Should Have Left Us Alone

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TransGriot Note: A guest post from Rev. Yeshua Holiday. It's February 16 and already seven, possibly eight 8 trans women have been mu...

Upcoming 2015 SUF Lifetime Achievement Awards- Who Will Win?

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I've been doing the TransGriot Shut Up Fool weekly awards for now six years, and it is overwhelmingly the most popular feature on my now...

Happy President's Day 2015!

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Happy President's Day!   Today honors all presidents of the United States, and as I've done since President Obama took office, I...

RIP Bri Golec

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Just when we get the news that Penny Proud is being buried in New Orleans, and the perps in the California trans murder cases of Michelle Pa...

Updates In Two 2015 California Trans Murder Cases.

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Have some updated information concerning the trans murder cases of Taja DeJesus and Michelle Yazmin Payne , who were murdered in northern...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

TTNS Heads To The DFW Area!

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The Texas Transgender Non Discrimination Summit is now seven years old, but until last year's event at Texas State in San Marcos , ha...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Black Media, I Expect Higher Standards From You When It Comes To Covering Black Trans People

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When I traveled to Boston for last summer's National Association of Black Journalists conference (NABJ) to discuss with fellow panelists...

Have Much Love For My Trans Latina Sisters

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One of the things I got to do during the just concluded 27th edition of Creating Change in Denver that I really didn't get a chance ...

Diamond Stylz - You Want To Be Me

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In Diamond's first video of the year, she breaks down the insult that some cis women hurl at trans women whenever we get into argument...

Happy Valentine's Day 2015!

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Happy Valentine's Day to all you TransGriot readers who are booed up, in long term relationships, engaged or married. On this day dedi...
Friday, February 13, 2015

ELIXHER Post On Trans Women Of Color In Love

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Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and I'll be scarfing up discounted candy all by myself when that day arrives.   As I have joked in nu...

Shut Up Fool Awards-February 2015 Friday The 13th Edition

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It's not just a Friday, it's Friday the 13th.    It's a day made notable by superstition and the string of horror movies by th...
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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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