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Sunday, March 01, 2015

Windslowe Takes Stand In Her Silicone Pumping Trial

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Padge Victoria Windslowe has taken the stand in her own defense in her pumping trial in Philadelphia started February 19.   She is accus...

HERO Protects You!

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Since some of you or your friends and relatives may be going to church services this morning in which the lying sack of feces   pastor isn...

Countdown To The 2015 LGBT Media Journalists Convening

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March is going to be chock full of events for me, and one of my favorites I'm looking forward to attending is the upcoming 6th annual ed...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Arrest Made In Deshawnda Sanchez Murder

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The last moments of 21 year old Deshawnda Sanchez's all too brief life were engaged in a frantic early morning search for help in the Ch...

Conservative Party Senators Mess With C-279 In Committee

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Ever since C-279 passed with support of all the major Canadian political parties in the House of Commons in March 2013 , trans people in t...

Kentucky Senate Votes 27-9 To Oppress Trans People

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As expected, the GOP controlled Kentucky Senate did the bidding of the Kentucky Family Foundation and passed the unjust SB 76 bill by a 27-...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards- Rodeo 2015 Edition

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Yee hah!   Today happens to be Go Texan Day here in H-town.    It's the day that all the trail rides that have been snaking their way...

Leonard Nimoy Passes Away

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Was saddened to hear that actor -director Leonard Nimoy, who any Trekkie can tell you played the iconic role of Spock on Star Trek died this...

T- 2 Months And Counting Until BTAC 2015

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Well peeps, one of my fave events is rapidly approaching, and not just because it's in my Texas stomping grounds. It happens to fall...

The 5th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz

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Here it is as promised , the fifth annual TransGriot Black Trans History quiz.   As with the four previous editions of it, it is an open i...

Dale Hansen Calls Out The Flower Mound Bigots

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You'll recall I wrote about the bigotry eruption that occurred at the recent February 13 Flower Mound-Plano East boys basketball game...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Third Anniversary Of Trayvon Martin's Death

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Today is the third anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. February 5 would have been his 20th birthd...

Should We Count Silicone Pumping Deaths In TDOR Stats?

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Back on February 20 I was in a discussion with another activist about the number of people we have lost to anti trans violence.   When she s...

Sen. Boxer Calls The GOP Senators Out

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“I thought they were the party of ‘family values.’ Show me where that’s true? Ripping families apart? I thought they were the party of ‘eco...

One Of Fallon's WMMA Critics Caught Cheating

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As I like to say on these electronic pages, karma not only is a you know what, but she wears a dress and stiletto heels. Right now I'm...

Black Trans History Is Inspirational

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TransGriot Note: This is a Black History Month post I wrote for the Transgender Law Center blog. *** 'Those who have no record of what...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Pastor Lura's Last Sunday At Grace Lutheran

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Sunday morning I made sure to get up and head over to the gayborhood for a bittersweet event. It was the last Sunday service that Pastor...

KY Republicans Shadily Pass Unjust Anti-Trans SB 76 Out Of Committee

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Don't pop that champagne cork in the Bluegrass state concerning the unjust Bathroom Bounty Bill's demise just yet.  Never undere...
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Kristina Gomez Reinwald Miami Vigil

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February 19th there was a memorial held for Kristina Gomez Reinwald AKA Kristina Grant Infiniti on an unseasonably chilly (for them) Miami...

Love Your Trans Friends

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Saw this trans themed Keep Calm poster and it inspired me to write this commentary about it. Love your transgender friends because in so...
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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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