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

Thursday, March 05, 2015

Loving 'Empire'!

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One of my must watch TV destinations on Wednesday night has become Empire. The show which chronicles the exploits of hip-hop mogul Lucious L...

Air Marshal Takes Flight To Washington Again

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The Air Marshal is about to hop a flight in a few hours for my first 2015 trip to Washington DC for a TPOCC board meeting.   This one is g...
Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Islan Nettles KIller Finally Arrested

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Nearly two years after he confessed to the heinous crime, 24 year old James Dixon has finally been arrested for the murder of Islan Nettles....

If It Happens, It Happens

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Had a reader ask me recently if I was disappointed I didn't get a repeat GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Blog nomination Yep, I was.  ...

Ben Hall Doesn't Deserve The Houston TBLGQ Community Vote

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2015 is a civic election year in Houston, and while the real political campaign action won't get started in earnest until after Labor ...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

H-town TBLQ Girls Running The World

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OutSmart Magazine in honor of Women's History Month put together an article honoring Houston BTLQ women who are running thangs, rising l...

Misfits March 11 Conversation: Are Black LGBTQ People Being Left Behind By Black Leaders?

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Another Misfits conversation moderated by Fran Watson will be taking place in H-town on March 11 which asks the question: Are Black LGBTQ ...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Exposed: What Trans People Do In The Bathroom

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Since some of you are still irrationally believing the debunked right wing lies about what we trans people actually do in the bathroom, a...
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Florida Rally To Fight Unjust HB 583 Tomorrow

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The anti-trans hate is flowing in Teapublican ranks as they gleefully pimp unjust bills aimed at oppressing trans people in Texas, Kentucky ...

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Interns Come To Casa Ruby

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You longtime readers of this blog know I have much love and admiration for Roby Corado-Walker and the fantastic job she has done over the ...

Texas GOP Needs To Stop Treading On Me

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It's Texas Independence Day, the day in which 59 Texican settlers of Coahuila y Texas on this date in 1836 signed a document declaring t...

Phoenix Drops Unjust 'Walking While Trans' Charges Aimed At Monica Jones

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More good news coming from Arizona as we get word that the city of Phoenix prosecutors have dropped all charges against activist Monica Jone...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Mr. Spock Is NOT A Republican

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What is it about these conservafools who gleefully oppress people, then want to claim liberal-progressive heroes and sheroes who are the pol...

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...
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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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