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

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

South Carolina Transteen Dissed By DMV Reaches Settlement

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TransGriot Note:  At the time Chase was discriminated against and I wrote about it last September , Chase identified as gender nonconformi...

Nevada Unjust Anti-Trans Bill Dies!

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AB 375 the GOP dominated Nevada legislature's attempt to attack trans kids failed Monday night on a mainly party line vote. Five Repub...

Arkansas Anti-TBLG Rights Spokesperson Turns Out To Be Sexual Predator

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One of the tactics in the opposition tool box is what is called projection.   You take an undesirable behavior of yours and project it onto ...

MichFest Dead After This 40th Anniversary Year

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I'm one of the peeps in Trans World who could care less about the cesspool of transphobia known as the Michigan Womyn's Music Festiv...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Sis To Cis Washington DC Conversation Tomorrow

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One of the things that has needed to happen for a long time is for trans women and cis women to have conversations in which we talk about ou...

US Trans Survey Coming This Summer

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The National Transgender Discrimination Survey that was conducted in 2010 as a joint project of the Task Force and NCTE it the largest sur...
Monday, April 20, 2015

'50 Shades Of Me' Panel At TSU This Thursday

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This Thursday April 23, I'll be taking part in a panel discussion on the Texas Southern University campus entitled 50 Shades of Me: Ment...

A Modest Proposal For Solving The Houston Pride Grand Marshal Diversity Problem

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I was in the house Thursday when the problematic unveiling of this year's Houston Pride Grand Marshals happened, and expressed myself (...
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Texas Trans Lobby Day Next Week

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Trans Texans and our allies will be headed to Austin next Monday for the TransTexas Caucus and Lobby Day to combat four unjust anti-trans...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Houston Dash Are Undefeated!

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The Houston Dash, our women's soccer team that is the sister club of the Houston Dynamo, started their second NWSL season back on April ...

Laverne's Groundbreaking Triple Play

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Laverne Cox keeps making history, and I'm so proud of her as she does so. Laverne not only was named to the 2015 People Most Beautif...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

We Had An Attempted Bathroom Assault At UHD....

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And thanks to timely assistance by a UHD professor, it ended before it became far worse.   And ammosexuals, it didn't require the use ...

Girl Meets World Season Two Starts May 11

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Girl Meets World in its first season on Disney Channel managed to masterfully meld the new cast of this Disney series with the beloved ch...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Judge Shafer Rules For City In HERO Trial

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There has been a ruling in the HERO trial, and the city of Houston has emerged victorious. Judge Robert Shafer ruled  moments ago for th...

Brazilian Trans Woman Beaten After Arrest

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Trigger Warning  anti-trans violence and police brutality. It's been way too quiet news wise about our trans sisters in Brazil, and th...

Congratulations To The 2015 Houston Pride Grand Marshals, But...

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Was at last night's Pride Houston kickoff party at the Audi Central location before the thunderstorms arrived for the first time ever.  ...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Day Of Silence Edition

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This isn't just another Shut Up Fool Awards Friday.   Today is the GLSEN Day of Silence , in which students across the nation vow to ta...

Marjorie Silva & Azucar Bakey Under Attack From Sore Loser Wingnuts Again

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Marjorie Silva in Denver was just victorious in a recent loud and wrong racist human rights complaint in Colorado filed against her and h...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

2015 Pride Houston Kickoff Event Tonight

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Had to put them on blast a few times for other issues, but like everyone else in TBLG Houston I want to know the answer to one question: ...

Unjust TX HB 2801 Bill Must Die

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Yesterday the Texas Transkid Bounty Bill, HB 2801 was scheduled to receive a hearing in the State Affairs Committee.   It was one of t...
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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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