TransGriot

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

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

White People, Before You Start Throwing Racist Stones Over Baltimore, Check Yourselves

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"It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, a...

Happy Birthday Leiomy!

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It's time to give a TransGriot birthday shout out to another fellow Taurus and one who I'm looking forward to meeting one day. H...
Monday, April 27, 2015

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch Sworn In!

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America, we finally have a United States Attorney General! She had to wait over 160 days for it,  but Loretta E. Lynch is now officially t...

Janet To Be Interviewed By Oprah May 3

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One of the things I've asked for on this blog in two open letters in 2007 and 2010 was for Oprah to interview a Black trans person o...

BTAC 2015 Starts Today!

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I won't be there until tomorrow evening, but today happens to be the start of the fourth annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference in Dalla...

Transgender Lobby Day In Austin Today

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Heading back to my state capitol for an unprecedented for me third time this session to do what I can to help kill some bad anti-trans bill...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

POTUS Remarks At 2015 WH Correspondent's Dinner

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The 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner, AKA 'Nerd Prom' took place last night.  For those of you who missed it, here's the...

PBS-The Quiet Trans Revolution

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More evidence that trans human rights and the transgender tipping point talked about in the Time magazine story is happening. This PBS sto...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Moni's Thoughts On The 20/20 Jenner Interview

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I turned it off a Houston Rockets playoff game against the Dallas NBA franchise (that they won) at 8 PM CDT to do what 17 million other Amer...

50th Anniversary Of Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit In

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50 years ago today an event took place in Philadelphia that was not only a protest that was focused on gender variant issues, it was one k...
Friday, April 24, 2015

The Jenner 20/20 Interview

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My rule has been in these situations that if a person hasn't declared they are trans, I consider them cisgender until that declaration ...

BTAC's First Couple On Cover Of Dallas Voice

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Was ecstatic to see in the run up to the start of the fourth annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference on Monday, the First Couple of BTAC, C...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit In 50th Anniversary Weekend Edition

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Tomorrow will be the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit In that hopefully the city of Philadelphia's LGBT commun...

Successful TSU 50 Shades Of Me Panel

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Last night I was honored to participate on a panel discussion that discussed mental health and the trans community The panel was entitle...

NOLA Trans March Later Today

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Was advised by Milan Nicole Sherry that later today in New Orleans a trans themed march and community gathering will take place starting at ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Eden's On CNN Tonight!

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Been telling y'all for years how amazing my Denver media maven homegirl is.  Looks like the rest of the world is finally paying attentio...

One Month To The METRORail Green And Purple Lines Opening

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The long awaited opening of revenue service on the METRORail Green and Purple lines has been reset several times for different reasons, ...

SA Mayor Ivy Taylor Thinks LGBT Protections Are 'A Waste Of Time'

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"Councilmember Taylor, you are a coward who gave in to fear and prejudice, and your NO vote is irrefutable evidence of that.  You let ...

It's Sweeps Month-Brace Yourselves For The Trans Themed Programming

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When I was in trans info collection mode, my VCR was taping as much trans themed programming as I could find in the run up to my eventual 19...

HERO Updates, Notes And News-April 24

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“The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance protects all Houstonians and with the favorable outcome of this trial, the City of Houston is now in 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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