TransGriot

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

Monday, June 01, 2015

Last Day Of The 84th Texas Legislature

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When this 84th Texas Legislature session started in January, the Texas TBLG community was facing the daunting prospect of 24 filed punitiv...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

2015 Williams Watch-The French Open Starts

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The second major of the 2015 international tennis calendar is here in the French Open. It started on May 23 and will run until June 7, and i...

2015 TBLGQ Pride Month Proclamation

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The first TBLGQ Pride Month Proclamation was issued by President Bill Clinton in 1999 and in 2000 before he left office in January 2001.   G...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Louisiana Girl Scout Council Bans Trans Feminine Kids

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One of the reasons I love the Girl Scouts USA is that they not only have an amazing organization that for over a century has excelled in d...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-Happy Birthday Laverne Edition!

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Today is the birthday of my fab sister Laverne Cox, and hope she's not only having a fabulous, blessings filled day, but she gets to c...

Happy Birthday Laverne!

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It;s time for another TransGriot birthday shoutout, and today's recipient of it is my amazing sis Laverne Cox, who was born on this da...

Musing About The Trans People Of The African Diaspora

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One of the things that has been an ongoing mission of this blog is to highlight what's happening for trans people of African descent acr...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

What's Wrong With A Trans Woman Being A Stay At Home Mom?

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Stevie Wonder and Karyn White sang decades apart about superwomen from their masculine and feminine perspectives.   While we have some amazi...

Happy Birthday HERO!

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On this day last year, after a long combined Houston City Council meeting that saw over 200 speakers spend one minute each pro and con de...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Houston Floods, I'm Okay And Dry!

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As many of you TransGriot readers are aware of, the Houston area got hit with 8-12 inches of rain in a six hour period from 9 PM Monday nigh...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Congrats Nicole Maines!

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Jazz Jennings wasn't the only amazing trans teen I got the opportunity to meet during last year's Philly Trans Health Conference. ...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

ConGRADulations UHD Gators!

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As many of you long time readers are aware of, ever since I came back home in May 2010, I've been blessed to interact and work with so...

METRORail Green and Purple Lines FINALLY Open Today

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You long time readers know that I am a rail enthusiast, and one of the things I was happy to see was METRO build a rail component to our t...
Friday, May 22, 2015

LA State Senator Rips Jindal A New One

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In 2005, after the Texas Legislature passed that unjust constitutional marriage ban, Texas State Rep Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) let lo...

Shut Up Fool Awards-I Pity The Post Birthday Fools Edition

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Mr. T's 63rd birthday was yesterday and we're going to celebrate it properly by doing what we normally do on this blog every Frida...

Andrea Jenkins Gets Added To The Congressional Record!

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You know I have much love and respect for my sis Andrea Jenkins, who I met and roomed with during the TransFaith in Color Conference in Char...

Here We Go Again With Internet Blocking Of TransGriot

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One of the things I get tired of and pissed off about is the blanket blocking of trans themed sites because of the erroneous assumption that...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Headed Home To H-town

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I've done the speech, it was well received and I enjoyed my all too brief time in Austin and on the UT-Austin campus. Now it's tim...

Happy 63rd Birthday, Mr T!

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You longtime TransGriot readers know that my inspiration for my Friday Shut Up Fool Awards is a certain 1980's tough guy, and today is M...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

2015 UT-Austin Lavender Graduation Speech

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This is the text of the speech I'm delivering at UT-Austin's Lavender Graduation. Good afternoon to the UT-Austin faculty, alumn...
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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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