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

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Laverne Cox To Be Immortalized In Wax By Madame Tussauds

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Another day, another historic trans first for Laverne Cox.  Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in San Francisco announced that in honor of Prid...
Monday, June 08, 2015

AMA: No Medical Reason To Exclude Transpeople From US Military

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There are according to a Williams Institute study an estimated 15,000 trans people in the US military.   In my time in this community I have...

Moni Needs A Helping Hand, Peeps

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I was hoping my problem would be resolved before I had to take the step of asking for help, but this is where I am right now. As you longt...

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup USA Watch-Starting Group Play Today Versus Australia

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The FIFA world number 2 ranked USA women finally get the Group D party started with their opening round FIFA Women's World Cup match aga...
Sunday, June 07, 2015

Arrest Made In NYC Trans Subway Attack

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I'm happy to report that an arrest has been made in the wake of last Monday's attack on a 28 year old trans woman who was waiting fo...

Whoopi Calls Out The Duggar Hypocrisy On 'The View'

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Gotta love it when hypocrisy is called out, and Whoopi Goldberg did so on The View Thursday in the wake of the Duggars jacked up exclusive ...
Saturday, June 06, 2015

More Like The Gay, Inc Job Interview For Black Trans Women

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This graphic has been making the rounds in Trans World recently, and far from being representative of the lack of job opportunities for ...

Will American Pharoah Win The Triple Crown?

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When I was a soon to be junior in high school in 1978, I turned on the television to watch the Belmont Stakes and what turned out to be spor...

2015 Williams Watch-Number 20 And Counting!

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Serena Williams run to this third French Open title was a bumpy one at times.   She had several three set matches in which she dropped the f...

2015 Women's World Cup Starts Today!

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This is the month that women's soccer fans have been waiting for since the last World Cup in Germany ended with Japan taking the title h...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Trans Woman Attacked In NYC Subway Station

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When I last visited New York City in December, one of the things I was cognizant of while riding their subways was making sure I was sta...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Crazy For Caitlyn Edition

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Caitlyn Jenner is out to the world, and the media is going gaga over her.   At the same time the transphobic bigots have come out to play, i...

Hillary Clinton TSU Voting Rights Speech

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Hillary Clinton has been in Texas for the last three days to do some fundraising and other events in the Lone Star State to shore up the D...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

2015 Williams Watch-Serena Has Flu, Makes Opponent Sick

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The French Open women's semifinals were earlier today, and Serena was playing Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky for a spot in the final...

Moni's Thoughts On The Root 8 Trans Women Of Color Doing More Than Being Visible Article

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I had three major goals when I began my transition in 1994. On of them was wanting to be a visible role model for other girls like me. T...

Another Day, Another Conservative Anti-Trans Lie Debunked

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As many of us in Trans World are aware of, our right wing opponents have been busy scaring their people with the debunked bathroom predato...

2015 Philly Trans Health Conference Starts Today

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Today starts the 14th annual Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and once again something has come up that has prevented me from attending...

Lordy, Lordy, Nikki's 40!

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Time for another TransGriot birthday shoutout.  I didn't meet her until the summer of 2010, but our multiple conversations since then ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

2015 Williams Watch-Serena Rolls To The French Open Semis!

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Serena Williams Roland Garros business trip is a step closer to a successful conclusion, but she had another slow start that almost derailed...

Ireland Agrees To Trans Self-Determination For Gender Recognition Bill

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One of the problems that trans people around the world share is identification that matches who they are now, and barriers to acquiring th...
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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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