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

Friday, June 26, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards--Fools Everywhere Edition

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As our TransGriot Shut Up Fool Awards mascot has often said,  Fools are everywhere. And they have come out to play in a week leading up to...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Cisgender Added To Oxford Dictionary

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Our TERF haters love to flap their gums and claim cisgender not only isn't a word, but weakly try to claim the word is a slur. As w...

Countdown To A SCOTUS Ruling

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The clock is ticking toward the end of this latest 2014-2015 term of the Supreme Court session, with the country anxiously awaiting a ruli...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The Confederate Flag Represents A Heritage Of Hate

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Been keeping up with the terrorist attack in Charleston, SC that led to the deaths of nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church by white su...
Monday, June 22, 2015

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team USA Watch- Playing Colombia

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FIFA number four ranked Team USA gets its first match in knockout round play later tonight against a familiar opponent in FIFA number 10 r...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Moni's Excellent Night With The Houston Dash

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Been a rough week for me, and I got the opportunity thanks to Mike Craig to knock things off my Houston bucket list.   I got the opportu...

Pope Francis, Stop Attacking Trans People!

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One of the things I've been more than pissed off about is the disgusting pattern since 2003 of anti-trans rhetoric and hate speech co...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Time To Root Out US Embassy Transphobia

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Last month I talked about the situation of Amruta Soni, an Indian trans person whose visa application was held up to visit the United S...

Nicole's 'Royal Pains' Episode To Be Broadcast June 23

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I mentioned in a recent post I wrote about her last month that the amazing trans teen Nicole Maines was taping an episode of USA Network'...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Let The Tapdancing About This Latest Domestic Terror Attack Begin

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Wednesday night 21 year old Dylann Roof walked into a side door of the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston SC and attended a Bible s...

Rest In Peace, Mercedes

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It's my sad duty to inform you TransGriot readers about the murder of another US trans woman. According to the Advocate , 17 year old ...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Moni's Moving Edition

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After a drama filled run to get to this point,  I finally moved out of the place I've called home for the last six months yesterday. I...

Juneteenth 2015-Up, Up, You Mighty Black Trans Texans!

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150 years ago today Union Major General Gordon Granger ascended a balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, TX and read General Order Number ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team USA Watch- On To The Knockout Round

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Group play at the 2015 Women's World Cup has been concluded, and we now know which 16 teams are still alive in the chase for the FIFA wo...

All The Seven Sisters Will Admit Trans Feminine Students

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The Seven Sisters are a group of historical elite women's collegiate institutions in the Northeast US founded between 1837-1889 whose p...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Happy Martian New Year!

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If you were sitting on the planet Mars, you'd be celebrating a brand new year this week. The Red Planet has a similar axial tile to or...

Fayetteville, AR Passes New Civil Rights Protection Law

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Was wondering if in the wake of the exposure of the Duggar hypocrisy, that Fayetteville, AR would revisit the marrow repeal of the previous ...

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team USA Watch-Escaping The 'Group Of Death'

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Last night Team USA played their final group match in Vancouver against Nigeria with much on the  line.  A Team USA win over the Super F...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Colombia Allows Gender Marker Changes Without Surgery

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Identity documents that accurately reflect our expressed gender identities are an important issue for trans people around the world. The n...

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team USA Watch-Next Up Nigeria

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The final group play match for now FIFA ranked number four Team USA is taking place in Vancouver against Nigeria with much at stake for the ...
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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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