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

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

The Fight To Keep HERO- October 6

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The deadline to register for this year's mayoral election passed at midnight, and if you didn't handle that business, it's too...

Happy 15th Birthday Jazz!

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Y'all know here at TransGriot I'm ride or die for all things Jazz Jennings, and today I want to take a moment to wish this amazing...

Two Weeks To Fantasia Fair

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Got another reminder of how close the start of the 2015 Fantasia Fair is with the release of the Participant Guide schedule booklet that h...
Monday, October 05, 2015

Dawn Wilson Scholarship Established By U of L

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Happy to see my Louisville homegirl and Louisville Human Relations Commissioner Dawn Wilson was honored October 1 by the University of Lou...

Here Comes The SCOTUS 2015-16 Session

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It's the first Monday in October, and that means a new Supreme Court term is about to commence that will run until June. We saw what...

Search Underway For Missing Houston Trans Man Darius Gatlin

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I have been afraid that the ramped up anti-trans hatred the HERO opponents have been spewing into the atmosphere, and especially on Black ...

SBC Trans Hatefest Starts In Louisville Today

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In a few hours the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will host a hatefest conference in which they will arrogantly spend three days i...
Sunday, October 04, 2015

Nikki's Interesting DC Weekend

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Nikki Araguz Loyd is the other H-town based trans woman who has flown more air miles than the Air Marshal this year,.   This time she and ...

Being A TBLG Christian Is Not An Oxymoron

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One of the things I get sick of seeing and hearing is self described atheists taking every opportunity to say hateful and negative stuff abo...
Saturday, October 03, 2015

SCC 2015 In New Locale

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For the first time since its founding 25 years ago, a Southern Comfort Conference will not be taking place in the Atlanta metro area or th...
Friday, October 02, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards- First Friday In October Edition

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Another calendar page flips to October as 2015 rapidly comes to a close.  We are only 12 weeks from the start of 2016 and the end of this ...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

2015 TransGriot NFL Picks-Week 4

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I rebounded from stumbling out of the gate to having a fab 13-3 week picking games, but that was only good enough to share weekly honors w...

Been Sick..The Update

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The last three days I have been less than 100% because I've been ill and was forced to take a few sick days away from the computer to ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Trans Teen Surprised By Mom With Her First Hormones

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For the transphobes who are trying to push the lie that parents supporting their trans kids is 'child abuse', I offer this in emp...

The Fight To Keep HERO- September 30

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We are one day closer to the October 5 deadline to register to vote for this upcoming civic election in which unfortunately, our Houston ...

Will Chase Culpepper Make History Again?

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South Carolina trans teen Chase Culpepper was recently in the news when she finally got the opportunity to take her feminine driver's...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Three Weeks Until I Make History At Fantasia Fair!

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The Provincetown. MA based Fantasia Fair that started in 1975 is the oldest trans conference in the USA and probably the world, and in t...

Whitewashed Stonewall Movie Tanks At Box Office

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'So when  Stonewall  the whitewashed trans history erasing movie comes out, save your hard earned T-bills.   Just say no to erasure a...

The Battle To Keep HERO-September 29

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One of the reasons I'm more than pissed off about the lack of pushback in Black Houston over the lies the HERO opposition and their kn...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Upcoming FTM Fitness World Conference

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My trans brothers have been asking me why I haven't been covering the news from their half of the community lately, and they have a po...
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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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