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

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

It's Not About The Bathrooms

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In the wake of our HERO loss, now that we have the local media's attention that we didn't have during the HERO fight, the Houston ...
Monday, November 09, 2015

MAJOR! Premiere This Friday

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This Friday will be an event I hope I get the chance to attend in the premiere of  the highly anticipated movie MAJOR! at the San Francis...

Jazz Jennings Named Again To TIME Magazine's 30 Most Influential Teens List

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For the second consecutive year, our fave transteen Jazz Jennings has been named to the TIME Magazine 30 Most Influential Teens List. It&#...

The Houston Trans Community Fights Back

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After spending a few days venting about the results of the HERO vote, now that we H-town trans people have gotten the venting about it ou...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Thanks, Everyone For The Love

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It has been a tough few days since my hometown shockingly voted to swallow the lies of the opposition about trans people and stupidly thro...
Saturday, November 07, 2015

Tona's Trans Awareness Month Truth Telling

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TransGriot Note:  Guest post by Tona Brown It's Trans Awareness Month: As each day gets closer to TDOR (November 20th) a time where ...

Congrats Aaron and Janet!

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You know I have much love for Janet Mock, and have been ride or die for her ever since she came out as a girl like us. and I had the pleas...
Friday, November 06, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-Post Houston Election Edition

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Houston went to the polls on Tuesday, and the results were mixed for those of us who love freedom and justice.   We have had some of the c...

Change.org Drop The T Petition Needs To Die

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In the wake of the Prop 1 loss, I talked about how we have some folks in LG World who are bigger transphobes and oppressors than our right w...

Cis Woman Misgendered In Detroit Restaurant Suing

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It's actually old news, but in light of the injustice that happened here Tuesday, I'm expecting it to happen here soon in the wak...
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Thursday, November 05, 2015

Umm Naw, Black Houstonians Aren't Solely To Blame For This HERO Disaster

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I've been calling this failed Houston Unites effort Prop 8 v 2.0 because they basically replicated the mistakes of the 2008 Prop 8 cam...

2015 TransGriot NFL Picks Week 9

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The calendar page turns to November, and the second half of the NFL season starts with the Week 9 NFL schedule of games.  And believe it o...
Wednesday, November 04, 2015

HERO Dies..And I'm Pissed About It

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  'What we did get is a whitewashed campaign that didn't do enough to destroy the only political card the HERO haters could play i...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Moni On Can We Talk 4 Real Tomorrow

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I get the honor of once again talking to Michelle and Terri Boi about not only what has been transpiring in my semi-boring life lately, b...

2015 TransGriot Houston Election Endorsements

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As many of you longtime TransGriot readers are aware of, I am a serious political geek who lives for Election Day. In the nearly ten yea...

Houston Election Day 2015!

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In a few hours the polls will open for a Houston mayoral election the whole world will be watching. The peeps who didn't early vote...
Monday, November 02, 2015

The Fight To Keep HERO - November 2

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It's election eve, and I'm nervous that this election to keep HERO is tight going into Election Day tomorrow morning. And it sh...

Happy TransParent Day 2015!

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Yesterday was TransParent Day, a day founded by Erica Fields and Sharon Brackett in 2009 that recognizes the parents of trans kids or tho...
Sunday, November 01, 2015

Did You Do Your 2015 Fall Back?

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Did you set that clock back one hour before you went to bed?   Daylight savings time is ending today until March 13, 2016 when we move tho...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Fight To Keep HERO - October 31

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'The bottom line is that the HERO opposition has been since last May disseminating lies about HERO unchallenged. This election will pr...
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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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