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

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

'Happy Birthday Marsha!' Post Production Fundraising Campaign

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The trailer for Happy Birthday, Marsha has been released. It's a short film written and produced by Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

SNL Destroys The Bathroom Meme

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It's too late for it to help us here in Houston, but what I have been saying for a while is that the bathroom meme needs to be made in...

Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum Today

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We owe it to the people we have lost this year to ensure this Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum is the start of formulatin...

Open Letter To The Houston Black Community

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Dear Houston Black Community, It has been two weeks since many of you stupidly let the Texas and Harris County Republican Party, Dave We...

Ashton's Open Letter To Governor Abbott

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I'll have some not so nice comments about it later, but here is what Ashton had to say on his blog about our Sodomite governor. You ...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Trans Awareness Week 2015

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With the official November 20 TDOR day rapidly approaching this Friday and events being held around the country and the world to remember...

Moni's On Queer Voices Tonight

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Another day, another interview for yours truly in the wake of this HERO loss. Been invited to come back to a familiar place for me, the ...

Alysia Yeoh Gets Married!

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Many of you comic book fans are aware that the rebooted DC Comics Batgirl series has a reality based trans character in the person of Aly...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Gender Reel Houston This Coming Weekend

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Just in time for the TDOR and Trans Awareness Week is the inaugural  Houston edition of Gender Reel that will take place at three locatio...

Karma And Holly Holm Knock Out Rousey

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I am not a fan of formerly unbeaten UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey because I've been more than a little pissed off about the ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Hope The Congressional Violence Against Trans People Forum Isn't Monoracial

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I was thrilled to hear according to the Washington Post that the House Equality Caucus will hold on Tuesday a violence against trans peop...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-MAJOR! Film Debut Edition

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I've been talking about this for several years, and now tonight it's finally going to happen. For those of you in the Bay Area,...

Houston African-American LGBT Community Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow

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I have pointed out that across progressive Houston there are conversations happening in the wake of the Prop 1 HERO loss in various commun...

Moni's Recent Can We Talk 4 Real Podcast Interview

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The Can We Talk 4 Real podcast appearance was scheduled for November 4 before we knew what was going to happen to the HERO. Timing was gre...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

The TDOR 2015 Names List

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Next Friday will be the Transgender Day of Remembrance .  It started with a 1999 candlelight vigil in San Francisco organized by Gwen Sm...

2015 TransGriot NFL Picks- Week 10

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We're now in the second half of the 2015 NFL season as the race for playoff spots starts to take shape.  Believe it or not, thanks to ...

Upcoming 20th Anniversary Of Chanelle Pickett's Murder

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I'm going to be speaking at back to back Transgender Day Of Remembrance events here in Houston on November 18 and 19.   One will be t...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Dave Welch, Heal Yourself First

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As you longtime TransGriot readers know, last year I had the personal pleasure of ripping Dave Welch a new anus during a HERO debate on H...

Houston Stonewall Young Democrats #AfterHERO Discussion

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It's been a week post-HERO loss, and far from wallowing in despair over a temporary defeat, the Houston activist community is taking ...

Happy Veterans Day 2015, Trans Vets!

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Today is Veteran's Day, the day in which we celebrate and honor our military veterans who either served or are currently serving in o...
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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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