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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Indiana GOP Senator Files Unjust Anti-Trans SB 35

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While y'all were checking out what gifts were left for you under your Christmas trees and in your stockings, Indiana trans folks were...

Donahue Show: Trans People and Their Families

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Another Donahue trans show, circa 1987 in which he interviews a trans woman and her supportive sister. Enjoy the video
Friday, December 25, 2015

Shut Up Fool Awards-Christmas Fools 2015 Edition

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Merry Christmas TransGriot readers!  Hope Santa Claus brought you what you were hoping for and it was under your tree wrapped up all nice ...

Merry Christmas 2015

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Merry Christmas, people!   Hope everyone is enjoying the day and gets a chance to spend it with your blood or chosen families. I also ho...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

2015 TransGriot NFL Picks- Week 16

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Merry Christmas!   Your present from the NFL is the last Thursday night matchup of the 2015 season and a Saturday game for the second cons...

Gwen Araujo's Mom Sylvia Guerrero Needs Our Help

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17 year old Gwen Araujo was brutally murdered on October 4, 2002 and ever since then, her mother Sylvia Guerrero has been a standup ally f...

First Ever Africa Trans* Visibility Day

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I keep pointing out the trans human rights movement is an international one, and we have increasing evidence of that global reach every...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

1965 Baldwin vs. Buckley Debate

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"It is a terrible thing for an entire people to surrender to the notion that one-ninth of its population is beneath them.  Until the ...

What I Would Like To Give The Trans Community For Christmas 2015

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We're 48 hours from Christmas Day, and it's been another year for transkind filled with good and bad news.   While we have unprece...

FTM Fitness World Body Building Competition Video

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I talked about the FTM Fitness World Conference in Atlanta in a previous post, and in addition to this Al Jazeera America story about the...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Donahue Show: Tula

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During its 26 years of syndication from 1970-1996, The Phil Donahue Show was considered the gold standard when it came to talk shows.   ...

Mayor Parker's Last City Council Meeting

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Her third and final term doesn't officially end until January 2 and Mayor-elect Sylvester Turner is inaugurated, but her final city co...
Monday, December 21, 2015

Cali Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative Fails To Get On 2016 Ballot!

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There's good news coming from the Left Coast as the right wing haters in the 'Privacy For All' group failed to get their hate ...

Precious Davis On 'Say Yes To The Dress' In January

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One of the things we'll be looking forward to in 2016 is the wedding of one of our fave couples in Precious Davis and Myles Brady.   I...

You're A Mean One, Mr. Trump

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Just in time for the holidays, stumbled across this wicked parody on College Humor of You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch with remixed lyrics...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

My Being Patient With Caitlyn Is Over

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Well, if you're wondering what my opinion was about Caitlyn Jenner before she and her I Am Cait entourage rolled through H-town.   I w...
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Champion Gets Life For Killing Ty Underwood

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It only took the jury 45 minutes to determine in the punishment phase of the trial yesterday that 21 year old Carlton Champion, Jr would ...

14th Annual First Amendment TWCUC Toy Drive Later Today

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For those of you in the Houston area who have or are aware of children from 3 to 12 years of age who are facing a toy free Christmas, you...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Caitlyn Comes To H-town, Screws Up Again

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For the last few months I've been basically sitting back and observing the developing Caitlyn Jenner situation.  Been paying attentio...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Star Wars VII Is Out Edition

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Here's the weekend we Star Wars fans have been waiting for ever since it was announced a new film was in production with JJ Abrams dir...
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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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