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

Friday, January 15, 2016

Happy 87th Birthday, Dr King!

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Today is what would have been the 87th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest Americans our people have ever ...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Precious 'Says Yes To The Dress' Tomorrow

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The clock is ticking toward the wedding of Precious Davis and Myles Brady  this summer at the Rockefeller Chapel on the University of Chi...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Shane's Lack Of Trans Men Of Color Representation Video

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Last week I challenged Houston area trans men to step up their leadership game and do their part to help 'ejumacate' our people on...

Fed Up With Trans Latina Erasure

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TransGriot note: Several of the 22 trans feminine lives we lost in 2015 were trans Latinas, but like their trans African American sisters...

Just Say Yo To Girl Scout Cookies!

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One of the things that has really pissed me off about the Forces of Right Wing Intolerance  is their ongoing attacks on Girl Scouts becaus...

President Obama's Last SOTU Speech

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The last State of the Union speech of his \historic presidency happened last night in Washington DC, and President Barack Obama is getting...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Community Debrief On HERO Tonight

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This should be interesting.   Tonight a conversation about HERO will take place to discuss what's next and map out a future course for...

UH Cougars Finish With No.8 AP Ranking!

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Time to pop my collar again as a proud Cougar! This 2015 football season will rank as one of the more successful ones in recent UH athle...

NFL Meeting In H-town To Decide Who Goes To LA

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It has been 21 years since the NFL has had teams in Los Angeles, the second largest TV market in the United States and the largest metropo...

President Obama's Last SOTU Speech Tonight

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The reality that 2016 is not only an election year, but President Obama's last as our president will become crystal clear at  8 PM CST...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Two Houston Trans Feminine Leaders Speaking Tonight

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Two Houston transwomen are handling their human rights business on the same night with 1500 miles between them.  Hey we H-town trans women...

Womanhood Does Not Equal To Childbirth Alone

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While I was surfing the Net last night ran across a Facebook conversation on a trans girlfriend's page in which a cis woman threw the...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Powerball Jackpot Climbs To Record $1.3 Billion

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Nope TransGriot readers, that's not a typo. After 'errbody' in 44 states, DC, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico including t...

5th Annual BTAC Conference Call For Workshop Proposals

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The 5th annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference will be happening in Dallas April 25-May 1, and the call for workshop proposals is now ope...
Friday, January 08, 2016

TransGriot 2015 NFL Picks- Wild Card Weekend Edition

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The 2015 NFL regular season has concluded and it's now playoff time.  All is right in my prognostication world as I have captured the ...

Shut Up Fool Awards - First Week of 2016 Edition

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This is the first full week of 2016, and now that the news cycle has come out of its holiday hibernation, my fools runneth over this week....

Fran Watson Elected Houston LGBT Caucus President At Historic Meeting

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I was pleased to be at the Montrose Center last night to witness some Houston LGBT history Wednesday night. The first LGBT Political Cau...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

'Her Story' West Coast Premiere

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You know I have mad love for Jen Richards, and can't wait for the web series premiere of Her Story to happen on the website January ...

Tamara Adrian Sworn In

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Tamara Adrian made history as the first elected trans national legislator in Venezuela, the second in the Western Hemisphere and South Ame...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

3rd Annual NBJC The Black Institute Features Groundbreaking Panel Discussion

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One of the highlights of any Creating Change event is the daylong institutes that are eagerly anticipated parts of the conference programm...
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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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