TransGriot

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

Monday, May 09, 2016

Laila Ireland Wins AMPA Military Spouse Leadership Award

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May 6 was Military Spouse Appreciation Day, and how apropos was it that on Saturday night in our nation's capital the third annual Am...

AG Loretta Lynch Drops The Legal Hammer On NC

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"Let me also speak directly to the transgender community itself.  Some of you have lived freely for decades.  Others of you are still...

Geraldine Roman Elected To Philippine Congress!

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It's official!   You can now call her Congresswoman-elect Roman!   49 year old Geraldine Roman has made Philippine and world trans ...

Clinton Wins The 2016 Guam Democratic Caucus

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Who said that Sec. Hillary Clinton couldn't win a caucus? The Guam Democratic Caucus was held Saturday, with 12 total delegates up for...

The SNL Church Lady Humorously LambasTED My Canadian Senator

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Y'all know I have no love for Sen. Damien Thorn, oops Ted Cruz, who I call on these electronic pages the junior senator from Alberta i...
Sunday, May 08, 2016

President Obama Recognizes Trans Mothers In His Mother's Day Proclamation

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I'm going to miss President Obama for a lot of reasons when he leaves office January 20.   But the biggest reason I'm going to mis...

Happy Mother's Day 2016

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Today is Mother's Day, the day on the calendar in which we celebrate the number one woman in our lives and all that she does, has done...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

H-town LGBT Community Shops At Target For A Cause

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Ever since Target expressed support for the trans community and made it clear that employees and shoppers go to the bathroom that matches ...

President Obama's Howard U Commencement Speech

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The Class of 2016 was graduating from Howard University today, and didn't realize that my cousin Derek was going to be in the audience...

Win Attica Win!

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The Kentucky Primary election is on May 17, and in this case I'll be looking at some races besides the presidential one between Hillar...
Friday, May 06, 2016

Trans United Fund 'Meet My Child' Video

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The Trans United Fund has just released in time for Mother's Day a video featuring mother's talking about their trans kids and the...

Nicole Maines' TED Talk

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Another one of our amazing trans advocates I've had the pleasure of meeting is Nicole Maines.   This is the video of her TED Talk t...

Our Trans Kids At Times Are Leading Us Trans Elders

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There is a Biblical scripture that states, "And a little child shall lead them.'.  That scripture has become reality repeatedly i...

Marisa Richmond Nominated For Nashville Human Relations Commission

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Was elated to hear that Dr. Marisa Richmond was nominated by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry yesterday to serve on the Metro (Nashville) Human...

Shut Up Fool Awards- 2016 Mother's Day Weekend Edition

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Sunday is Mother's Day, and it's on that day we celebrate to woman who brought us in this world, threatened to take us out of it i...

Will The Philippine's Geraldine Roman Become The World's Sixth Trans National Legislator?

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In November 1999 Georgina Beyer made news that electrified trans kind and gave hope to trans people dreaming of holding elective office ...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

Dr. Jillian Weiss Talks About The DOJ HB 2 Challenge On CNN

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Earlier today on CNN attorney Dr. Jillian T. Weiss was on CNN's Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield to discuss the unjust HB 2 and the r...

NC Facing Monday Deadline To Repeal HB 2

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Got another wonderful birthday present on Wednesday when the US Department of Justice finally dropped the hammer on  North Carolina by dec...

RIP Tyreece Walker

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One of the things I've been afraid of with all the anti-trans hatred being pushed by Republican politicians and the conservative movem...

NYC Trans Woman Attacked For Riding While Trans

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Anti-trans hate thoughts + anti-trans hate speech = anti-trans hate violence/murders.  That is the equation that unfortunately adds up to ...
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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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