TransGriot

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

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Kentucky And Oregon Presidential Primaries Today

›
The Kentucky and Oregon presidential primary elections are happening today, and as a former resident of the Bluegrass state that spent nea...

Ir's Laila and Logan's Wedding Day!

›
The Trans Obamas, AKA Precious Davis and Myles Brady aren't the only trans couple getting married this year that I have mad love and a...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Montreal Gender Surgery Center Subjected To Arson Attack

›
When my post op sisters talk about what surgeons did their gender confirmation surgeries, sometimes when we are discussing that subject in...

Bryanna Needs Some Support

›
My Baltimore based sis Bryanna Jenkins has been accepted to DePaul University's College of Law in Chicago and will be headed to Chicag...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Legal Drama 'Doubt' Featuring Laverne Cox Being Picked Up By CBS!

›
Been talking about the legal series Doubt , which features Laverne Cox as an Ivy League educated attorney that works at a boutique law fir...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

Will UH Be Heading To The Big 12?

›
Ever since the Southwest Conference broke up and TCU and UH were shadily left out of the merger of the SWC and Big 8 no thanks to former U...

Kim Coco Iwamoto Running For Hawaii Senate!

›
I've been saying that we need to have trans people writing the laws instead of begging to be included in them or working to kill unjus...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Rep. Alan Grayson Calls Out NC's Cisgender Bigots

›
Y'all know how much i love Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) who is making a run for the Florida US senate seat that Marco Rubio is leaving. Gra...

Shut Up Fool Awards-Friday The 13th Edition

›
It's not just any Friday on the calendar, it's Shut Up Fool awards day.  It's one of the ongoing features of this blog that yo...

Jillian Weiss Appearing Again On CNN Legal View

›
I guess CNN loves Dr. Jillian Weiss as much as I and the trans community does. After her May 9 appearance on Legal View With Ashleigh B...

Department Of Education Issues Decree Protecting Transgender Students

›
It's been a great week for the American trans community thanks to the attorney general's declaration that they and the Obama Admi...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Massachusetts Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Trans Protections Bill

›
You longtime TransGriot readers know I've been extremely critical about Massachusetts passing a public accommodations free trans righ...

Bye, Sally Kern!

›
I don't like term limits for a lot of reasons for legislative and city council seats because I believe they punish good legislators wh...

Black Transwomen, Inc AYOMBI Online Trans Feminine Support Group MeetingTonight

›
One of the things that was discussed during the recently concluded BTAC 2016 conference was ramped up programming for the Black Transmen, ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Two Arrests Made In Keyonna Blakeney Case

›
Good news to report in the case concerning our departed sister Keyonna Blakeney, who was found on April 16 beaten and stabbed to death in ...

A Trans Soldier's Story

›
I've had the honor and pleasure of knowing Karen Kendra Holmes online for several years, and finally got to meet her in person during ...

Geraldine Roman Celebrates Her Historic Win!

›
"i'm elated, very, very happy. I'm also excited to work.  I realize that the burden is bigger because the stereotype of peop...

GENDA Overwhelmingly Passes NY Assembly For Ninth Consecutive Time!

›
In the wake of the historic press conference in which Attorney General Loretta Lynch and head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division Vanit...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

The TX Values Transphobes Are Planning To Swarm The FWISD Board Meeting Today

›
Pissed off because the Fort Worth Independent School District decided to clarify its policies i mpacting trans students,  the transphobic ...

Vanita Gupta's Remarks On The NC HB 2 Federal Countersuit

›
After US Attorney General Loretta Lynch made her eloquent remarks body slamming HB 2 and telling the trans community the DOJ and the Obam...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About The TransGriot

My photo
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
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.