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

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

2016 Olympics Watch- USA Women Ballers Rolling In Group Play

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The USA women's ballers started this Olympic tournament heavily favored to win their sixth straight gold medal since 1996, and were ca...
Monday, August 08, 2016

2016 Williams Watch-Shocking Olympic Exits

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This Olympic trip to Rio has not been a good one so far for my fave tennis playing siblings. On Saturday I got to painfully watch fifth se...

Do We Finally Have Trans Olympians Present In Rio?

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The IOC is declining to say whether that history has happened, and neither is the British Olympic Association or the Great Britain delegat...
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Lea T Makes Some Olympic Trans History

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We don't know definitively is we have trans folks competing at the Rio Olympics even though trans people have been eligible to do so...
Sunday, August 07, 2016

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Brady!

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Have to give a TransGriot shout out to one of my fave couples in Myles Brady and Precious Davis, who finally jumped the broom into the lan...
Saturday, August 06, 2016

Lavender Law 2016

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While I was across town handling my media business as part of the over 4000 Black and Latinx media people attending the joint #NABJNAHJ16 ...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Rio Olympics Start Today!

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It's been four years in the making, but ready or not, the games of the XXXI Olympiad will kick off with their opening ceremonies at th...
Thursday, August 04, 2016

'I Am Cait' Cancelled

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Won't have to worry or be pissed off about Caitlyn Jenner making future TV trips to Houston to ignore local trans activists  any mo...

Moni's In The NABJ-NAHJ Convention House!

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Well people, I'm at this moment sitting in the Washington Marriott Wardman Park hotel. I'm registered and ready to get my learn ...

Happy 55th Birthday President Obama!

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Today is the 55th birthday of our President Barack Hussein Obama.   He was born on this date in Honolulu, HI in 1961 exactly nine months b...
Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Moni's Headed To The NABJ-NAHJ Joint Convention

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About to head to Washington DC for my second media conference o 2016, and it's a big one. The National Association of Black Journalist...
Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Please Consider Donations To Trans Led Orgs On Give OUT Day

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Give OUT Day is a 24 hour effort focused on fundraising for LGBT non profit organizations. One of the things I hope will happen today is...

Transgender National Alliance Becomes TransGriot Technology Sponsor

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TransGriot has not only been around for ten years, it is also the only award winning continuously publishing blog dedicated to trans issue...
Monday, August 01, 2016

Ugh, Texas College Campus Carry Law Takes Effect

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Just what we needed on Texas college and university campuses, armed drunken frat boys. In more GOP ammosexual idiocy sponsored by the NR...

Clinton To Speak At Joint NABJ-NAHJ Convention

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Looks like I'll definitely need to get to the hotel early to get a seat for this event on Friday. I'm leaving Houston on Wednesd...

Alleged Bayou City Bigotry?

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Ever since our HERO ordinance went down in flames last November no thanks to an unholy coalition of out of town right wing haters, the GOP...
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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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