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Saturday, September 03, 2016

2016 UH Cougar Watch- Crucial Season Opener At NRG Stadium

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My fave college football team starts what has the potential to be a blockbuster 2016 season when they kick off in a few hours against the ...
Friday, September 02, 2016

African-Americans, Poor Whites and Latinos Know What America Has To Lose

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You TransGriot readers know how much love and profound respect I have for the Rev. Dr William J. Barber, and once again this moral human r...

Shut Up Fool Awards- H-Town Takeover 2.0 Edition

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Tomorrow afternoon at a sold out NRG Stadium we will see the biggest season opener for a UH Cougar football game probably in decades whe...
Thursday, September 01, 2016

Jen Richards Speaks About The 'Anything' Movie Controversy

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I've had my say about the current controversy surrounding Matt Bomer and the Anything movie perpetuating the tired and frustrating p...

Selena's Madame Tussaud's Wax Figure Unveiled

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It's still hard to believe that my fellow Texan Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been gone now 21 years.  I still remember the shock and h...

Scott Turner Schofield's 'Becoming A Man In 127 Easy Steps' Play Coming To Chicago September 12

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I have much love for my fellow Texan Scott Turner Schofield (he was born in San Antonio), who last year made a little history by becoming ...

I'm Ready For Some 2016 NFL Prognostication!

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The NFL season starts next week, and I will be once it starts competing for TransGriot NFL prognostication glory and to see if I can do so...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Moni's Had It Up To Here With White Cisgender Males Playing Trans Women In Hollywood

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September will witness television history when the CBS legal drama Doubt debuts with Laverne Cox playing the first main cast transgender ...

Black Trans Advocacy Conference Regional Summits

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While we're counting down to the sixth annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference in Dallas next April, BTAC executive director Carter Br...
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HRC #ThisIsTransgender Video

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Our right wing oppressors, oops opponents continue their efforts to be on the wrong side of human rights history.  But as they continue to...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

20 Reasons I'm With Her

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While surfing the Net and Facebook I ran across the commentary of a far left wing Hillary hater who challenged Clinton supporters to come ...
Monday, August 29, 2016

2016 Presidential Election Voter Registration Deadlines

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If you're planning on voting in our upcoming presidential election, better get busy and make sure you're registered to do so. Some...

Busy H-Town Saturday

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Saturday was a busy one for me as I attended two events that were fortunately happening only a mile apart. I was asked by Rhys Caraway t...

Federal Judge Rules UNC Can't Enforce Unjust HB2 Potty Provisions

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Had more good news for transkind happen on Friday when we got an unexpected HB2 ruling in North Carolina that went our way. US District ...

2016 Williams Watch- US Open Starts Today

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After a surprising exit in the Rio Olympic singles and doubles tournament, Serena Williams enters New York and this edition of the 2016 US...
Friday, August 26, 2016

TransGriot Perv Watch- Jacksonville Oppressor Kenneth Adkins Busted On Two Molestation Charges

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It's been a while since I wrote a TransGriot Perv Watch post, and this one is too delicious and chock full of schadenfreude to not ta...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Rio Olympic Withdrawal Edition

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It's been almost a week since the Olympic flame was extinguished at the Maracana Stadium on Sunday to close out the Rio Olympic Games ...

Bryanna's Started Law School!

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In case you peeps were wondering what's happening with Bryanna Jenkins, my amazing sis who is starting her 1L year at DePaul Universi...
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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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