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Thursday, September 15, 2016

My Ambivalence About The USA And Texas Is Real

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Sometimes I wonder just how many of you white Americans not only say amen to what Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney  wrote about ...

TransGriot 2016 NFL Picks-Week 2

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Picking games during the first week of a new NFL season is always a nerve wracking crapshoot. Because of all the roster moves, retiremen...

Openly Trans Service Member Promoted To Navy Lt. Commander

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After fighting for this policy for years, since July 1, transgender members of the US Armed Forces can openly serve in our nation's m...

2016 UH Cougar Watch- Coogs Open The American Conference Play Against Cincinnati

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After playing a marathon football game against Lamar that lasted 6 hours and 18 minutes , the number 6 University of Houston footballers t...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The GLAAD Gala San Francisco Speech

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Angelica Ross recorded much of the speech, but here's the video of my complete GLAAD Gala SF speech I delivered on September 8, 2016. ...

Atlantic Coast Conference Pulls All ACC Championship Events From NC

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While the North Carolina Republicans and the state's conservafools continue their media spin with the goal of justifying discriminat...

TransGriot Post Number 10,000!

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This is TransGriot post number 10,000 you are reading. Took a lot of writing, ten years, a lot of sweat equity, 6.4 million readers and ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Messages From Gender Infinity And Montrose Center Concerning The Phelps Phamily Protests

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The Phelps Phamily is allegedly coming to Houston to spread their special brand of hate on Friday.   There's a 50% chance they won...

Two More USA Trans Women Lost In 2016

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Once again, it's my sad duty to report that we have lost two more trans women, one in Maine, and one in Chicago which brings the death t...

NCAA Pulls Seven Championship Events From North Carolina Over HB2

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If the North Carolina GOP and conservafool movement thought the NCAA was bluffing about pulling championship events from the state over t...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Phelps Phamily Coming To Houston To Hate

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We already have enough problems with our Lone Star domestic LGBTQ haters in Steve Hotze, Dave Welch, Dave Wilson, Jonathan Saenz, Max M...

12 Year Old Mexican Child Attempts To Stop An Anti-Gay Protest

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And it is written in the Bible that a little child shall lead them. In a protest reminiscent of the 1989 'Tank Man' protest of a...

Hey Hollywood, Trans Actors Exist, So Hire Them!

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TransGriot Note:  Actress Trace Lysette on the Emmy's red carpet . One of the things I've been increasingly pleased to see is t...

NBJC OUT On The Hill 2016 Starts Wednesday!

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Unfortunately I won't be there in DC because of other commitments, but had to let you TransGriot readers know that the National Black ...

'Her Story' Emmy Disappointment

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Was hoping along with everyone in the community that my girls Jen Richards and Angelica Ross would be making some more history at the 2016...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

15th Anniversary of The 9-11 Terror Attacks

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September 11, 2001 is one of those dates etched into American history as one you remember what you were doing and where your were when the...

2016 UH Cougar Watch- Number 6 UH Runs Over Lamar In Six Hour Game

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It took them six hours and 18 minutes, and enduring a 3.5 hour lightning delay for a game that kicked off at 11:AM CDT, but the number 6 r...
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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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