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

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Trinity's Asking You To Stop Killing Us

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The shock, sadness and anger over another Black trans woman being killed last night in Baltimore is not only affecting us in Black Trans W...

RIP Crystal Edmonds

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It's my sad duty to report we've lost another sister in 2016 to senseless anti-trans violence 32 year old Crystal Edmonds was sh...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Shut Up Fool Awards- 2016 Hispanic Heritage Month Edition

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Yesterday was the start in the US of Hispanic Heritage Month , a month long celebration of the contributions of Latinx and Hispanic Americ...

2016 UH Cougar Watch- Cougars Beat Cincinnati 40-16

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The game was actually closer than the final score indicated, but the number 6 ranked University of Houston Cougars beat the Cincinnati Bea...

Roland Martin Calls Out Bill O'Reilly

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Y'all know how much I love my Houston homeboy Roland Martin, and one of the highlights of the joint NABJ-NAHJ convention I recently at...

Arrest Made In Deneequia Dodds Case

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I have some good news to report in that an  arrest has been made  in the Deenequia Dodds case. You'll recall that Dodds was found by...
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 ...
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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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