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

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton Slays Trump In First Presidential Debate

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The first debate is now over, and it was a no doubt about it win for Hillary Clinton tonight. It was non stop slayage by her of the rude...
Monday, September 26, 2016

The First Clinton-Trump Presidential Debate Is Tonight

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At 8 PM CDT the first of three presidential debates between Democratic presidential nominee Sec. Hillary Clinton and Republican presidenti...

Trinity's ESSENCE Article

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I met Trinity and her mom DeShanna back during this year's Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and have much love for the Delaware b...

Joel Silberman Calls Out Media's Low Expectations For Trump

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I first met Joel Silberman when I went to New York in 2012 to take part in the GLAAD POC Media training sessions that weekend. I learned...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

8th Annual Houston LGBT Caucus Equality Brunch

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The reason I left Louisville yesterday a little sooner than i would have liked is because I had this event on my calendar for today in the...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens Today

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It was an event 100 years in the making, but how apropos that when the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) w...

Musing About The DNC 2020 Trans Contingent

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The 2016 DNC Convention in Philadelphia is over and it was a historic and record breaking one. We had a trans contingent of 27 people from...
Friday, September 23, 2016

Shut Up Fool Awards- Moni's In Da Ville Again Edition

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Since Sunday I've been visiting my homies and homettes in my adopted hometown of  Louisville, KY for the first time since my Labor Day...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

TransGriot 2016 NFL Picks-Week 3

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Week 2 of the 2016 NFL season has come and gone, and my fave NFL footballers are still unbeaten and sitting atop the AFC South Division st...

Texas Trans Pioneer Linda Phillips Passes Away

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Was sad to hear the news via Gordene MacKenzie's Facebook page that pioneering Texas trans woman Linda Phillips has passed away sudd...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

I Don't Need Your Permission To Have My Humanity Respected

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In the latest example of white faux christian conservafool arrogance, a new anti-trans campaign with two white women as spokesmodels is t...

Po-po's, Stop Killing Black People

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One of the things I'm beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of is turning on the TV to hear of another instance where an unarm...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Dee Whigham Case Update

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This update in the Dee Whigham case is trigger warning worthy because it is going to discuss just how savage her murder was and how the wa...

Must See Trans TV Alert-STRUT Premieres Tonight

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Here's a Must See Trans TV alert for you. Premiering tonight is the Oxygen debut of the Whoopi Goldberg produced show STRUT , which...
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Miss SaHHara Places In Top 5 In 2016 Miss Trans Star International Pageant

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In case you're wondering how my British sis via Nigeria Miss SaHHara fared in the just concluded Miss Trans Star International pagean...

Models Geena Rocero and Tracey Norman Make History On 'Harper's Bazaar India' Covers

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More trans history was made as models Geena Rocero and Tracey Africa Norman appear on a groundbreaking series of Harper's Bazaar India...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Kerry Washington Puts Trump On Blast

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I love actress and advocate KerryWashington for a lot of reasons, and one of them is because she is  keen observer of what's going on ...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016

President Obama's 2016 CBC Speech

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Last night President Barack Obama spoke to the 48th annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner for the last ...

The Air Marshal Is Headed To Da Ville!

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If you're thinking, "Didn't you just fly off to San Francisco a week ago?" yes I sure did.  But this trip isn't fo...

Gender Infinity 2016

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Every now and then I do a Houston based event to reminds my Houston homies and homettes that I still live here, this is home and I love ev...
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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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