TransGriot

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

Sunday, October 02, 2016

Whoopi Tears Into Kellyanne Conway On 'The View'

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If the Trump campaign team had been listening to Mitt Romney's infamous 47% tape form the 2012 election cycle, they should have paid c...

Prime Minister Trudeau's First UN Speech

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Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson may not be able to name a foreign leader he admires, but I can rattle off a long lis...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

2016 Presidential Election October Registration Deadlines

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Today is October 1, and we are just 37 days away from a critical Election Day on November 8.   Just as a reminder of how much time you h...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Shut Up Fool Awards- Last Friday In September Edition

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Well TransGriot readers, it's the last day in September in a year that is going by pretty quickly. With October starting tomorrow, i...

Linda Phillips Celebration Of Life Service Set For October 15

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I posted here about the recent death of one of our trans community pioneers in Linda Phillips, who along with her amazing spouse Cynthia...

CDC Forgets The T In Their Infographic

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Several of my readers sent this link to me of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC)  sponsored infographic campaign in which they are attemp...

Rep. Geraldine Roman Handling Her Legislative Business

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Back in May Geraldine Roman became the first out trans person elected to the Philippine Congress and only the sixth person internationally...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Number 6 UH Takes On UConn

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After finishing a stretch of three games in 14 days with a 64-3 demolition of Texas State in San Marcos, the number 6 ranked University of...

TransGriot 2016 NFL Picks-Week 4

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Week 3 is over, and now it's Week 4 of the 2016 NFL season.  This week means a quarter of the season has gone by. We now have a ro...

Accomplished Two TransGriot Twitter Milestones!

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Yesterday evening I hit two Twitter milestones on the same day in terms of sending my 20,000th tweet and reaching 10,000 followers ! An...

Black Houston, Cease And Desist With The Transphobia

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One of the things I'm getting sick and tired of is elements of the Houston Black community being willfully transphobic.  I'm beyon...

You Don't Need A Photo ID To Vote In Texas!

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Hallelujah, the Texas GOP Voter Suppression (ID) law is dead!  If you don't have a photo ID, you do not need to produce one to vote ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Moni's At The Equality Brunch 2016

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I know I wrote about it on Sunday , but wanted to post more pics from the 8th annual Equality Brunch.  And yes, I was still shaking off th...

Why I Don't Want Trump's Hands On The Nuke Launch Codes

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As a baby boomer, one of the anxiety ridden things I grew up with and pondered almost every day until the Cold War ended and the Sovie...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Must See Trans TV Alert- 'Modern Family' Trans Episode To Feature Trans Child Actor

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You may wish to set your DVR's for this upcoming ABC Modern Family episode Wednesday at 8 PM CDT.   It's going to feature a histo...

Texas v. USA Case Hearing In Wichita Falls Friday

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For those of you in the Wichita Falls area, the unjust federal transphobic lawsuit that Ken Paxton filed is going to get another hearing ...

Texas Association of Business Formally Opposes HB2 Style Bills

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If you;re wondering why I and other TBLGQ Texans and our allies stay and fight the right wing powers that be to make our state better, thi...

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...
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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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