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

Thursday, December 01, 2016

TransGriot 2016 NFL Picks -Week 13

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We've now moved into the final month of the NFL regular season.   While some teams are fighting for playoff position, others are jocke...

World AIDS Day 2016

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Today is World AIDS Day, in which the world pauses to remember the people we have lost due to the HIV pandemic and celebrate the progress ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

2015 US Trans Survey Report Release Event Coming December 8

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I'm eagerly anticipating an event that is going to take place at the National Press Club on December 8 . The report from the 2015 US ...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Moni's On Queer Voices Once Again!

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Just a reminder for those of you in the Houston area that I'll once again be headed to the KPFT-FM studios later tonight to be on the ...

Target Stands With Us- Stand With Them This Holiday Season

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As Dr. King once said,  the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he sands in ...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Shut Up Fool Awards- Post Turkey Day 2016 Edition

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It's the day after Thanksgiving, and if you're reading this, I take it you're not battling the traffic trying to get to the ma...

One Month To Christmas Day 2016

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We are one month away from Christmas Day 2016, and we already received a lump of coal in our Christmas stockings in terms of that unqualif...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

TDOR 2016 Snapshots

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DOR 2016 is one for the history books, and as this 18th anniversary observance of it across the globe happened,    I wasn't at home fo...

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

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It's a bittersweet Thanksgiving for many of us in Trans World today. While we've made some amazing progress this year, the adver...

TransGriot 2016 NFL Picks -Week 12

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It's Thanksgiving Day!  I'm  posting my NFL picks a little earlier than normal because we have an early morning game in Detroit in...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

C-16 Trans Rights Bill Passes House of Commons, Heads To Senate

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Some wonderful news for our Canadian trans cousins that happened in the runup to TDOR. On November 18, Bill C-16, also known as the Tran...

Trans Cycling Trailblazer Jillian Bearden Wins 2016 El Tour de Tucson

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One of the people I met during my recent trip to Tucson was cyclist Jillian Bearden, who was in town for the El Tour de Tucson bike race a...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

The Conservative Movement Is One Of Oppression

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I keep telling y'all how much I love CNN's Angela Rye for telling it like it T-I-S is and calling people out for BS. Earlier tod...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Thanks Tucson For A Wonderful TDOR 2016 Weekend!

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TDOR 2016 is now one for the history books, and enjoyed my weekend here in Baja Arizona as they call the Tucson-Pima County area. I hope...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Moni's TDOR 2016 Thoughts

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We will lose more transgender people to violence. The Remembering Our Dead list will get longer. The anti-transgender rhetoric coming from...

Bishop Yvette Flunder's Post-Election Message

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I had the honor and pleasure of finally meeting a few months ago the amazing Bishop Yvette Flunder when she came to Houston to speak at th...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

If You're A Trans Trump Voter, You Are A Sellout

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It's now been a week since the disastrous election of that reprehensible oompa loompa who I will give the same respect as POTUS as he ...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Shut Up Fool Awards -Trans Awareness Week Edition

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It's Trans Awareness Week and I'm enroute to Tuscon as you read this to speak at their TDOR that will happen on the University of ...

The Air Marshal Takes Flight To Tucson

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I didn't get an invite to go to what will probably be the last trans themed event at the White House for at least the next four years ...

Houston TDOR Event At City Hall Sunday

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I'll be 1000 miles down I-10 west in Tucson for their TDOR weekend, but will be thinking about my Houston homies as they gather at Cit...
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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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