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

Monday, January 16, 2017

About Kingian Love

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This is another one of Toni D'orsay's commentaries from her Facebook page that needs to be shared with the world, especially on th...

Actress Ivory Aquino Comes Out As Trans

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I know I have some amazing trailblazing trans people in my life that I'm also blessed enough to call my friends.   One of those people...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Happy Birthday Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 2017

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Today would have been the 88th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was born in Atlanta on this date in 1929.   The feder...

Moni's Will Be Headed To LGBTMedia17!

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Got the word last month that I've been invited to attend the LGBT Media Convening that will take place in Orlando March 23-26. It ...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

2016-17 NFL Playoffs- Divisional Round

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I ran the table and got all four of my picks correct during the Wild Card weekend round of the playoffs, and now it's time for the Di...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- First Friday The 13th Edition

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This is the first of only two Friday the 13ths on the 2017 calendar with the next one happening in October.   But the date that is really ...

Wear Black On Inauguration Day!

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I'm going to be in Philadelphia for Creating Change when it happens, but I already know what color I'm going to wear on that day: ...

Valentina Sampaio Appears On Cover Of Brazilian ELLE

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While we were embroiled in the final stages of our contentious presidential election, there was a little trans history being made in Brazi...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Anthony Anderson's On Point 'Black-ish' January 11 Episode Monologue

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Last night i was busy flipping channels between Star and the Black-ish episode entitled 'Lemons' that focused on the tensions th...

United, Undaunted, Unstoppable Trans United Fund #CC17 Event

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For those of you attending #CC17 in Philadelphia next week and looking for things to do and check out that are away from the host hotel, h...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Moni's Headed To Creating Change 2017!

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At one point I was debating whether or not I would go to Creating Change in Philadelphia after going through the contentious and mentally ...

President Obama's Farewell Speech

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It was a moment that we knew would eventually come, but it still didn't make it any easier to watch. President Barack Obama returned t...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The 85th Texas Legislature Starts Today

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The opening session of the 85th Texas Legislature under the Pink Dome kicks off today as you read this with a lot of ceremonial business h...

President Obama's Farewell Address Later Tonight

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Note I didn't say 'potentially'. I have the confidence to say that he WILL be a great president. If we were going to have a fi...
Monday, January 09, 2017

The 2017 Trans 100 List Goes International!

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Well international trans folks, you are finally getting what you have asking for ever since the Trans 100 List founded by Antonia D'or...

Landis Smithers, This Is What Golden Globes Trans Beauty Looks Like

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I'm more than a little sick of people letting their inner transphobic bigot out and aiming transmisogynist comments at cis women for w...

The ISS Will Finally Get A Black Astronaut On It!

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NASA has launched 14 African Americans into space through it history.   Thanks to the movie Hidden Figures , we now know that African-Ame...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

Meryl Streep's 2017 Golden Globes Speech

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“This instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s li...

Black Trans Advocacy Statement Concerning SB 6

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TransGriot Note:  One of the Texas organizations condemning SB 6, the Transgender Oppression Act is the Dallas based Black Trans Advocacy,...

How Many Transphobic Hate Sermons Were Preached This Morning?

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We have had two trans people of color killed in Mississippi and South Dakota in the first full week of 2017 along with anti-trans legislat...
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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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