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

Friday, February 24, 2017

George Takei Talks About Trans Rights Rollback

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I have much love for George Takei, and was happy to see this MSNBC interview that Ali Velshi conducted with him concerning the Trump misad...

Shut Up Fool Awards- It's SUF Lifetime Achievement Awards Weekend!

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Since 2010, I've passed out the Shut Up Fool Lifetime Achievement Awards during Oscar Weekend to not only call out fools who just have...

Sit Your Azz Down, Caitlyn

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After saying during the 2016 campaign that Donald Trump would be 'good on women's issues', expressed the sentiment that she wo...

Laverne on 'Hardball'

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Guess someone at MSNBC was reading the tweet I put up in the wake of the HBO Milo disaster and yesterday when I said that transpeople need...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

BTWI Statement About The Collier Murder

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TransGriot Note:  The Black Transwomen, Inc (BTWI) statement about the Collier killing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2017 Contact...

Rest In Power and Peace Keke Collier

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I'm sad to announce we have lost another young trans woman to anti-trans violence. The latest trans murder happened in Chicago's...

Kimberle Crenshaw -The Urgency Of Intersectionality TED Talk

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Dr Kimberle Crenshaw is the person who coined the term intersectionality to describe the double bind of race and gender bias and how they ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Road Trip To The ATX

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Going to our state capitol of Austin in a few hours, but not for a lobby day.  The Trans Texas Lobby Day is next week on March 6. Headed...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Hamburger Mary's Is Opening In Houston This Weekend

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I've heard about and wanted to go to one of their locations during my travels across this country, but the originals are on the Left C...

Tschan Andrews' TedX Talk

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Tschan Andrews is a former model, a ctivist, writer and former model who in this TedX talk tells her story and experience as a Black trans...

Mistrial In Zelle Ziona Case

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Have some bad news to report in terms of one of our slain sisters receiving justice in Zelle Ziona. Last month Rico LeBlond went on tri...
Monday, February 20, 2017

The Trans Benefice 25 Coming Soon

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The March 1 deadline to nominate people for the 2017 Trans 100 Awards in North America and Internationally is fast approaching, but I'...

Karma Kicks Milo In The Rear

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It took a while, but it looks like karma has finally put on her stiletto heels and kicked Milo Yiannopoulos in his posterior. After his ...

Valentina Sampaio Is Vogue Paris' First Ever Trans Cover Girl

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'But only when a transgender person poses on the front cover of a fashion magazine and it is no longer necessary to write an editoria...

Texas Orgs Launch 'I Pee With LGBT' Campaign

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The pressure is mounting as an increasingly broad coalition of Texans are gearing up to stop the Texas Transgender Oppression Bill, AKA SB...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Never Again

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Seventy five years ago today President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese-A...

A Busy H-town Day For Me

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This Sunday finds me doing multiple events in my hometown There's a rally at Houston City Hall organized by a coalition of groups ta...

Don Lemon Shuts Down Trump Spokesliar

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I've had my issues with CNN's Don Lemon at times, but lately he and his network have grown a backbone when it comes to confronting...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Larry Wilmore Puts Milo On Blast

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I don't have HBO on my cable package, and this is one night I wish I did. This week's episode of Bill Maher's HBO  Real Time...

Jazz Doll To Be Introduced At NY Toy Show

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I had the pleasure of meeting Jazz Jennings and much of her wonderful family back in 2012.  I have loved her ever since we trans elders fi...
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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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