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

Monday, February 27, 2017

We Black Trans Women Stand Up For Everyone - When Will People Stand Up For Us?

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One of the things that was said during the emotional memorial service we held in Houston for Chyna Gibson Sunday was a comment that had so...
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My Sisters, I Want You To Grow Old

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It's a subject I've talked about twice in the over 10K posts on the blog, and the deaths of two thirtysomething Black trans women ...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

The 2017 Shut Up Fool Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Are..

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It's that time again TransGriot readers! The weekly TransGriot Shut Up Fool Awards are one of the more popular features on my now 11...

All Trans MSNBC Panel Discusses Trans Rights Under Trump

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Here's something interesting that occurred during Saturday's edition of AM Joy that was guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart  An all...

BTWI Statement Concerning The Gibson Murder

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TransGriot Note:  The Black Transwomen, Inc statement concerning the murder of Chyna Gibson *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2017 C...

Rest In Power and Peace, Chyna Gibson

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I just wrote a post about trans woman Keke Collier being killed in Chicago earlier this week, and now I'm having to announce that we ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Mack Beggs Is The Texas Class 6A State Wrestling Champ!

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Good luck Mack!.  Hope you leave the area with a historic state title win, and next year the UIL comes to its senses and allows you to wre...

Hey Media, We Trans Folks Have A Flag - Use It!

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Now that we trans peeps are back in the news again because of the reprehensible actions of the Trump misadministration, one of the things ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Mack Beggs' 6A Wrestling Championship Run Highlights UIL's Flawed Trans Athlete Policy

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Mack Beggs is a trans masculine wrestler at Euless Trinity High School in the Dallas-Ft Worth area who is a few matches away from capturin...

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...
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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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