Wednesday, March 08, 2017

SB 6 Marathon Hearing Session

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31 groups, over 400 people and we're into the wee hours of the morning expressing their opposition to SB 6. Even though I testified ba...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

The Voices Of Black Trans People Need To Be Heard At These Press Conferences & Rallies

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There was a  #StopSB6 rally that Equality Texas organized starting at 11:45 AM to push back on SB 6 that I wanted to attend but after a fe...

Moni's In The House For The SB 6 Hearing

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I'm here in Austin waiting for my turn to testify against the Texas Transgender Oppression also known as SB 6 Right now I'm sitt...
Monday, March 06, 2017

Headed To ATX For Trans Texas Lobby Day & SB 6 Hearing

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Seems like I've been doing this ever since my first one in the 1999 session, but when I arrive at the state capitol in a few hours, th...
Sunday, March 05, 2017

Harris County Democratic Party Chair Election Today

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My home county, Harris County is the largest by population in the Lone Star State and provides 22% of the vote totals in any statewide ele...
Saturday, March 04, 2017

Arrest Made In Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow Murder Case

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There's some good news to report in the case concerning our murdered sister Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow. The Sioux Falls, SD police arrest...
Friday, March 03, 2017

A Bathroom User Speaks About The Unjust GOP Bathroom Bills

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We trans women know that the GOP Bathroom Bills like Texas' SB 6 are bull feces, and don't do anything except oppress trans woman,...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Let's Rodeo 2017 Edition

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It's the first weekend of March, and that means it's time for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to kick off.   All the various...

Roller Rink Opening At Discovery Green

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One of the things that people don't know about me is I know how to ice skate and occasionally hit the ice  rink at the Galleria when m...

Does My Black Trans Life Matter, Pageant and Ballroom Community?

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TransGriot Note: The deaths of five Black trans women during the month of February and three during the weekend without  much outcry or ch...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

I Repeat. NAACP, Where You At?

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Their new ad slogan is 'The NAACP Is Today', but I don't see you addressing the very real issues that transgender people of Af...

Do Our Black Trans Lives Matter?

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In the wake of the senseless murders of our trans sisters Chyna Gibson, Ciara McElveen and Jaquarrius Holland, Diamond, Dee Dee and I put ...

'Star' Renewed For A Second Season

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While I was more than a little shocked and pissed off to hear that Doubt has been canceled by CBS after only two episodes, I was happy to...
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

BTWI Statement Concerning The Murder Of Jaquarrius Holland

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TransGriot Note:  BTWI statement concerning the death of Jaquarrius Holland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2017 Contact: Monica Roberts ...

Rain Valdez Cast In The TV Land 'Lopez' Show

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After the weekend we've had, we needed some good news this week in terms of another trans actress has landed a role in a TV series. . ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Dale Hansen Unplugged- Mack Beggs

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Whenever I'm in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and have time to watch the local news there, I tune into WFAA-TV 8 so I can watch Dale Hansen...

Own Your Power - Get Out Of The House

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We've lost three trans women in the span of a week and five this month and I can understand why people would feel anxious, scared and ...

BTWI Statement Concerning The Murder of Ciara McElveen

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TransGriot Note: The Black Transwomen, Inc Statement concerning the death of Ciara McElveen *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 201...

Introducing Black T Magazine!

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TransGriot Note:  I have a column in this ground breaking publication.   This is my first article for it. When I started TransGriot with a...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Rest In Power and Peace, Ciara McElveen

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At this point I'm pissed off. I just went to a memorial service yesterday here in Houston for Chyna Gibson, and I woke up this morni...