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

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Payless Filing For Bankruptcy

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One of the things I inherited from my mom was a love of fashionable shoes, and while you petite divas would love to be my supermodel lev...

Big Trans Rights Win In Illinois D211!

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With 147 or the 147 precincts counted, and totals still unofficial, in an April 4 school board election with national implications that wa...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

The Race And Everyone Else Enters With Me As Well

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On this 23rd anniversary of the 1994 day I nervously clocked in for work one month before my birthday to begin the public coming out as mo...
Monday, April 03, 2017

Upcoming 'Our History, Our Future A Multigenerational Conference on Human Rights' In Boston

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Heading back to Boston this weekend to participate in a conference that is going to happen on the Boston University campus. The ' e...
Sunday, April 02, 2017

2012 Sage Smith Case Is Now A Murder Investigation

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Sage Smith of Charlottesville, VA went missing ironically on November 20, 2012, the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and still hasn't b...
Saturday, April 01, 2017

My HRC Houston Gala John Walzel Equality Award Acceptance Speech

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TransGriot Note: The text of the HRC Gala John Walzel Award acceptance speech I'm delivering at the Marriott Marquis for the 20th Annu...

Why No TransGriot April Fools Prank Post This Year

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Normally as part of a longstanding TransGriot April Fool's Day blog tradition, I would have taken the time to think about and unleash ...

Florida Silicone Pumper Sentenced In Nuby Case

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When we last checked in on 36 year old silicone pumper Oneal Morris, she was about to do a year in jail as part of an accepted plea deal ...

Sharron Cooks Makes History Again

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Last summer Sharron Cooks made history by becoming the first out trans person in the state of Pennsylvania to become a DNC delegate.  She&...

Down Goes UConn in Dallas!

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This is not an April Fools Day joke.   If you weren't watching the NCAA women's Final Four semifinal game between Mississippi Stat...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Transgender Day Of Visibility 2017

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Today is the 8th annual celebration of the International Transgender Day of Visibility It got its start in 2009 because its founder, Rac...

'I Am Jazz' Gets Renewed For Season 3

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This is wonderful news to talk about on the Transgender Day of Visibility It's took a while for ti to happen, but the news finally d...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

You Just Proved My Point, Gays For Trump Conservafool

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Little did I know when I wrote my innocent tweet that it would start a Twitter dragging in which myself, Alvin McEwen of Holy Bullies and...

Angela Rye Calls Out Joe Walsh On CNN

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You TransGriot readers know how much i love CNN pundit and contributor Angela Rye.  She has no problem calling BS out and going toe to toe...

TransFORM Our Hearts Event

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Our Republican controlled Texas legislature is still in session, and in addition to watching the Texas Transgender Oppression Act (SB 6), ...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Getting Another Award This Weekend

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Well, this latest award for my nearly 20 years of trans advocacy work is coming from an unexpected direction and organization in the Human...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Trans*H4CK TDOV Panel 'On Being Black and Trans In The US'

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March 31 is the Transgender Day of Visibility, and there are many event planned to focus on trans lives throughout the country The Oakland...

Handling Our #LGBTMedia17 Business in Orlando

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As you TransGriot readers were aware of, I've spent the last several days in Central Florida getting my learn on at the 8th annual LGB...
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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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