TransGriot

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

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Number 11- Rest In Power And Peace, Sherrell Faulkner

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One of the things I was deeply concerned about when the North Carolina GOP started messing with trans people and passed the unjust HB 2 la...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Mike Floyd's PISD Board Trustee Inauguration Today

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18 year old Mike Floyd is having the Senior Week to beat all Senior Weeks.   While his fellow Glenda Dawson High School classmates are l...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Texas GOP Messes With Texas Trans Kids

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Pissed off because their big unjust anti-trans discriminatory bills in SB 6 and HB 2899 were bottled up and died in committee,  the Texas ...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Assigned Male Cartoonist Attacked By Online Haters

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I've loved the online webcomic Assigned Male ever since I stumbled across it during one of my web searching forays for interesting th...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Rest In Power, Kristen Capps

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I awoke this morning to hear the shocking news that one of ur Houston TBLGQIA community sheroes in Kristen Capps has passed away. My con...

Dear Transphobic People

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It's past time to call these fools and trans haters out on a regular basis,  and there are enough of them out there for me to skewer o...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Happy IDAHOT 2017!

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Today also marks the 12th annual celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia or the IDAHOT as it'...

Now That Chelsea's Out Of Jail, Can We Do The Same For Ky Peterson?

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Chelsea Manning is getting out of jail today and there is mixed reaction about that in many quarters of TransWorld.  I'll admit I'...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

The New H-Town Emancipation Avenue Signs Are Up!

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I've known this was going to happen since January, but the city of Houston a month before Juneteenth finally has put the new street si...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Ms Bostick Is Trans Feminine

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There has been some confusion sown in the last few days about whether the latest person we have lost to anti-trans violence in Brenda Bost...
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TSA Still Has A Problem With Trans Travelers

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Those assurances ring hollow when I continue to be told disturbing reports from a diverse group of trans people about incidents ranging f...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Faith and Family Dynamics Panel at Resurrection MCC Today

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If you're looking for something to do on this Saturday afternoon, how about joining me and a few Houston community friends for a trans...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- It's Mother's Day Weekend 2017 Edition

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We're approaching Mother's Day Weekend again, and this is the day to celebrate the moms and mother figures in our community. It&...

Trans Latinx Leadership Institute in Houston This Weekend

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Been a while since I got to spend some quality time with Jennicet Gutierrez, and when she let me know she was in Houston for a few days, I...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Bethune-Cookman Students Are Part Of A Distinguished Heritage Of HBCU Protest

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For those of you tripping because Secretary of (Miseducation  Betsy DeVos' megabucks couldn't save her from getting dragged by the...
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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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