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Thursday, June 22, 2017

TransGriot Perv Watch- Guess Who Wasn't Caught In This Houston Area Child Predator Sting?

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Police and sheriff departments across the Houston area recently conducted an online sting operation that lasted two months,  netted sixt...

Dear Transphobic People- Message To Transphobic Black Cis Women

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Dear Transphobic People: Today I'm going  to have to call out some of the very women that I have spent years defending in Black cis w...
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I'll Be At The 2017 Houston Pride Parade, But...

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It wasn't quite was I was hoping for when I decided to run for the Houston Pride Parade female Grand Marshal.   When our nighttime Pri...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Houston City Council Votes To Join SB 4 Lawsuit

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After a contentious city council public session yesterday that featured over 200 impassioned speakers, several state legislators along wit...

The 2017 Shut Up Fool Of The Year Race- Midyear Review

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It's June, and as you longtime readers know, every year on New Year's Eve I choose a TransGriot Shut Up Fool  of the Year. Last ...

I Am Jazz Season 3 Starts June 28

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. Well, y';all know how much I love Jazz Jennings and her mom Jeanette, and had the pleasure of meeting the entire family with the exc...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Handle Your Election Business, GA 6

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Today is the runoff election in the Georgia 6th Congressional District between Democratic Candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Hand...
Monday, June 19, 2017

2017 Texas Lege Liberal To Conservative Analysis

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Since we're less than 30 days from the start of our Texas Lege Special Oppression Session, time to start doing our homework and prepar...

Juneteenth 2017- Moni's Message To My Texas Black Trans Family

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While we fought off anti-trans legislation in our state this time, the transphobes will try it again in 2017, and we need to start prepari...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

The Rainbow Crosswalk Is Up In Houston!

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Just in time for Houston Pride Week is this first in Texas TBGLQ themed crosswalk went up at the corner of Westheimer and Taft streets in...

Happy Fathers Day, Papa Bears!

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I talk a lot about the amazing moms of trans kids that have earned the nickname 'Mama Bears' because they are fierce and determine...
Saturday, June 17, 2017

Laverne's 'The View' Suggestion As To Why Trump Hasn't Done A Pride Proclamation

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Had to chuckle when I saw this video of Laverne Cox's recent appearance on ABC's The View and Joy Behar asked her for her thought...

Killing Black People Is As American As Apple Pie

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Like many of you, I was disgusted about the miscarriage of justice in Minnesota and seeing another police perpetrator of a murder of a you...

Montgomery County Valero Station Engaging in Transphobia

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Why do I keep saying hate thoughts + hate speech =  hate crimes/violence like a mantra?  It's because that is the Equation of Oppressi...

Are The Golden State Warriors Declining A White House Champions Visit?

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One of the perks that comes with winning a league or collegiate championship here in the United States is getting to visit the White House...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Valerie Castile Speaks In Wake Of Unjust Verdict

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Right now I need some time to think about what I just witnessed in the Philando Castile case. Another officer being acquitted of a murde...

Shut Up Fool Awards- It's Juneteenth Weekend 2017 Edition

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Sunday will be Father's Day, and shoutout to all the dads and father figures in our community, especially the Papa Bears.   But this...

World's Longest Trans Pride Flag Unfurled During LA Resist March

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I see my trans Latina sisters in LA have been busy once again with a new project in terms of creating the largest trans pride flag in t...

Why Y'all Mad About The 'Black Panther' Movie?

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One of the movies I'm looking forward to  seeing next year is the long awaited for me and the rest of Black America Black Panther mov...
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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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