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

Saturday, July 01, 2017

Newark Police Looking For Men Who Attacked Trans Woman

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Anti-trans hate thoughts + Anti-trans hate speech = anti-trans hate violence. Unfortunately it is Black trans women who are living with ...

Happy 150th Birthday, Canada!

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Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian trans family and north of the border TransGriot readers!. Today is the 150th anniversary of the bir...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- Happy 150th Birthday Canada Edition

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Tomorrow is July 1 and Canada Day,  in which our neighbor to our north will be celebrating its 150th birthday.   And as those celebrations...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Moni's Going To Comic-Con International 2017!

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I was just talking to Cecilia Chung last week about how I haven't gotten the opportunity to do events on the West Coast as much as I d...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

BTWI Statement Concerning The Barrin Murder

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2017 Contact Monica Roberts BTWI Media Chair Carmarion D. Anderson  BTWI  Founding Executive Director 855-2...

Number 14- Rest In Power and Peace Ava Le'Ray Barrin

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It's my sad duty to report that another trans sister has been lost to anti-trans violence, this time in Athens, Georgia. The latest ...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

SB 4 Federal Court Hearing Today

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The first round of federal court hearing in the fight to kill the unjust and racist SB 4 law before it takes effect September 1 is happeni...

Loving 'Riverdale'

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As you long time TransGriot readers know I'm a huge fan of the Archie comics, and have written several posts about some interesting ge...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Leiomy's Nike 'Be True' Commercial

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Was happy to hear about and see the Nike commercial that vogue icon and dancer Leiomy Maldonado recently was featured in The Bronx nativ...

Dallas Cowboys Chances Of Hosting 2018 NFL Draft In Possible Jeopardy If TX Trans Hate Bill Passes

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If the Texas GOP transphobes are successful during the upcoming Special Oppression Session in passing HB 2899, their Trans Hate Bill, one ...
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...
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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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