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

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Houston Texans 2017 Training Camp Starts Today

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Today the Houston Texans make a little franchise history as their 2017 training camp opens in White Sulphur Springs, WV in the cooler Appa...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

SB 3 Up For A Texas Senate Debate and Vote Today

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The unjust SB 3 bill is being debated in the Texas Senate right now, and if they thought they would be able to blitz this vote through, th...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Why The Erasure of Black Texans Voices In SB 3 Coverage?

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One of the things I thought about on the plane ride home and has been bothering me as I observe the media coverage in this fight to kill S...

Moni's Commentary On The SB 3 Hearing

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As you TransGriot readers know I was in San Diego handling some business and taking a mental health break at Comic Con while the Senate St...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

TransGriot Perv Watch - KY GOP County Chair Busted In Bathroom

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It's becoming increasingly clear who the perverts are that the Republicans are talking about when they holler about 'no men in wom...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Cosplaying Sistahs Exist At Comic Con

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A mere hour after the conclusion of the panel I was on at Comic Con discussed TBLGQ visibility in the comic and sci-fi fantasy world, Fait...

What If Betty Married Veronica?

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This was a created cover that hasn't been published (yet), but borrow on the Archie storylines in which he visualized what his life be...

Dee Whigham Killer Sentenced To 40 Years

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Here's an update in the Dee Whigham case. Just to refresh your memories since we lost far too many sisters in 2016,  Whigham was th...
Friday, July 21, 2017

IBM's Message To Its Employees

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Diane Gherson, IBM's Senor Vice President for Human Resources recently posted this message to all IBM employees outline their opposit...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Comic Con 2017 Edition

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As y'all know I'm out here in San Diego for my first ever Comic Con, and what a way to kick off your first ever visit to this mega...

Special Oppression Session Anti-Trans Bills Have Senate Hearings Today

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It figures that while I'm in San Diego for Comic Con that the Texas GOP Senate transphobes would not only file two anti-trans bills  (...

What If Wonder Woman Was Trans Feminine ?

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There's this interesting creatively altered segment of a Wonder Woman comic book in which the dialogue seems to suggest that Diana and...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Moni's In The Middle Of Comic-Con!

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Well people, as I feared, my Spirit flight left late from IAH, and the Air Marshal ended up touching down in San Diego 45 minutes before t...

Leaving On A Jet Plane - To San Diego

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Back when I was traveling to Tucson for their TDOR last year, my flight there went to San Diego and flew over Tucson along the way.   I go...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

The Texas Special Oppression Session Starts Today

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Well peeps, this is the day we've been dreading across the Lone Star State in terms of the start of the Special Oppression Session cal...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

'Queen Sugar' Actor Comes Out As Trans Masculine

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The critically acclaimed Ava DuVernay produced show Queen Sugar on OWN, debuted on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on September 6 for a th...

Black Trans Advocacy Statement Concerning HB 46 and HB 50

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TransGriot Note: The Black Trans Advocacy statement concerning HB 46 and HB 50 As a Texas based organization that serves the Black trans...

You're In A Human Rights Fight Right Now

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One of the things my friends and my blog readers know about me is I grew up with a mother and godmother who instilled a deep love of histo...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

2017 Williams Watch- Venus To The 'Williams'-don Finals!

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It's been a long time since we last saw Venus Williams playing in a Wimbledon final.  It was 2008 to be precise as the defending Wimbl...
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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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