TransGriot

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

Friday, September 08, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- Irma's Tearing Stuff Up Edition

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Having recently gotten through a hurricane strike of my own in Harvey wreaking havoc on Houston and the upper Texas coastline, my heart an...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks- Week 1

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It's that time of the year in which once again, I do battle with Mike Watts to see who will emerge victorious at the end of the NFL re...

Spelman Will Finally Admit Trans Women!

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In the wake of what happened to Calliope Wong at Smith College when she attempted to enroll at that school, I asked the question back in 2...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

BTWI Statement Concerning The Kashmire Redd Murder

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2017 Contact Monica Roberts BTWI Media Chair Carmarion D Anderson BTWI Founding  National Director 855-...

Number 18 - Rest In Power Kashmire Redd

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Knew it was just a matter of time before we lost another trans person to anti-trans violence, and sad to point out that we have lost out 1...

2017 Williams Watch- Aunt Venus Is In The US Open Semis!

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Venus Williams became an aunt on September 1 when Little Sis gave birth to a 6 pound 13 oz girl who is probably ranked in the Top 100 of t...
Tuesday, September 05, 2017

It's Not Necessary For POC's To Say 'Not All White People Are Racist'...

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When we as non white people are discussing the very real ways we have been negatively impacted by racism. We non white peeps are well aw...
Monday, September 04, 2017

BLM Houston Is Handling Its Harvey Business

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One of the things that pissed me off was seeing that fake news story from a right wing website that falsely tried to claim that BLM was bl...

What's The Texas Trans Community Doing In Harvey's Wake?

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Plenty! It's also ironic in the wake of a legislative session in which the Republican controlled Texas government tried to push fear...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Karma Kicks UT In The Behind

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While rolling up to Austin along 290 yesterday for the SB 4 rally that Ana Andrea Molina was speaking at,  noted a lot of cars with burnt ...
Friday, September 01, 2017

Happy 40th Birthday Fran Watson!

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Couldn't let today pass without wishing Fran Watson a very happy 40th birthday. Y'all know I have much love for my trailblazing ...

British Trans DJ Is The Face Of New L'Oreal Campaign

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As the right wing continues to fan the flames of anti-trans hatred, we just keep blazing trails and handling our business. Meet British ...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

2017 Williams Watch- The US Open's Starting!

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While I was busy dealing with Hurricane.TS Harvey dropping way too much rain on my hometown, the 137th annual US Open kicked off at the Bi...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Mixed Houston Harvey Emotions

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Today is Houston's 181st birthday, and I woke up to a sight I haven't seen in several days in terms of a sunrise and no angry rain...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Right On, Ashlee!

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If I haven't said it lately, I have much love and respect for Ashlee Marie Preston, my trailblazing Left Coast based sis who made hist...
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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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