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

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Two Perps In Amos Beede Murder Facing Justice

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Here's the update in the Amos Beede murder case. Beede was the trans man killed in a Burlington VT homeless camp back in May 2016.  ...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Number 20- RIP Ally Lee Steinfeld

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Got home to discover the 20th trans person of 2017 has been murdered in 17 year old Ally Steinfeld of Missouri Steinfeld was originally ...

Being A Black Athlete Has Always Been Political

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With the conservafools getting all bent out of shape about Colin Kaepernick NFL anthem protests that are being joined by other NFL players...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

30th Anniversary Of 'A Different World''s Debut

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September 24 will mark the 30th anniversary of the debut of the iconic show ' A Different World ' that broadcast its first of over...
Friday, September 22, 2017

The Irelands On Ellen

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Was happy to see one of my fave trans couples on Ellen discussing their lives as a military couple and their transitions.   What was also...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

My Houston Statue Replacement Suggestions

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Don't think that because we're still recovering from Hurricane Harvey's aftermath that we've forgotten about that hideous ...

Dear Transphobic People- Putting You Transphobic Black Cis Men On Blast

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Dear Transphobic People, Been a while since I've done one of these posts calling y'all out on your off the chains transphobia, bu...

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks- Week 3

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Houston, looks like we may FINALLY after all these years have a starting NFL caliber quarterback in Deshaun Watson. We're about to f...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Trump Embarrasses Himself At UN

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There are many of us in reality based America who are feeling the same way as White House Chief of Staff John Kelly who had the displeasur...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

Seattle Nazi Gets Knocked The F*** Out

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One of the things that I have noticed since the disastrous November 8 election that put 45 in the White House is the uptick in white supre...

Have A Wonderful 2017-18 School Year TBLGQ Family!

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August 28 would have been the start of the school year for my niece and other HISD school kids but Harvey changed that for the time being....
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Bigot Bob Marshall 'Scurred' To Debate Danica Roem In VA Legislative Race

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The Virginia state elections are happening on November 7, and if you live in the Commonwealth of Virginia and haven't handled your ele...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Laila Ireland's 2017 GLAAD Gals SF Speech

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"It is my hope that our military leaders will quickly acknowledge that transgender troops should get the same freedoms and integrity we...

Anjali Ameer Makes Indian Movie History

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Like here in the States, Bollywood has also used male actors to portray trans women This is old news , but when the bilingual film (Tamil ...
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Number 19- RIP Derricka Banner

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We have now lost our 19th trans person this year, once again in Charlotte, NC. 26 year old Derricka Banner was found shot to death in he...

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks - Week 2

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While my Texans failed in their opening week mission of beating the Jaguars, I didn't in my quest to threepeat as TransGriot NFL progn...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Jemele Hill Spoke Truth To Power, and I Stand With Her

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One of the things I'm really sick of with this Trump misadministration is their War on Journalism. I've especially not been happ...
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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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