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

Monday, October 02, 2017

50th Anniversary of Thurgood Marshall Becoming First Black SCOTUS Justice

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With all the horrible news coming out of Las Vegas concerning our latest domestic terrorist attack,  almost slipped my mind that today was...

Houston GLBT Caucus 9th Annual Equality Brunch

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Last year it was yours truly being honored at the Houston GLBT Caucus Equality Brunch.   This time I got to sit back yesterday in the audi...

Moni's Thoughts On Vegas Terrorist Attack

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I woke up this morning to discover this 62 year old thug, Stephen Paddock opened fire from his 32nd story room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel ...
Sunday, October 01, 2017

What's Kim Petras Up To?

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Watching that Deutsche Welle Afro   Germany documentary and perusing the results of the recent German federal elections made me wonder w...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

Air Force Academy Superintendent Calls Out Racism On AFA Campus

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“There is absolutely no place in our Air Force for racism. It’s not who we are, nor will we tolerate it in any shape or fashion. The Air F...

Dawn Still Needs Help To Rep Team USA In Slovenia

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I posted this back on August 6 about my homegirl Dawn Wilson  qualifying for the USA veterans fencing world championship team and trying ...

Why Only 20 Trans Murders?

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I've gotten questions as to why in my 2017 tracking of anti- trans murders on TransGriot, I have only counted 20 people killed.    I&#...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks -Week 4

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We're a quarter of the way through the 2017 NFL season, and it has been a tumultuous one so far. Trump pissed off the NFLPA, Black N...

Honduran Trans Woman Running For Seat In Honduran Congress

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Trans women all over the world are stepping up to run for office in their various nations in large part because we recognize that we must ...

Danica's Unapologetically Trans Political Commercial

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As some of you are aware of, Danica Roem is taking on incumbent Delegate Bob Marshall (R) in a historic race for the District 13 seat that...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

'Star' Season 2 Starts Tonight

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More Must See Trans TV action kicks off tonight with the season 2 debut of Star , the spinoff Empire show chronicling the rise of a girl ...

Black and German

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One of the little known things about me is I took German in high school, and I have a cousin who is German.  Black people have lived in ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Dale Hansen- Anthem Protests Not About Disrespecting The Flag

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"Maybe we all need to read our Constitution again. There has never been a better use of pen to paper. Our forefathers made freedom of...

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...
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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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