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

Monday, October 09, 2017

Why The Dove Commercial Was Racist

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There are some of you out there wondering what the fuss was concerning the Dove commercial ans why it was getting put on blast across the ...
Thursday, October 05, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks-Week 5

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I can finally go from saying we might have a franchise quarterback to we DO have a franchise quarterback in Houston. It only took him th...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Homophobic Presentation Happening In Philly Saturday

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This kind of crap is why Dan Savage's 'Blacks are more homophobic' lie is hard for us to kill. This Saturday some clueless k...

Gwen Araujo Murder 15th Anniversary

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Today is sadly the 15th anniversary of the day that trans teen Gwen Araujo was murdered in Newark, California by four men, Jason Cazares, ...

Ready For 'Riverdale' Season 2

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On one of my self care nights I decided to turn off MSNBC and find something to watch on Netflix.  I'm a huge Archie comics fan as...
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Happy 25th Anniversary To The Obamas!

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Today is the day back in 1993 that the skinny kid from Hawaii with the funny name got married to a brilliant statuesque sister from the So...

It's Major League Baseball Playoff Time!

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It's October, and my hometown major league baseball squad is coming off a franchise second best 101-61 win season, their first ever AL...
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...
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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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