TransGriot

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

Monday, October 23, 2017

Burger King Anti-Bullying Commerical

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I was kid who was targeted by bullies in elementary until I kicked one of the in the family jewels in 3rd grade, and then it stopped.  So ...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Ines Rau Becomes First Trans Playmate

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Caroline Cossey appeared on Playboy's pages after she was outed back in 1991 and before she was public about her trans status in 1981....

Astros Are American League Champions!

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I was one of the longtime Astros fans who was not happy when the team was forced to move to the American League starting with the 2013 sea...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Hot Topic Talk Show

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Next Tuesday October 24 I'll be on this talk show with Flex Jonez to talk about whatever we can fit in subject wise in that allotted t...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- Happy Birthday Sen. Kamala Harris Edition

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Today is the 53rd birthday of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)  I have much love and  respect for her (even if the Berners don't) because she...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks- Week 7

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We're almost at the halfway point of the 2017 NFL season and the only thing that is certain about this season is that it has been hard...

Spirit Day 2017

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Today is Spirit Day, the day created by Canadian teen Brittany McMillian in 2010 as a high school student in conjunction with GLAAD as a r...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

2018 NFL Draft Will Be In Dallas

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See Texas conservafools?   When you don't pass hatemongering legislation like SB 6/3 you get nice things as a result.  One of those ...

Black Trans Advocacy Dallas HQ Building Sold

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As we know in Black Trans World, it's never a easy peasy road for us to just simply live our lives.  We have times when the road is as...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

No Always Means No

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In the wake of all the conversation being generated about the #MeToo hashtag that gets people who feel comfortable doing so to talk about ...

Transphobia At The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

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Love my sis Daroneshia Duncan, who as the founding executive director of the Birmingham based TAKE Resource Center,  has been doing some w...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

New 'Black Panther' Movie Trailer

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I already have February 16 circled on my calendar. So what's transpiring on that day?   In addition to it being in the middle of Black...

Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Happens To Trans People, Too

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I've been checking out the messages across social media in the #MeToo campaign in which people have been talking about their experien...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Hertha Berlin Takes A Knee In Germany

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The NFL players taking a knee just got additional support from their fellow athletes across The Pond who play the other football. The Ge...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- Gender Infinity 2017 Edition

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At this moment I'm on the University of Houston campus (Go Coogs!) attending the sixth annual Gender Infinity Conference and getting m...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

LZ Granderson's TEDx 'Gay Agenda' Talk

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I had the pleasure of meeting and having some insightful conversations with CNN and ESPN journalist LZ Granderson during the 2012 edition ...

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks-Week 6

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Week 5 was very very good for me, and horrible for my fave NFL ballers.  The Texans defense lost JJ Watt and Whitney Mercilus to season e...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

National Coming Out Day 2017

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Happy National Coming Out Day everyone. Today's 2017 edition of National Coming Out Day is a bittersweet one because of the incompet...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

JT Brown Brings Racial Inequality Anthem Protests To NHL

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There are only 30 Black players in the NHL despite many of the ways that the game is creatively played originated in the Black hockey leag...
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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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