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

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Girl Becomes First Trans Cheerleader At Her School

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Was wondering when I would get to post some positive news on TransGriot concerning the trans Class of 2018 and what trails they blaze at t...

Hard Hitting Ad Deployed In VA Governor's Race

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The Virginia governor's race has gotten nasty as Democratic candidate Ralph Northam has pulled ahead in a recent poll over former GOP ...

Killer Of Monica Loera Facing Trial Today

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Monica Loera of Austin was the first of a record 27 trans people murdered in the United States in 2016.   Thanks to a tip from one of my T...
Monday, October 30, 2017

TNA Halloween Fundraising Party At Hamburger Mary's Tomorrow

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For those of you who don't want to watch Game 6 of the World Series and wish to break out your costumes  why not head over to Hamburge...

Astros One Win Away From Earning World Series History

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I was up late along with much of Houston watching that World Series record five hour extra inning game that put my fave baseball team one ...

Ahh! I Love The Smell Of Indictments In The Morning

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Well, the day the Trump Misadministration has been dreading finally happened The Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign collusion w...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Number 21- RIP Stephanie Montez

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We have lost our 21st trans person to anti-trans violence and the third in Texas this year in 47 year old Stephanie Montez.  She's als...

Happy 14th Birthday, Trinity!

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Today is the 14th birthday of one of our amazing trans kids and budding advocates in Trinity Neal. I've had the pleasure of meeting ...

Get Your Early Vote On Texas!

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We have a year until the 2018 elections happen in Texas, so get you practice in for that critical election cycle by getting your early vot...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Shut Up Fool Awards- Happy Halloween Weekend 2017 Edition

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It's Halloween weekend!   Even though it doesn't happen until Tuesday, there will be a lot of peeps celebrating it all weekend by ...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks -Week 8

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After my first sub 500 week ince 2015, I definitely did not want to repeat that in Week 7 (or for the rest of the season). and rebounded ...

Happy Milestone Birthday, Hillary Clinton

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Had one of my posts from last year pop up to remind me once again how badly this country was screwed when the Orange Moron got elected T...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

FRC Is Deploying The Kneegrow Sellouts Against You What's Your Response TBLGQ Community?

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Myself and other Black TBLGQ people have been warning people in the white TBLGQ ranks for years that if you didn't start actually hiri...

Happy 75th Birthday Miss Major! You're Still F*****g Here!

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Y'all know I have much love and respect for my trans elder Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and pick up the phone to call and check in on her...

TX Legislative Heroes Speaker Joe Straus, Rep Byron Cook Not Running For Re-Election

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One of the major reasons that the transphobic Hate Bill 6/3 didn't become law was in large part because of the efforts of Texas House ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Brazilian Trans Community Embraces Hit Soap Opera 'Edge Of Desire'

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Here in the US, we not only get to see ourselves represented on screen, we are at the point that we have trans actors playing the trans ro...

Sen. Jeff Flake's US Senate Floor Speech

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TransGriot Note: I'm not a fan of Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) because far too often he has been on the wrong side of human rights and other...
Monday, October 23, 2017

You Are Beautiful, Black Trans Women

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'I defy any doctor in the world to prove that I am not a woman.  I have lived, dressed, acted just what I am, a woman.' -Lucy Hick...

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....
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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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