TransGriot

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

Monday, December 18, 2017

Only Eight Weeks To The Black Panther Debut!

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February 18, 2018 is going to be the day in which me and a a lot of African American moviegoers head to our local multiplexes to watch a m...
Friday, December 15, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks- Week 15

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Arrgh, Already down one game because I forgot to post my Week 15 picks after going 5--11 last week .  Guess this trainwreck of a Texans se...

Happy Birthday Kortney!

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Definitely had to take a moment to give a TransGriot shout out to another one of the trailblazing trans brothers in our midst that I have ...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Ten Days Until Christmas Edition

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We're now just ten days away from Christmas Day, and I already received one of my Christmas presents early in Doug Jones being the sen...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Happy Milestone Birthday, Dainna

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One of the first people I met when I was beginning my journey toward getting involved at a national level in trans advocacy work was a Col...

Number 24- Rest In Power Brandi Seals

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Still haven't hit Christmas Day yet and my sisters are still dying due to anti-trans violence. The latest trans person to die in 2...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Omarosa, You're Fired!

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This week's news just keeps getting better. In the wake of the massive rebuke of Roy Moore by Alabama Black voters that led to the h...

Trans Americans Will Be Allowed To Enlist on January 1

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Despite Trump and his white supremacist fundie allies desires to mess with our ability to serve our country, on January 1, 2018 the Pentag...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Sweet Win In Alabama!

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' I'm betting on Black Alabamians shocking the world despite every GOP attempt to suppress their votes and hopefully carrying Doug...

Moral Gut Check Election Day In Alabama

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Well Alabama, once again, just as it was during the Civil Rights Movement, the eyes of the nation and the world are upon you.  This time...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Dylan and Finn Make Their Texas Lege Races Official

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Today is the last day you can file to run for office for the upcoming Texas primary elections in March 2018.  Over the weekend people were...

49th Annual NAACP Image Awards Voting

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The 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards are happening on the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr 's birthday (January 15).  So what are the N...
Friday, December 08, 2017

What's Nikki Araguz Loyd Up To? Running Nectar

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You know that some of my archived posts track the progress of Nikki Araguz Loyd's landmark marriage case that overturned Littleton v P...

Shut Up Fool Awards- Houston Snow 2017 Edition

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At least once every decade, the Houston area will have one day in which we get some snowfall.   It's not as rare as you think.  It has...
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Thursday, December 07, 2017

TransGriot 2017 NFL Picks-Week 14

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So happy to see Case Keenum blowing up as an NFL quarterback.   Just wish he was doing it in a Houston Texans uniform.   The Vikings are o...

Lupe Valdez Is Running For Texas Governor!

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We finally have a major Texas Democratic Party player running for governor in 2018 !  That person is former Dallas County sheriff Lupe Val...

Jose Altuve and JJ Watt Named SI Sportspersons Of The Year

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The SI Sportsperson of the Year has been chosen by Sports Illustrated since the magazine's 1954 founding to 'honor the person or ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Lina Hidalgo- People's State of the County Speech

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Despite Harris County going undeniably blue in the 2016 election cycle, we unfortunately have a 4-1 Republican majority on the Harris Coun...

Two Texas Transmen Are Running For Office!

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We have had since the 80's several trans women run for office in various parts of Texas.   Jenifer Rene Pool made history in the 2016 ...
Monday, December 04, 2017

Upcoming 2017 International LGBTQ Leaders Conference

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This is a conference I would love to attend but not looking like I'll be able to be there this year It's the International LGBTQ...
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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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