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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Sorority Bigot Expelled From University of Alabama After Racist Video

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Well, looks like another Sorority Bigot Becky had to learn a couple of lessons the hard way. *Being in the South doesn't give your s...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

2018 Williams Watch- Gone From The Australian Open

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The first tennis major of the year is finally here, and neither Williams sister is in it. As y'all already know, Serena gave birth t...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

It's -3 In Houston....

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Minus 3 celsius that is.   That's 26 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. Every few years Houston actually experiences winter weather wi...

Sen. Booker Calls Out DHS Secretary For Silence About Trump's Racism

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Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) put Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on blast during a Senate oversight committee hearing today or...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Happy King Day 2018!

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' In a time when it's hard for us to generate infinite hope in the face of the crushing disappointment of the November 8 election ...

Daroneshia's Dream

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Today being Dr King's birthday has many of us who have stepped up to leadership roles in our community contemplating what would MLK Jr...

Happy 110th Founders Day, AKA!

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January 15 was also the day in Black history in which America's first collegiate sorority for African-American women was founded 110 y...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Not Down With Endorsing Chelsea Manning's Run For US Senate

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I have been saying for years that trans people need to run for office, and many have answered that call.   In the 2017 cycle we even had s...

Can We Make 2018 The Year We Free Ky Peterson?

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One of the things I would love to see happen in 2018 is for Ky Peterson to be freed from his unjust incarceration in Georgia for defending...

Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Calls Out Trump Racist Comment

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I haven't commented on 45's comment because I told y'all during the 2016 campaign he was a racist POS and some of y'all we...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Queens At Heart Documentary

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One of the New Year's resolutions I also made in relation to the blog was a renewed commitment to documenting and uncovering our histo...

2017-18 NFL Playoffs - Divisional Round

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The NFL playoffs move into the divisional rounds as the survivors from Wild Card Weekend play the highers seeded teams that got to chill a...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Don Lemon Puts Trump On Blast For Racist Comment

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“ For years, I and others have been trying to tell you, the American people, that this man has been exhibiting bigoted behavior. I’ve aske...

Arrest Made In Viccky Gutierrez Case

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That was fast.  On January 11 at 8'00 PM PST a joint  LAPD-FBI Fugitive Task Force arrested 29 year old Kevyn Ramirez for the murder o...

Charles Blow Calls Out Trump Racism

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I  had the opportunity to meet CNN commentator Charles Blow during one of the LGBT Media Journalists Convenings I attended n Baltimore, an...

Shut Up Fool Awards- MLK Day Weekend Edition

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Monday will be what would have been the 89th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.    This year the federal holiday to honor th...

Number 2- Rest In Power Viccky Gutierrez

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Well, didn't take long for us to have the second trans women of 2018 killed in the US and the first trans Latina.. We have to go all...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Virginia Del. Danica Roem Sworn In Today

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Today was the day that Danica Roem made history by being officially sworn in along with the rest of her colleagues in the Virginia House o...

Ginuwine Is NOT Into You, India

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And note to all you peeps bitching about it,  that doesn't make him transphobic. If he has followed his comment to India up with ant...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

24 Seats To A Democratic House Majority

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As many of you may or not be aware of, 2018 is an election year in which we will determine the makeup of Congress for the next two years. ...
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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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