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

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Black Panther Premiere In LA

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It's almost that time that me and my friends are eagerly awaiting in terms of the public release of the Ryan Coogler directed Black Pa...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Another Day, Another Trump Misadministration Typo

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The late educator Marva Collins used to say that 'Readers are Leaders'.   It's quite obvious in this Trump misadministration ...

Rep Joe Kennedy Invites Trans Solider To State of the Union Address

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45 is giving his first State of the Union address after not doing it last year, and Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is giving the Democratic re...

Note To Nikki Haley: All Music Is Political

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Laughed my azz off at Nikki Haley's comment complaining about politics at the Grammys and saying that music and politics shouldn't...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Pure Romance CEO Starts LC Foundation To Help Trans Kids

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Chris and Jessica Cicchinelli thought their child LC was just going through a phase when she announced that she was a girl and not a boy. ...

Paula Oliveira Becomes First Trans Miss Bum Bum Contestant

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One of the most interesting pageants that happens in Brazil is the Miss BumBum one. It started in 2011, and has women from each of Braz...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Shut Up Fool Awards- I'm Not In DC For #CC18 Edition

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The 30th Annual edition of the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference is happening right now in Washington DC and guess where I...

British Labour Party Continues Trans Supportive Shortlist Policy

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To address the problem of lack of feminine representation in the British Parliament, the Labour Party for over a decade has instituted a p...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Fran Watson Endorsed By Victory Fund

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This blog has been tracking the trailblazing awesomeness of Fran Watson for a few years.  The first Black female president of the Houston ...

30th Annual Creating Change Happening In DC

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The 30th annual edition of the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference is happening right  now until January 28 at one of my fav...

I Repeat: Chelsea Manning Is NOT Getting My Endorsement

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Ever since I wrote the post which stated why I wasn't endorsing Chelsea Manning in her doomed to failure run against Sen. Ben Cardin i...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Trans Pioneer Dainna Cicotello Has Passed Away

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One of the joys of my visit to Denver for the 2015 Creating Change Conference and a few months later at Fantasia Fair was spending some q...

Perv Watch- HERO Hater Named In Lawsuit

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One of the patterns that keeps emerging as I do these TransGriot Perv Watch posts is that they are predominately white, male, Republican a...

Power Rising Summit Happening In The ATL February 22-25

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During a Congressional Black Caucus female members retreat held after the 2016 election, DC pastor Leah Daughtry, who had chaired the 2016...
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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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