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

Friday, May 18, 2018

Shut Up Fool Awards- Do You Know The Way To Santa Fe Edition?

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Just south of me in the exurb of Santa Fe, TX in Galveston County another school shooting happened today in which so far 10 people have ...

Cali GOP US House Candidate Peddles Transphobia In Her Race

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The Republican Party seems to think that peddling transphobia in this 2018 midterm election cycle is the way to primary and general electi...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Suspect Arrested In Carla Pavon Murder Case

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That was fast!    A suspect has been arrested in the Carla Pavon murder case. 24 year Jimmy Eugene Johnson III of the Houston suburb of ...

BTWI Statement On The Trans Murders In Dallas and Atlanta

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2018 Contact: Monica Roberts BTWI Media Chair Carmarion Anderson  BTWI Founding National Director Dee Dee W...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

A Historic Graduation For Keo!

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Needed some positive news to talk about after writing about several trans murders, and this is coming from the ATL Since Spelman chang...

Number 10- Rest In Power and Peace Nino Fortson

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We have lost our first trans masculine person  of 2018 to anti-trans violence in what is turning out to be a deadly week. 36 year old ...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Number 10? Deceased Black Trans Woman's Body Found In Dallas

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Turns out while I and Ana Andrea Molina were in Dallas over the weekend for Carla Pavon's vigil, a few miles away from where I was sta...

RIP TyJanae Moore

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While I was doing a Google search to find the TransGriot post I'd written about her back in November 2010. was shocked to stumble acro...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Texas Club Attendee Told To Remove The Makeup

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All Bobby Rodriguez wanted to do was dance.  So the 21 year drove 40 miles to Corpus Christi from suburban Kingsville, TX to go to a club ...

Black Cis Peeps, Stop Using The Cops As a Weapon Against Trans People

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Black America was justifiably outraged over the increasing number of incidents in which Black people have had the cops called by white peo...

Texas Primary Runoff Election Starts Today

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Early voting for the Texas party primary runoff elections start today and runs until Friday for the May 22 runoff election date The ra...

Texas 2018 Democratic Gubernatorial Debate

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I missed this when it happened on Friday because I was traveling to Dallas.   Now that I've found the video for it I'm posting it ...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Vigil For Carla

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It would have been nice to not have to spend Mother's Day having to memorialize another one of our fallen trans sisters, but unfortuna...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Vigil For Carla Tomorrow

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Well TransGriot readers, didn't expect to be back in Dallas this soon.  I'm back in town to speak at a vigil for Carla Pavon, our ...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

85th Anniversary of Nazi Book Burning

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" Where they burn books, they will ultimately also burn people." -Heinrich Heine, 1920  85 years ago today Nazi Germany commi...

Number 9- Rest In Power Carla Patricia Pavon

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Once again it's my sad duty to inform you that we have lost another trans woman due to anti-trans violence. The location for this la...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Fayetteville, AR Police Investigating Death Of Trans Woman

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Last night I received a tip from an area TransGriot reader concerning the death of a 28 year old trans woman in the Fayetteville, AR area ...
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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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