TransGriot

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

Monday, August 27, 2018

Nineteen Black Women Running For Harris County Judicial Benches

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One of the other interesting things I'll be watching on Election Night 2018 is the developing story of nineteen Black women who are ru...

2018 Williams Watch- It's US Open Time!

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The last Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 international tennis season is upon us as the city of New York welcomes the tennis world to the...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Trans Peeps, We Gotta Put In The Work To Get Elected

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While I am happy to see this explosion of trans candidates running for office, and the TransGriot 2018 endorsement post is coming soon, be...

Alexandra Chandler Is Running For Congress

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One of the other election results I'll be paying close attention to in Massachusetts on September 4 besides the Republican gubernatori...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Danielle Skidmore Gets Endorsed By Texas Equity PAC

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Danielle Skidmore is one of the wave of trans candidates in this 2018 election cycle who are   #TransformingPolitics by running for vario...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Shady Behavior By Presley In HD 29?

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One of the reprehensible tactics used by the Texas Republican Party as they clawed their way from somnambulant minority party status to a ...

Mayflower Madam Quote Removed From HISD School Walls

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School doesn't start in HISD until next week, but one thing that Gregory-Lincoln Education Center students will see brightening up the...

Welcome To Womanhood

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This is a guest post by Toni D'orsay that deserves a signal boost. "Welcome to womanhood." It is a phrase heard by tran...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Happy National Latina Day!

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The first Latina I ever personally met was back in fourth grade when Audrey Huerta was one of my Frost Elementary classmates.   Over the r...

Happy Transgender Flag Day 2018!

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It was on this date in 1999 that Monica Helms created the pink, white and blue striped transgender flag that in less than two decades sin...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Queen of Soul Has Joined The Ancestors

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Was saddened to hear the news that Aretha Franklin has passed away moments ago at age 76 in her hometown of Detroit. The iconic singe...
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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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