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

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Miss America 2019 Says Trans Women Should Be Allowed To Compete

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Today was the day 35 years ago that Vanessa Williams, who repped New York state, was crowned as the first ever Black Miss America back in ...

Number 21- Rest In Power and Peace Nikki Janelle Enriquez

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I was made aware of the latest trans murder victim in large part because she was one of the victims of the US Border Patrol agent who has ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

US Border Patrol Agent Serial Killer Victims Includes A Latina Trans Woman

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You are probably been aware of the story coming out of the Lone Star State over the weekend concerning a Laredo area supervisory Border Pa...

Don't Want Republicans Running The Government? You Need To Vote!

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If you don't want Republicans running our government at any level, the ONLY way you can #FireTheGOP is vote in each and every election...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

AG Holder's HRC 2018 National Dinner Speech

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Eric Holder was the attorney general during much of the Obama Administration from 2009-2015.  There are rumors that he is considering a ru...

You Want Some Ice Cream

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This latest song rewrite was inspired by my homegirl Tarah Taylor.  She mentioned on her Facebook page that in the largely Latinx norths...
Friday, September 14, 2018

MJ Rodriguez To Receive Trailblazer Hispanic Heritage Award

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You know MJ Rodriguez as Blanca Rodriguez Evangelista from the hit FX show POSE that will kick off Season 2 in 2019.     MJ Rodriguez, th...

Texas Conservafools Snatching Beto Yard Signs

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When Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-El Paso) announced his candidacy for the US senate,  the Texas Republican Party sneered and laughed about...

Trans, Muslim and Living In Malaysia

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If you're trans, Muslim  and live in Malaysia, it means that you are not only dealing with the anti-trans hatred aimed at you, you als...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

TransGriot 2018 NFL Picks- Week 2

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Week 1 of the NFL season can be a crapshoot in terms of NFL prognostication.    While you have some idea of how they might play because of...

Good Luck Melissa!

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The New York primary election is happening today, and my friend Melissa Sklarz is trying to make more history in the Empire State by becom...

Moni's Thoughts On The Friess Op-Ed

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Looks like some rainbow vanillacentric privileged nerves got plucked in the aftermath of the incident during the closing NLGJA reception i...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Number 20- Rest In Power and Peace Londonn Moore Kinard

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While we're still waiting for confirmation on two possible murders in New York, we have a confirmed one in North Port, FL  20 year o...

Sharif Durhams Elected NLGJA President

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Lost in all the drama that took place on  Saturday night is the historic and groundbreaking news that NLGJA has elected its first Black pr...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Moni's Thoughts About The 2018 NLGJA Convention Closing Reception

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As you TransGriot readers are aware of, I've spent the last several days at the just recently concluded 2018 NLGJA Convention in Palm ...
Saturday, September 08, 2018

Barack Obama- Democracy Under Threat Speech

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"We are Americans. We are supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them. We are supposed to stand up to discrimination. And we su...

Just DON'T Do It!

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Stop killing trans women, and especially Black trans women. Our Black trans lives matter just as much as yours do
Thursday, September 06, 2018

TransGriot 2018 NFL Picks -Week 1

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I have had eight months to think about how I screwed up my chance to be the three time TransGriot NFL prognostication champion and how I w...
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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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