TransGriot

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

Saturday, December 15, 2018

2018 US Trans Murders- Updated List

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Here's hoping that 2018 comes to an end at 11:59 PM on December 31 with no more addition to this list that has been compiled from Janu...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

TransGriot 2018 NFL Picks -Week 15

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In a weekend of Week 14 upsets , the most shocking one was the Miami Dolphins pulling off what is becoming a routine happening for them ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Angela Ponce- Miss Universe National Costume Contest

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Getting closer to the live televised Miss Universe pageant, but the preliminary contest will happen on December 13.  All 94 contestants ...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Raquel Willis Becomes Executive Editor At OUT Magazine

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I'd heard Raquel Willis was leaving her position with the Transgender Law Center to move to New York, saw that she had posted it on ...

Kansas Trans People Suing State For Right To Change Birth Certificates

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Kansas is one of three states  (Ohio and Tennessee are the other two) that obstinately refuse to allow trans people born there  to change ...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Number 24- Rest In Power and Peace, Keanna Mattel

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I was wanting for Christmas no more trans death in 2018.   Unfortunately that is not going to be the case with three weeks left in this ...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Pat Manuel Making History As A Trans Masculine Pro Boxer

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Before transition, he fought in the 2012 US Olympic trials.  He's endured physical rehab, chest surgery, the fight to cut through red ...

TransGriot Shut Up Fool Awards- A Date That Will Live In Infamy Edition

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Today happens to be the 77th anniversary of the 1941 surprise attack by Japan on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii that brought the US...

US and Canadian Conservafools Are Hating On Angela Ponce

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We're two weeks away from crowning a new Miss Universe 2018, and the conservafools are tripping because of Miss Spain-Universe Angela ...
Thursday, December 06, 2018

TransGriot 2018 NFL Picks-Week 14

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Aw yeah, my fave NFL franchise is on a roll right now.  A franchise best nine game winning streak  and a favorable schedule down the stret...
Monday, December 03, 2018

Goodbye Ray Hill

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One of our iconic Houston TBLGQ community and civil rights activists in Ray Hill passed away on November 24 at age 78 of heart failure whi...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Number 23- Rest In Power and Peace Tydie

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I was hoping we could get through the remaining weeks in this year without having another trans person murdered. Sadly that is not the cas...

TransGriot Shut Up Fool Awards- Last Friday In November Edition

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It seems like it was just months ago we partying like it was 1999 as we welcomed 2018.   Now we're four weeks from ending this year an...

More Chromosomes Than Just XX and XY

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Lately I've been hearing this talking point from the evilgelicals and the transphobically illiterate that goes 'you can't chan...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

TransGriot 2018 NFL Picks-Week 13

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We are now in December.  It's not only crunch time for NFL teams seeking to make the playoffs, but for me and Mr Watts battling for NF...

Angela's Headed To Miss Universe 2018!

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"I’m competing because it’s what I’ve wanted to do since I was a little girl. I’m showing that trans women can be whatever they want ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Mississippi Senate Runoff Today

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Today the voters in Mississippi finish the last election of the 2018 midterms in this senate race between Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Confede...
Monday, November 26, 2018

Skip The Salvation Army Kettles In 2018

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This is another TransGriot remident for you when you see the Salvation Transphobic Army kettles out to ignore them for their continued ant...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Houston's Pride Portraits 'Be Visible' Wall Vandalized

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" The Pride Portraits BE VISIBLE wall has been targeted with hate. Our hearts are heavy but we will RESIST.   LOVE to all, Eric, ...
Friday, November 23, 2018

TransGriot Shut Up Fool Awards- Black Friday 2018 Edition

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It's Black Friday, and hordes of shoppers are working off those post-Thanksgiving calories swarming the malls and strip shopping cen...
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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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