TransGriot

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

Monday, February 04, 2019

Rest In Power Babs Siperstein

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Was saddened to hear from Marisa Richmond that one of our trans elders and pioneer leaders in Barbra Casbar 'Babs' Siperstein pass...
Saturday, February 02, 2019

Houston Lift Every Voice Trans Townhall Next Sunday

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The recent shooting of Pinky, combined with another attempt by the Republican led Texas legislature to enshrine transphobic discrimination...
Friday, February 01, 2019

Happy Black History Month 2019

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Black History Month may only happen in the shortest month of our calendar, but for me, every month is Black History Month.   Our greatness...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

What Are Houston Black Trans Leaders Doing? Plenty

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I understand there's some grousing going on with some peeps in the Houston Black trans community claiming that 'our leaders aren&#...

TransGriot Nominated Again For A GLAAD Media Award!

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After finally winning the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Blog on my third nomination last year, I was not expecting to be nominated whe...
Monday, January 28, 2019

2019 Houston Pride Grand Marshal Nominee Finalists Named

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Houston Pride revealed on Thursday night this year's class of 2019 Grand Marshal nominees at an event held at Guava Lamp that also rev...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

Houston Trans Woman Shot, Misgendered By Houston Chronicle

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Anytime and anywhere a trans woman is shot I have a major problem with it.   But when the crap happens in my Houston backyard less than a ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

MIQ 2016 Runner Up Competes In 2019 Miss Rio Pageant

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The date and site for the 2019 Miss Universe pageant has yet to be determined, but Angela Ponce's historic trip to Bangkok to compete ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

SCOTUS Votes To Oppress Trans Troops

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Why am I not surprised the four white conservatives and honorary white man Uncle Ruckus Uncle Thomas voted to oppress trans people and si...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Sat Out The Houston Women's March Again

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Did you not get the lesson that if your feminism isn't intersectional, you're doing it wrong? Obviously you didn't, and that&#...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Angelica Ross Featured In Sophisticates Black Hair Magazine

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When I stated life as my true self 25 years ago, one of the things I started doing was picking up copies of Sophisticates Black Hair from ...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

2019 Williams Watch- On To The Australian Open Third Round

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The Williams Sisters are still handing their tennis business in Melbourne for this year's edition of the Australian Open and cruising ...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

2019 Williams Watch- It's Australian Open Time!

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'New year, new tennis season, and of course you TransGriot readers know I'll be keeping up with my fave tennis playing siblings in...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Happy 90th Birthday Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr

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“ Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle...

Trans Woman Messed With At Mississippi Casino

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One consequence of the false anti-trans 'bathroom predator' rhetoric the Republican Party pushed to oppose trans rights laws is it...

GENDA FINALLY Passes the New York Senate!

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I have been chronicling on the blog the tortured history of New York state's proposed Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA...
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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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