TransGriot

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

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Tiger Woods Is Once Again The Master of The Masters!

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It took Tiger Woods 14 years, several surgeries and a lot of work, but the world's former number one golfer has finally come all the w...

BTAC Press Release Concerning Muhlaysia Booker Hate Attack

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April  14, 2019 Contact: Monica Roberts BTWI Media Chair  346-310-0824 Dee Dee Watters  BTWI President 855-255-8636...

Marisa Richmond To Receive Fan Fair's Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award!

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"While I may be the first African-American trans person honored with this Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award, I emphatically b...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Morehouse College Opens Its Doors To Trans Masculine Students

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Morehouse College in Atlanta since 1867 has been the only all male college dedicated to the education of African American men.  It has a l...

The Trans Military Service Ban Is Unjust

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While I was traveling back home to Houston yesterday from Minneapolis, it was keenly on my mind that oppression was being aimed once again...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Forgotten Women Panel Happening April 16

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I have another panel I've been asked to participate in as I pass the time before I head to Dallas for BTAC 2019.  This one will take p...

Thank You Minneapolis and U of M!

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I had an unexpected additional day in the Twin Cities after the event because of a massive spring storm that slammed the state with severa...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

I'm Getting An Award At The JRR Luncheon!

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I've never been to the annual Johnson Rayburn Richards event that Harris County Democratic Party conducts.\  It's one of their big...
Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Leaving On A Jet Plane-To Minneapolis

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It's a travel day in which I get to take a jet plane out of Hobby and head to Minneapolis for the Andrea Jenkins Lecture I'll be p...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

Happy 25th Transiversary To Moi!

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April 4 to me is not just the day that Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis.   It is also the day in 1994 that I nervously walked into Ter...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Moni's Heading To Minnesota Soon!

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It's official now so I can talk about it. Last year I went to Wisconsin for the first time back in November for a TDOR, and now I...
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Vigil For Ashanti Carmon Tonight

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For those of you in the DMV area, a vigil has been scheduled tonight for our sister Ashanti Carmon, who was killed in the early morning ho...
Monday, April 01, 2019

The April Fool's Joke Is In The White House

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I have a TransGriot transition in which on April 1, I do a prank blog post as an April Fool's joke. But no post I could come up with...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Number 2- Rest In Power and Peace Ashanti

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This is definitely not the way I wanted to spend our tenth anniversary celebration of the Transgender Day of Visibility, but it is a sober...

Happy TDOV 2019, Everyone!

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Today is not on the Transgender Day of Visibility, it is the tenth anniversary celebration of this day It is a day that  Rachel Crandall...
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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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