TransGriot

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

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Happy Juneteenth 2019!

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Happy Juneteenth, people!    Today is the day back in 1865 that Union Major General Gordon Granger read General Order Number 3 that freed ...
Monday, June 17, 2019

POSE Renewed By FX For A Third Season!

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The Emmy nomination voting opened on June 10, and don't be surprised if you see some folks from POSE snatching trophies when the Emmy ...

Jessica Zyrie Featured In The 'Absolut Acceptance' Ad

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Y'all know how much I love my sis Jessica Zyrie.   In addition to her ripping Fashion Week runways, we are fortunate to have her here ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Number 10- Rest In Power and Peace Zoe Spears

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These posts are coming so fast an furiously these days it's taking me time to just get caught up writing them. We head back to the Was...
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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Not Feeling Your Transphobia, Black Gay Men

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As if we didn't have enough transphobia coming from the federal government, the TERF's, evilgelicals,  elements of the white gay a...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Macy's Galleria Pride Fashion Show

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Some positive news out of my home state in terms of Macy's Galleria celebrating Pride Month by hosting a fashion show inside the store...
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Edward Thomas' Attorney Disrespects Muhlaysia Booker

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Our crappy pride month continues with more info coming out of Dallas concerning the legal fallout from the videotaped April 12 assault on ...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019

30th Anniversary of the Crushing of the Tiananmen Square Demonstrations

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'It's a reminder to those of us who live in democracies that as much as we gripe about the imperfect nature of the governments we ...
Monday, June 03, 2019

Number 7 Rest In Power Chynal Lindsey

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I and the Texas trans community still haven't had time to regroup after laying Muhlaysia Booker to rest, and now a mere 24 hours after...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Michelle Washington Celebration Of Life Service Tomorrow

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For those of you in the Philadelphia metro area who wish to attend the celebration of life services of Michelle 'Tameka' Washingto...

CeCe Telfer Wins NCAA Division II 400m Hurdles Track Championship!

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While the attention of the Texas Black trans community was focused on the DFW area, what we weren't aware of was that some Black tran...

I Repeat: We Live Trans Lives, Not A 'Lifestyle'

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"I get tired of hearing that being transgender is a 'lifestyle'. Too many times in the GLBT community we help buttress that c...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

My Muhlaysia Booker Post Funeral Thoughts

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I traveled to Dallas on Memorial Day with Dee Dee Watters and Diamond Stylz to represent BTAC and the Black Transwomen .Inc (BTWI) board a...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Muhlaysia Booker Wake Today

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Headed to Dallas today with Dee Dee Watters and Diamond Stylz as representatives of BTAC and Black Transwomen, Inc to attend the wake and ...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Rep Marc Veasey Honors Muhlaysia From US House Floor

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Down in the Lone Star State, the Dallas and Texas trans community is a bundle of emotions this week after the shocking murder of Muhlaysia...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Number 4- Rest In Power and Peace Michelle Washington

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Less than 24 hours after Muhlaysia Booker was killed in Dallas, in Philadelphia 40 year old Michelle Washington was found at 5:06 AM EDT i...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

BTAC Press Release Concerning The Muhlaysia Booker Murder

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2019 Contact Monica Roberts BTAC Media Chair 346-310-0824 Dee Dee Watters  BTWI President 855-255-8636 E...

Number 3- Rest In Power and Peace Muhlaysia Booker

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This latest report of a trans murder in 2019 is not only coming from my home state of Texas, it is shocking and mindnumbingly sad for me. ...
Friday, May 17, 2019

The Equality Act Passes House!

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HR 5, also known as the Equality Act, would add gender identity and sexual orientation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.   How apropos that...

ConGRADulations Trans Class of 2019

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Now that we're in the middle of May, it's graduation time for many of the folks in our community who are getting that paper and th...
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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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