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https://transgriot.blogspot.com/ TransGriot A proud unapologetic Black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006 transgriot https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-giant-leap-for-glbt-rights-in.html TransGriot: Another Giant Leap For GLBT Rights In Nepal AFP - France December 21, 2007 [12/21/07] Nepal Supreme Court Orders Government To Guarantee Gay Rights KATHMANDU (AFP) -- Nepal's Supreme C... giant leaptransgriotanotherglbtrights https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/10/happy-trans-national-holiday-2013.html TransGriot: Happy Trans National Holiday 2013! Happy Trans National Holiday, or what the rest of you cisgender peeps recognize as Halloween. It's what I sometimes call this day because... national holidaytransgriothappy https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2016/02/hillary-wins-in-nevada.html TransGriot: Hillary Wins In Nevada! Today's Nevada Democratic Caucus had much riding on them for both sides in this 2016 Democratic presidential nomination race. While Sen.... transgriothillarywinsnevada https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-transgriot-nfl-predictions-week-17.html TransGriot: 2013 TransGriot NFL Predictions- Week 17 It took me 16 weeks of this 2013 NFL season to finally take top honors for a prognostication week and that in a nutshell is why I've been tr... nfl predictionstransgriotweek https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/10/shut-up-fool-awards-hate-crimes-passed.html TransGriot: Shut Up Fool! Awards-Hate Crimes Passed! Edition I've been making the trip to Washington for several years now to lobby on behalf of the trans community. Yesterday one of the trans communi... shut uphate crimestransgriotfoolawards https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/07/texas-transgender-nondiscrimination_22.html TransGriot: Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit-Day Two Recap For Day Two I decided to go casual and leave the house a little earlier so I wouldn't have the METRO drama I endured yesterday. I decide... day twotransgriottexastransgendernondiscrimination https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/04/shes-baack-tina-fey-skewers-caribou.html TransGriot: She's Baack! Tina Fey Skewers Caribou Barbie Again Sarah Failin' has been all over the news and the country lately with her ditsy, folksy shtick that she hopes will propel her to the Republic... tina feytransgriotskewerscariboubarbie https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/02/modest-trans-proposal.html TransGriot: A Modest Trans Proposal Over the last few months, we've has this internecine sniping going on in the Transosphere between the WWBT slice of the community that hat... transgriotmodestproposal https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/11/thanks-again-transgriot-readers-for.html TransGriot: Thanks Again TransGriot Readers For Another Record Traffic Day! I just set on November 6 my fifth highest all-time TransGriot record traffic day , and now that just got eclipsed on November 13. If you... thanks againanother recordtransgriotreaderstraffic https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/renee-sochi-olympic-hockey-is-coming.html TransGriot: Renee, Sochi Olympic Hockey Is Coming! I know you and other Canadian women's hockey fans are still crying in your Timmy's after you lost the IIHF women's ice hockey championship t... olympic hockeytransgriotreneesochicoming https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/05/post-number-4000.html TransGriot: Post Number 4000 Another day another milestone here at TransGriot. Seems like I just passed the 3000 post milestone, then 3500, and now you're looking a... post numbertransgriot https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/07/mass-ag-martha-coakleys-letter.html TransGriot: Mass AG Martha Coakley's Letter Supporting Trans Rights Bill She may have famously flamed out in her campaign to keep the late Teddy Kennedy's US Senate seat in Democratic hands, but Massachusetts At... martha coakleytrans rightstransgriotmassag https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/04/you-fight-injustice-with-advocates-you.html TransGriot: You Fight Injustice With The Advocates You Have One of the things that is irritating me is hearing the comments coming from elements of the online trans peanut gallery who are criticizin... the advocatestransgriotfightinjustice https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/02/many-blacks-worry-about-obamas-safety.html?showComment=1203919860000 TransGriot: Many Blacks Worry About Obama's Safety By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Fri Feb 22, 5:18 PM ET NEW YORK - For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid,... transgriotmanyblacksworryobama https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/11/bye-cu-hello-louisville.html TransGriot: Bye CU, Hello Louisville I'm back in Da Ville after a wonderful weekend in Boulder taking part in this weekend's Transforming Gender Symposium. Thanks to Stephanie... transgriotbyecuhellolouisville https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/sb-723-update-3.html TransGriot: SB 723 Update 3 Meghan Stabler is not only still in Austin watching the Texas Senate and what they're doing on SB 723, the cavalry's coming from Houston. ... transgriotsbupdate https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2016/05/why-btac-is-necessary.html TransGriot: Why BTAC Is Necessary We weren't even 24 hours past the end of a megasuccessful BTAC 2016 conference when some loud and wrong trans feminine agent provocateur w... transgriotbtacnecessary https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/10/miss-international-queen-pageant-is.html TransGriot: The Miss International Queen Pageant Is Back! After a year's absence due to political turmoil in Thailand, the 2009 edition of the Miss International Queen transgender pageant will fin... miss international queentransgriotpageantback https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/10/happy-trans-national-holiday-2017.html TransGriot: Happy Trans National Holiday 2017 There's a reason why I call October 31 the Trans National Holiday. It's one of the few times in our binary culture (Mardi Gras, appeari... national holidaytransgriothappy https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/03/pirates-of-indian-ocean.html TransGriot: Pirates Of The Indian Ocean Most of us have seen the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of movies in which the adventures of Jack Sparrow were chronicled or heard the st... of thetransgriotpiratesindianocean https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/06/dc-trans-woman-stabbed-40-times-in.html TransGriot: DC Trans Woman Stabbed 40 Times In Attack In a continuation of a disturbing pattern of anti-trans violence aimed at trans women of color over the last several years, another Washin... trans womantransgriotdcstabbedtimes https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/01/african-and-transgender.html TransGriot: African And Transgender One of the things I want to do a better job of this year on TransGriot is get the stories of continental trans Africans out there. Stumble... transgriotafricantransgender https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/04/girl-meets-world-season-two-starts-may.html TransGriot: Girl Meets World Season Two Starts May 11 Girl Meets World in its first season on Disney Channel managed to masterfully meld the new cast of this Disney series with the beloved ch... girl meets worldseason twotransgriotstartsmay https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-case-for-edwards-being-trans-murder.html TransGriot: The Case For Edwards Being A Trans Murder Victim Shaking my head at the ongoing dispute over S Edwards and whether this person IDed as a mister or miss at the time of death. Since BuzzF... the casetransgriotedwardsmurdervictim https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/08/hong-kong-trans-marriage-case-update.html TransGriot: Hong Kong Trans Marriage Case Update I posted about the start of a trans marriage case that could impact the Araguz one that will resume August 16. Post operative transwoman Ms.... hong kongtransgriotmarriagecaseupdate https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/texas-school-boards-doing-tblg-civil.html TransGriot: Texas School Boards Doing TBLG Civil Rights Two Step We're going to have an interesting TBLG civil rights positive two step taking place in Houston and Dallas on the eve of the Texas Transg... school boardscivil rightstransgriottexastwo https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/03/transgender-or-not-why-must-african.html TransGriot: Transgender Or Not WHY MUST African-Americans Continually Justify Their Pride? Guest post from Cheryl Courtney-Evans of the Abitchforjustice blog Okay , so it's 2012, we've had the Civil Rights Act passed (1965)... or not https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/04/elizabeths-magnet-rally-testimony.html TransGriot: Elizabeth's MAGNET Rally Testimony If you want to know why many transpeople are ticked off about TOTWK, check out this video of Elizabeth Marie Rivera-Valentine's testimony a... elizabeth stransgriotmagnetrallytestimony https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/10/trans-woman-accuses-el-monte-ca-police.html TransGriot: Trans Woman Accuses El Monte, CA Police Officer Of Sexual Assault One of the depressingly consistent stories I've chronicled since I started this blog in 2006 is the long and sometimes ugly history of poli... el monte catrans woman https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/09/2011-uh-cougar-watch-eyes-on-georgia.html TransGriot: 2011 UH Cougar Watch-Eyes On Georgia State Game While I'll be handling some OUT on the Hill business today, my eyes and thoughts at times will be turned southwestward toward my hometown an... eyes ongeorgia statetransgriotuhcougar https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/11/more-ads-hero-defenders-should-have.html TransGriot: More Ads The HERO Defenders Should Have Been Running Yep, still pissed about the human rights malpractice that happened here in Houston in terms of the Houston Unites coalition badly botching... more adsthe herohave beentransgriotdefenders https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/04/taking-transgriot-writing-break.html TransGriot: Taking A TransGriot Writing Break Needed to take a break TransGriot readers. Had to run some errands and pack in addition to tying up loose ends on the board I serve as a me... transgriottakingwritingbreak https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/african-american-transgender-history.html?showComment=1231997040000 TransGriot: African-American Transgender History-50's Style One of the beauties of surfing the Net is that from time to time, you'll stumble across a nugget of history or some photo that you weren't e... african americantransgriottransgenderhistorystyle https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/transgriot-nuke-troll-28-stop-projecting.html TransGriot: TransGriot Nuke A Troll 28-Stop Projecting Been a while since the USS Monica left home port to sail the cyberseas in search of trolls to properly irradiate. We have our latest acq... transgriotnuketrollstopprojecting https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/07/whatever-happened-to-marcus-major.html TransGriot: Whatever Happened To Marcus Major? In my spare time whenever I'm not writing a TransGriot blog post, poetry or some fiction, I take a moment to read novels for fun since I do... whatever happened totransgriotmarcusmajor https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-40th-and-last-michfest.html TransGriot: The 40th And Last MichFest The 40th and last Michigan Womyn's Music Festival starts today and runs in the Hart, MI area until August 9. After 40 years, it is being... transgriotlast https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/04/detroit-fox-noise-affiliate-compares.html TransGriot: Detroit Fox Noise Affiliate Compares Murdered Transwoman To Trash Black transwomen have to do battle with the 'unwoman' meme that is hurled at them on an almost daily basis along with disrespect in the m... transgriotdetroitfoxnoiseaffiliate https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/08/interview-with-monis-fictional-ladies.html TransGriot: Interview With Moni's Fictional Ladies "Hi, I'm Lanita Turner, ABC News journalist, weekend anchor and one of the characters in Moni's Capital Gains and Politically Correct nove... interview withtransgriotmonifictionalladies https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/08/rest-in-power-kenishia-hubbard-1964-2014.html TransGriot: Rest In Power, Kenishia Hubbard 1964-2014 Was stunned to hear that one of our transsisters, Left Coast advocates and my fellow Texan Kenishia Hubbard suddenly passed away at age 50... rest in powertransgriothubbard https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/08/houston-glbt-caucus-endorsement-meeting.html TransGriot: Houston GLBT Caucus Endorsement Meeting Today In a normal Houston civic election year, stuff usually doesn't start heating up politically until September around Labor Day But this... transgriothoustonglbtcaucusendorsement https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-2008-villagers-black-blog.html TransGriot: September 2008 Villager's Black Blog Rankings Hotep! It's that time of the month that all of us in the Black blogosphere breathlessly await. It's time to head on over to the Electronic... black blogtransgriotseptembervillagerrankings https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2007/10/monicas-recipe-for-phenomenal.html TransGriot: Monica's Recipe For A Phenomenal Transwoman 3 cups of faith 2 cups of fortitude 1 cup of courage 1/2 cup of fashion sense 1 cup of divatude 2 cups of estrogen 1 cup of progesterone 1 c... monica stransgriotrecipephenomenaltranswoman https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/03/philip-aronoff-peddles-transphobia-on.html TransGriot: Phillip Aronoff Peddles Transphobia On The TX 29 Campaign Trail The Texas 29th Congressional District was created in 1991 to ensure that a Latix person got elected to the US Congress. But due to the L... on thetransgriotphillippeddlestransphobia https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/vandalized-uk-national-trans-memorial.html TransGriot: Vandalized UK National Trans Memorial Restored We have some good news coming from across The Pond concerning the UK's National Transgender Memorial. Back during the UK's Sparkle We... uk nationaltransgriotvandalizedmemorialrestored https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2007/07/happy-4th.html TransGriot: Happy 4th? Yesterday was the 4th of July. My attitude towards it sometimes mirrors the line in the 'Tuskegee Airmen' movie. 'How do I feel about my cou... transgriothappy https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/07/nbjc-emancipation-campaign.html TransGriot: NBJC Emancipation Campaign You know that I have been down with the mission of the National Black Justice Coalition throughout the life of this blog and have much love ... transgriotnbjcemancipationcampaign https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/11/duanna-johnson-found-dead.html?showComment=1226544780000 TransGriot: Duanna Johnson Found Dead TransGriot Note: Remember Duanna Johnson, whose beat down by Memphis cops was caught on tape a few months ago and led to a lawsuit against t... transgriotjohnsonfounddead https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/why-plc-122s-passage-was-important-in.html TransGriot: Why PLC 122's Passage Was Important In Brazil Sergio Viula talks about conditions in Brazil in the wake of the failure of PLC 122 to pass.the Brazilian Congress. transgriotplcpassageimportantbrazil https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/alright-rockets-beat-la.html TransGriot: Alright Rockets! Beat LA! My hometown NBA ballers did something in the playoffs they haven't done since 1997. Won a first round NBA playoff series. Yep, the TransGrio... transgriotalrightrocketsbeatla https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-more-down-low-tv-debunks-black-bible.html TransGriot: No More Down Low TV Debunks Black Bible Myths About GLBT People One of the people I had the pleasure of meeting during Out on The Hill 2011 was No More Down Low TV Executive Producer Earnest Winborne. ... https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/07/final-four-olympic-bid-cities.html?showComment=1217855400000 TransGriot: The Final Four Olympic Bid Cities While much of the world waits for the August 8 opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and Londoners are anxiously counting... the finaltransgriotfourolympicbid https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/06/number-12-rest-in-power-antasha-english.html TransGriot: Number 12- Rest In Power Antash'a English I received the news about this while I was in the beginning stages of being waylaid by an illness that kept me miserable all weekend Thi... rest in powertransgriotnumberenglish https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/12/im-finally-home.html TransGriot: I'm Finally Home Well, after 23 hours, several bus transfers and 9 plus years, I'm finally standing inside the Houston city limits during the Christmas holid... i mtransgriotfinally https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-pissed-off.html TransGriot: I'm Pissed Off TransGriot Note: This is one I posted on Bilerico this morning that I need to share with you loyal TransGriot readers as well. I'm not a ha... i mtransgriotpissed https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/08/reading-is-fundamental-elektra-reads.html TransGriot: Reading Is Fundamental- Elektra Reads A Transphobe As you TransGriot readers know, I am a huge fan of the FX show POSE. With five major trans characters, it has been showing what we deal ... reading is fundamentaltransgriotelektrareads https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/sen-williams-your-transphobia-is.html TransGriot: Sen. Williams, Your Transphobia Is Showing In case you're wondering why I and other POC's can't stand Republicans, it's because we know from experience they have been anti-civil right... transgriotsenwilliamstransphobiashowing https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/03/if-transwoman-can-play-transwoman-in.html TransGriot: If A Transwoman Can Play A Transwoman In Indian Movies, How About In Hollywood? I found it interesting last year that a young Indian transwoman has gone somewhere that transpeople in the States haven't. But what else is... https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/07/shut-up-fool-awards-dropping-da-bomb-on.html TransGriot: Shut Up Fool Awards-Dropping Da Bomb On Ignorance Edition Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico that proved the first atom bomb design worked. Several wee... shut upda bombtransgriotfoolawards https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/thanks-for-being-friend-and-standing.html?showComment=1233263640000 TransGriot: Thanks For Being A Friend And Standing With Us One of the things that my transsisters and transbrothers around the world are cognizant of is that we are involved in a worldwide struggle ... being a friendtransgriotthanksstandingus https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/07/oh-hell-no-girlfriends-cancelled.html TransGriot: Oh, Hell No! 'Girlfriends' Cancelled My Girlfriends, there through thick and thin. My Girlfriends, there for anything. My Girlfriends. After eight seasons and numerous award nom... oh hell notransgriotgirlfriendscancelled https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/06/family-after-all-play-debuts-next.html TransGriot: 'Family After All' Play Debuts Next Saturday If you're looking for something to do next Saturday, you may wish to check out the debut of the play 'Family After All' at the Midtown Art... after alltransgriotfamilyplaydebuts https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/11/diamond-stylzs-tdor-2013-message.html TransGriot: Diamond Stylz's TDOR 2013 Message My Houston homegirl Diamond Stylz is my counterpart in the video blogging world, and peeps need to recognize that she's all that and five ba... diamond stylztransgriottdormessage https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/08/abcs-wwyd-trans-bathroom-show-this.html TransGriot: ABC's WWYD Trans Bathroom Show This Friday We fought a knockdown drag out battle over the 2017 regular and special oppression session to kill SB 6, which specifically targeted trans... transgriotabcbathroomshowfriday https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/07/sister-sister-iii.html?showComment=1215203640000 TransGriot: Sister-Sister III On my Wimbledon 2008 post one of my readers expressed her hope that both Williams sisters not make it to another Wimbledon final because s... transgriotsisteriii https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-day-at-clinton-presidential-center.html TransGriot: My Day At The Clinton Presidential Center As a history junkie I've always loved presidential libraries. The Carter Center is on my must see list next time I drive down to the ATL. N... my dayat thetransgriotclintonpresidential https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-spirit-day-2011-morgan-speaks.html TransGriot: Upcoming Spirit Day 2011-Morgan Speaks Spirit Day 2011 will happen Thursday October 20. It was conceived last year by teen Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people ... spirit daytransgriotupcomingmorganspeaks https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/09/pennsylvania-school-board-denies-trans.html TransGriot: Pennsylvania School Board Denies Trans Student Chance To Run For Homecoming King Well Class of 2014, I guess y'all were paying attention when I wrote this post . Too bad the adults running many of your schools and schoo... https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/thanks-peeps-for-your-support.html TransGriot: Thanks Peeps For Your Support As some of you may or may not be aware of, been dealing with unexpected major drama over the last week It got ugly, and while the situatio... for yourtransgriotthankspeepssupport https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/06/upcoming-burgess-murder-trial-in.html TransGriot: Upcoming Burgess Murder Trial In Britain Begins Soon I posted a few months about noted British Civil rights attorney Sonia Burgess being pushed to her death at a London subway station back i... murder trialtransgriotupcomingburgessbritain https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/01/white-america-is-still-hatin-on-black.html TransGriot: White America Is Still Hatin' On Black Athletes I watched the NFC Championship game on Sunday between the Seahawks and 49ers and saw the post game interview Erin Andrews conducted with him... on blacktransgriotwhiteamericastill https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/06/genda-gets-32nd-ny-senate-vote.html TransGriot: GENDA Gets 32nd NY Senate Vote Committment The old saying is the third time's the charm, and that finally may be applicable to GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. If ... transgriotgendagetsnysenate https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2019/03/tent-trans-lobby-day-today.html TransGriot: TENT Trans Lobby Day Today I'm chilling with my peeps in Austin after a relatively uneventful travel day. I did have to wait two hours before I got into my hotel ro... lobby daytransgriottenttoday https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/06/45-years-later.html TransGriot: 45 Years Later... June 28, 1969 was the hot, sultry New York night 45 years ago when during another one of those harassing police raids on the Stonewall Inn... transgriotyearslater https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/05/victoria-carmen-white-didnt-deserve-to.html TransGriot: Victoria Carmen White Didn't Deserve To Die There's a pair of disturbing memes I hear in these trans murder cases like the recently concluded Alrashim Chambers one far too often that... carmen whitetransgriotvictoriadeservedie https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/07/chinas-new-red-star-in-space.html TransGriot: China's New Red Star- In Space TransGriot Note: My latest piece for Global Comment. When I was growing up, the space race between NASA and the Soviet space program was a m... s newred startransgriotchinaspace https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/08/shut-up-fool-awards-congressional.html TransGriot: Shut Up Fool Awards-Congressional Vacation Edition It's August, and that means Congress has bailed from Washington and is headed back to their states and districts to talk to their constitu... shut uptransgriotfoolawardscongressional https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-peeps.html TransGriot: Happy Thanksgiving, Peeps! I know you Canadians got your Thanksgiving grub on last month . Now it's your south of the border cousins turn to partake of the turkey an... happy thanksgivingtransgriotpeeps https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/10/30-year-jj-reunion-first-day.html TransGriot: The 30 Year JJ Reunion-First Day Had a blast getting to see my Falcon classmates for the first night of our reunion weekend. The best part was I had a pretty good success... transgriotyearjjreunionfirst https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/10/casn-birthday-brunch-coming-soon.html TransGriot: CASN Birthday Brunch Coming Soon! I'm getting another award for a locally based org soon along with another group of amazing Houston activists from the Clinic Access Suppor... transgriotcasnbirthdaybrunchcoming https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/03/ciaras-not-transwoman.html?showComment=1236895380000 TransGriot: I Repeat-Quit Using 'Tranny' To Insult Cisgender Women You know, the ignorance of Perez Hilton, some of my fellow African-American peeps and others on transgender issues shines through at times.... transgriotrepeatquitusingtranny https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-new-black-debuts-on-pbs-sunday.html TransGriot: 'The New Black' Debuts On PBS Sunday Ironically as we were fighting to pass the HERO, across the street from City Hall at the Houston Public Library downtown branch the Houston ... the new blacktransgriotdebutspbssunday https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/11/election-day-lets-get-busy-and-vote.html TransGriot: Election Day-Let's Get Busy And Vote! Today is election day in many locales around the country including my beloved hometown. If you haven't done so, then go get your vote on n... election dayget busytransgriotletvote https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/02/jeanne-ives-peddles-transphobia-in.html TransGriot: Jeanne Ives Peddles Transphobia In Illinois Gubernatorial Campaign Ad Illinois state legislator Jeanne Ives (R) is a longtime foe of the Illinois TBLGQ community who is primary challenging Illinois Gov. Bru... in illinoistransgriotjeanneivespeddles https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/message-to-brothers.html TransGriot: Message To The Brothers TransGriot Note: This deserves a signal boost. It was written by Julian Long in response to the renewed drama surrounding Ray Rice. It ha... to thetransgriotmessagebrothers https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/03/tona-plays-amazing-grace.html TransGriot: Tona Plays Amazing Grace Just a reminder of how awesome Tona Brown is and how such awesomeness needs to be on the stage of Carnegie Hall . This video is from the ... transgriottonaplaysamazinggrace https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/12/strawberry-hampton-finally-moved-to.html TransGriot: Strawberry Hampton Finally Moved To Illinois Women's Prison Some good news as we close out 2018 on the trans rights front 27 year old Deon 'Strawberry' Hampton has been transitioning since she was... transgriotstrawberryhamptonfinallymoved https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/transgriot-nuke-troll-11-pimp-slapping.html TransGriot: TransGriot Nuke A Troll 11-Pimp Slapping An Islamophobe The USS Monica is leaving home port and cruising the cyberseas once again. . I've had a comment come in about my latest Saturday Sellout... transgriotnuketrollpimpslapping https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/11/25th-anniversary-of-fall-of-berlin-wall.html TransGriot: 25th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Like the Cold War and Jim Crow segregation, the Berlin Wall was a part of the world when I was born in 1962. It was erected in August 1961... of thetransgriotanniversaryfallberlin https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/11/transgriot-2014-nfl-picks-week-12.html TransGriot: TransGriot 2014 NFL Picks Week 12 It was a Sunday full of upsets that nearly sent me to another below .500 record but I ran the table in the afternoon and Sunday and Monday n... nfl pickstransgriotweek https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/09/dan-savage-racism-has-its-rewards.html TransGriot: Dan Savage, Racism Has Its Rewards TransGriot Note: This guest post is from my Canadian homegirl Renee at Womanist Musings Well, it seems that HBO has decided to give Dan Sava... dan savagetransgriotracismrewards https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/what-happened-to-mcdonald-case.html TransGriot: What Happened To McDonald Case Instigator Molly Shannon Flaherty? Laverne Cox has a post up on HuffPo focused on CeCe McDonald , our Minnesota transsister who stood her ground against a hate attack instig... what happened tomolly shannontransgriotmcdonaldcase https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/04/mayor-parker-discusses-tblg-inclusive.html TransGriot: Mayor Parker Discusses TBLG Inclusive Human Rights Ordinance During Mayor Annise Parker's State of the City address she gave to a crowd of 1600 members and guests of the Greater Houston Partnership on ... human rightstransgriotmayorparkerdiscusses https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/10/time-to-deal-with-bullying-period.html TransGriot: Time To Deal With Bullying, Period I'm happy the stories about the 7 kids who took their lives because of bullying has triggered a much needed national discussion on the issue... time todeal withtransgriotbullyingperiod https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2015/03/ben-hall-doesnt-deserve-houston-tblgq.html TransGriot: Ben Hall Doesn't Deserve The Houston TBLGQ Community Vote 2015 is a civic election year in Houston, and while the real political campaign action won't get started in earnest until after Labor Day,... ben hallthe houstontransgriot https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-do-black-folks-celebrate-fourth.html TransGriot: Why Do Black Folks Celebrate The Fourth Anyway? 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