Publications in the Collective
What Are Y’all Gonna Do New York Trans Community?
In the wake of the failure of GENDA to pass and become the law of New York state for the fourth time, there has been […]
Black Transpeople’s Burden -The NBJC Report On The NTDS Findings
As I’ve talked about over the last five years on TransGriot, the way a gender transition is experienced for African descended transpeople is vastly different […]
The Oldest Trick In The Anti-Civil Rights Playbook
While I’m amused at times about the hysteria being whipped up about transpeople and the bathrooms we relieve ourselves in, it is never too far […]
Apology To Cathy
You know what I’m upset about right now? The fact I even have to write this post in the first place.. As some of you […]
It Gets Better – Eve
When I find the “It Gets Better’ videos from African-American celebrities and trans people, they will get posted on this blog ASAP. Here’s one from […]
Keep On Hatin’ WWBT’s
I see the WWBT’s are still hatin. I just spent a lovely two days at a conference in which the participants were laughing at y’all. […]
Pumping-Beauty Now, Pay Dearly For It Later
One of the issues I don’t talk about enough is the prevalence of pumping amongst POC transwomen. It’s a subject that is guaranteed to start a vigorous […]
Argentina’s Gender Identity Law Being Debated
When same gender marriage was passed last year in Argentina, the GL groups there in the wake of their happiness over its passage and being […]
Yo Don, We Need To Talk – Again
I was parked in front of the TV like most of trans America watching Don Lemon’s interview on The Joy Behar Show, and I spent […]
We Need POC Trans Speakers At The 2011 TDOR’s
I’ve had the honor of speaking at many types of events. They range from Trans 101 panels to speaking about trans issues from an […]
Latin America Is Leading The Way On Trans Issues
Been interesting to note that when it comes to trans issues lately, it seems Latin American nations are leading the way when it comes […]
Paris Dupree RIP
Paris Dupree, whose ball provided the name for the iconic 1990 Jennie Livingston documentary about the Harlem ballroom scene and was one of the memorable […]
A New Orleans Trans Evacuee’s Story
Many people in the wake of Katrina’s devastating landfall in the New Orleans area were evacuated to Houston and other places in the metro area. […]
Indian Trans Activist Interview About Marital Rights
The fight continues around the globe to respect the human rights of transwomen to get married. Check out this interview on Indian television with trans […]
Thai Transwomen No Longer Considered ‘Insane’ By Military
While United States transpeople are gearing up for a battle to openly serve in the military long since won in other nations such as Canada, […]
ABC’s Primetime Nightline Focusing On Trans Kids Tomorrow
Tomorrow’ ABC will broadcast a Primetime Nightline segment starting at 10 PM EDT/9 PM CDT that will focus on transkids. The segment will focus on […]
NBJC Presidential Midterm Report Card
If you’re wondering what the African-American TBLG/SGL community perspective is concerning President Obama, I can say with certainly it’s vastly different from the one expressed […]
We Are Not Defined By Our Genitalia
I’ve said this multiple times on this blog and will continue to say it until you peeps embed this point in your brain cells. You […]
Thai Army Ordered By Court To Halt Problematic Trans Classification
I talked about this issue that Thai transpeople face when they are disqualified for military service by labeling them as mentally ill. There has been […]
DADT Dies Today, But Not For Transpeople
While today is a historic and monumental day for GLB people who serve in the military with the death today of the odious Don’t Ask […]
Washington DC Taking Step To Address Trans Job Issue
According to the DC Trans Coalition, the city has promised to help address on of the pressing problems in the local trans community in terms […]
It’s Still Hell To Be Trans In Honduras
I know we’re concerned in the States about the spike in anti-trans violence happening here, but it pales in comparison to what’s happening in Honduras. […]
Why A Trans Rights Bill Is Needed In Canada
Liberal MP Dr.Hedy Fry and NDP MP Randall Peterson just introduced Bills C-276 and C-279 a few days ago in the Conservative majority dominated Parliament. […]
When Will I See Black Trans Characters Like Edie Stokes Again?
Back in 1977, in the Jefferson’s fourth season we were introduced to George’s old Navy buddy who was in New York to visit for a […]
Hard Solid Thinking About The State Of The Black Trans Community
One of the things I was contemplating during my downtime at Out on the Hill, while riding the Washington Metro and on the plane ride […]
Kelly Osbourne Gets Called On Her Anti Trans Rant
Kelly Osbourne recently opened up in a Glamour UK interview about being cheated on by her ex-fiancé Luke Worrall and let loose some transphobic commentary […]
Boom! Dan Savage Gets Glitterbombed
There has been no love lost between Dan Savage and anyone in the rainbow community who is not a white gay male, TransGriot included. He […]
We Black Trans People Need To Know Our Black Trans History
And I’m not just talking about our Black history, world history, or American history (although we need to be cognizant of that as well) but […]
The Best President Ever On Trans Issues
In certain vanilla scented sectors of the rainbow community they are still throwing hissy fits because President Obama not only beat Hillary in the 2008 […]
Olympic Gender Drama -The Press Sisters
Since we are a few months from the start of the 2012 London Olympic Games, thought I do a few posts about the gender controversies […]
WWBT Haterade Spoiling The Holidays
For some reason the holiday season has brought another infestation of WWBTism into trans community comment threads from the usual white sheet wearing suspects. Hmm, […]
Kansas City Transwoman Killed On Christmas Eve
Well, one of the first names we’ll read for the 2012 Transgender Day of Remembrance has been determined and her death happened on all nights, […]
‘Work It’ Ain’t Working For The Puerto Rican Community Either
For those of you who have been keeping up with the latest news and views in the trans community as the 2k12 goes through […]
I Repeat Gay Media, RuPaul is Not A Trans Expert
Gay media, did I not succinctly make the points in this 2009 post that RuPaul is not a trans person, emphatically said he was a […]
Blake Lively, Stop Using The T-Slur
Blake Lively back in 2009 used the problematic T-word in a 2009 Allure magazine interview in which I wrote a post taking her to task […]
Queerty Racism And Transphobia On Display Again
There’s no love lost between me and Queertyas many of you longtime readers are aware of. I’ve written more than a few times about the […]
Justice For CeCe McDonald
There has been a story developing in Minneapolis concerning a young African-American transwoman who is being held in jail and facing second degree murder charges […]
Thanks Again To All My Sistah Girls
When I first began my transition back in 1994 I was concerned whether I’d be able to be the type of girlfriend I wanted to […]
University Of Pittsburgh Imposes A Transphobic Gendered Facilities Policy
When the 2012-13 school year rolls around, I’ll be joining much of the Big East Conference in hatin’ on the University of Pittsburgh for a […]
Toby’s Act Reintroduced For Fourth Time
I’ve been writing posts about NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo’s attempts since 2007 to cover trans people’s human rights in Ontario by adding gender identity […]
Thai Transwoman Running For Political Office
Some wonderful news coming out of the Land of Smiles is that an accomplished transwoman and local activist is running for political office. That history […]
Chile To Cover SRS
South America is quickly becoming the most trans friendly continent on our planet.Argentina just passed a groundbreaking Gender Identity Law and now their next door neighbors […]
Cis Women, You Can’t Support Trans Women And Push The Bathroom Predator Meme
I’ve had a neutral opinion about Roseanne Barr over the years but that may be about to change in a negative direction. She let fly […]
Voting While Trans
One of the highlights of the 2000 presidential election cycle for me despite the jacked up way it turned out was it was the first […]
Tipping Point On RadFem Transphobia?
The British Transphobic Feminist Troika unleashed their hate speech upon the world last week probably thinking they would get pushback from the trans community they and their […]
Puerto Rico Considering TBLG Inclusive Anti-Discrimination Bill
It’s past time it happened, but it took the November 6 election for this welcome news to become a reality. The Puerto Rican legislature is […]
Transwomen Are Fighting A Two-Front ‘War On Women’.
Much attention has been focused on the ‘War on Women’, the anti-woman political policies the conservative movement and Republican politicians have been pushing for years […]
Being Fearlessly Out and Trans is a Revolutionary Act
On one of the trans Facebook groups I monitor a post was put up about the gruesome murder of transman Evon ‘Yung LT’ Young. One person […]
WWLT-TV, I Find Your Lack Of AP Stylebook Trans Understanding Disturbing
Why in Hades is it so hard for professional journalists to get this breathtakingly simple concept? Per the AP Stylebook: transgender-Use the pronoun preferred by […]
We Have a History, Too
Another one from the TransGriot The Newspaper Column archives that I pined in February 2005 for Black History Month. We Have a History, Too Copyright […]
Fernanda Milan Granted Danish Asylum!
Thought I would pass along to you TransGriot readers the wonderful news that Fernanda Milan has been granted asylum in Denmark on November 26. She […]
PFOX’s ‘Ex-Trans’ Spokesperson Exposed
Now that the reparative therapy folks have been discredited to the point that some states are considering legislation to ban it, the ex-gay industry is […]
I Believe There’s An LGBT Community, But…
One of the ongoing arguments I hear and I reject whether it comes from the LGB end of the spectrum or the trans end of […]
Trans Inclusion In The Military Panel Discussion
As I, the Transgender American Veterans Association, and a host of other people and organizations continue to point out, the 2011 repeal of DADT doesn’t […]
Trans Exterminationalists In Their Own Words
One of the things that mystifies me is why The Southern Poverty Law Center hasn’t declared Trans Exterminationalist Radical Feminism as a hate group. Could […]
DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character
I’ve talked in the blog about the Archie Comics having storylines in which they have done ‘what if’ gender bending with their hero Archie and reimagined […]
Being Trans Affects Everything
It’s not a lifestyle (and I hate that conservaterm). When you swallow those hormones or take those first shots of testosterone or estrogen, it causes […]
Seven Transphobic Tropes Debunked
I’ve discussed in the over 6500 posts on this blog (and had fun eviscerating ) these seven transphobic tropes that seem to constantly pop into […]
The Battle For Self Determination Of One’s Own Identity Is A Just One
I’m blessed to have some pretty smart people around me as you can tell by some of the conversations that get started on my Facebook […]
Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths
I’m beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of the near genocidal levels of anti-trans violence that are taking away far too many […]
Evon Young Case Update
The last time I posted on the murder of Milwaukee trans man and rapper Evon Young five suspects, 37 year old Ron Allen, 23 year […]
Openly MRKH Contestant In Miss USA 2013
We won’t have a girl like us competing in the Miss USA 2013 pageant next month because Kylan Wenzel unfortunately didn’t win the Miss California […]
Indonesia’s Trans Muslims
Here’s a documentary focusing on our Indonesian trans sisters. They have been catching hell there lately, and the anti-trans attitudes whipped up by fundie […]
So SPLC, When Are You Going To Declare The TERF’s A Hate Group?
And how many more Black and Latina trans women have to die before you do so? How many more transpeople have to suffer from anti-trans […]
Jenifer Announces Her Run For Houston City Council
She’s been hard at work at it for several months, but yesterday Jenifer Rene Pool made it official and announced her candidacy for the Houston […]
What Chad and Amiyah Can Teach Us About Respecting Trans Women
TransGriot Note: Interesting article from one of the people I had the pleasure of meeting during OUT on the Hill last year, Anti-Intellect, concerning the […]
Stealth Doesn’t Help The Trans Community
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on “stealth.” The goal of this series to examine the nuanced ways trans opinion leaders conceptualize stealth […]
TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza
What can I say about the person I’m about to have the pleasure of doing this Ten Questions interview with? She’s an actress, runway model […]
Open Letter To My Black Transbrothers
Dear Transbrothers, Ever since I met Alexander John Goodrum at the 1999 Creating Change in Oakland I have been in love with y’all and […]
Sage Smith Case- 21 And Still Missing
By Monica Roberts @TransGriot D. Sage Smith turned 21 on December 13. But there was no party, no gathering of family and friends around […]
Monica Roberts’ Speech To Houston City Council
Speech To Houston City Council January 7, 2014 By Monica Roberts Happy New Year and good afternoon to you Mayor Parker, distinguished members of City […]
Back In H-town From #LGBTMedia14
[su_mrtop] After another exciting weekend and destroying some Pappas barbecue to celebrate my safe airborne arrival at Hobby, I’m back from my trip inside the […]
Inaugural BlaqOut Conference Coming Next Month
[su_mrtop] The inaugural BlaqOUT Conference will be held April 18-19 on the UC Riverside campus! The University of California, Riverside cordially invites all folks who self identify as Black/African […]
Smithsonian Adds Trans Items To Expanded LGBT History Collection
[su_mrtop] Yesterday The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History added hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects to its collection to document the history of […]
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