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 […]
Author: monica_roberts
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]