Monica's 2011 Esteem Awards Acceptance Speech

[Shana A]

Sunday, July 03, 2011
Monica's 2011 Esteem Awards Acceptance Speech.
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/07/monicas-2011-esteem-awards-acceptance.html

This is the speech I wrote for the 2011 Esteem Award that I'll be getting on July 3.   Thought I'd share it with you TransGriot readers and everyone who couldn't be in Chicago for the awards ceremony.

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I am pleased, excited and thankful that I am being honored with a 2011 Esteem Award in the Outstanding Service, Transgender - Nationals category and humbly accept it.  I just wish I could be in Chicago during this festive Black Pride weekend in person to do so.

When I started my transition in 1994 and the activism part of it with my first Capitol Hill lobbying trip four years later, little did I know or expect that I was beginning a journey that was more than just simply wanting to do something to fight for my human rights as a trans person of African descent and be a role model to others like me.

[Amazon D]

Hey thanks for all you do. We need more of you. Keep up the great work. 

love Danielle Clarke / RV Danielle  / M2MTF2FTM / ??