Black history meets women's history in 'TransGriot' event
Blogger Monica Roberts to discuss race and gender
By MIRANDA BUTLER Published February 27, 2012 at 12:32am
http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/index.php/article/2012/02/black_history_meets_womens_history_in_transgriot_eventWest African historians called "griots" can recite hundreds of years of their history from memory. Monica Roberts, an African-American transwoman writer and activist, has modernized this responsibility by adopting the role of "TransGriot" — telling the history of transpeople of color in her award-winning blog. Roberts will present her experiences with "Blogging at the Intersection of Race and Gender," on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Gallagher Theater.
Roberts co-founded the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition and has also led the Transsistahs-Transbrothas conference for black transpeople. But her "TransGriot" blog is one of her most influential projects. Since Roberts started the blog in 2006, the page has hit more than 3 million views.
