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Monica Roberts – African American Transgender Leader Shares her Creating Change

Started by Natasha, October 26, 2013, 12:14:29 AM

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October 26, 2013, 12:14:29 AM
Monica Roberts – African American Transgender Leader Shares her Creating Change Memories

http://houstonvoice.org/houston2014/monica-roberts-creating-change/
10/24/13

In 1999, Monica Roberts attended the Creating Change Conference in Oakland, which armed her with the skills to emerge as a national leader and provided her with a wealth of contacts in LGBT movement.

Monica Roberts has lobbied since 1998 for trans human rights protections at the federal, state and local levels in Kentucky and Texas.  In 2006 she became the third African-American trans person and the first African-American Texan to receive the IFGE Trinity Award, the transgender community's highest meritorious service award.  She was named to the inaugural Trans 100 List and honored with the Monica Roberts Advocacy Award by Black Transmen, Inc in March 2013
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