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Title: Black Transwomen Are Fed Up
Post by: Natasha on August 30, 2011, 05:22:14 PM
Black Transwomen Are Fed Up

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-transwomen-are-fed-up.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-transwomen-are-fed-up.html)
8/30/11
Monica Roberts

I and legions of Black transwomen, no matter our age, are tired of the memes deployed against us that all we want to do is party, escort and have sex. 

We have people who take our roles as African descended transwomen seriously.  There are those of us who wish to and are eager to accept the challenge of leadership in this community.   We have people who thirst for knowledge.   There are African descended transwomen who are smart and capable of deep philosophical thought..