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October 9, 2020

Pioneering Transgender Activist & Journalist Monica Roberts Dies at 58
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Pioneering transgender activist and journalist Monica Roberts passed
away Monday in her hometown of Houston, Texas. Roberts founded the
award-winning blog Trans Griot in 2006, where she covered the trans
community. Roberts described herself as a "proud unapologetic Black
trans woman speaking truth to power." She was 58 years old.


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