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Texas Grown Terror: Hate Groups from the Lone Star State Part 1
Life is dangerous for many LGBTQ+ people in Texas. With the state legislature and school districts...
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Why inclusion is not enough: the first trans cricket player sparks controversy
Contrary to the growing trend of banning trans women from elite women’s sports, the International...
The Murder of Venus Xtravaganza: “The Last Room on the Left”
Wednesday December 21, 1988 New York, New York. Venus Xtravaganza is a 23-year-old Transgender...
Shut Up Fools! 9.9.23 Mercury In Gatorade
New home who dis? Not really a new home but a refresh to the TransGriot environment. How...
Once again, trans athletes are scapegoated for sexism, this time in chess
Nothing has shocked the sports world more than the recent trans ban in chess, which is known as a...
Shut Up Fools 9.2.23 Edition Fall Frozen Ruckus
“It’s the first of the month”… We’ve made it yall! Welcome to september. Everyday I am...
Registered Victims Part 2: Jaime’s Story
The Sex Offender Registry, promised as a safety tool, is an anti-trans, anti-queer weapon in the...
Shut Up Fools 8.26.23 Edition
Thursday was Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson’s heavenly birthday. I’ll say it again: Happy Heavenly...
Heartstopper’s Elle: The Next Trans Teen on Screen
When it comes to Black trans characters in television, the pickings are already quite slim. When it...
Shut Up Fools Mid August 8.19.23 Edition
Can you believe we are already halfway through August? The days are shorter, miss sun is going to...
Why is an “Open” sports category harmful to trans and nonbinary athletes?
A month ago, with rhetoric similar to that of World Aquatics and World Athletes, Union Cycliste...
Pride is Still a Riot
Following a year of legislative onslaught against LGBTQ+ people the phrase pride is a riot is a...
Shut Up Fools 8.12.23 Edition
Ooo weee! This week has given so much to the universe, our ancestors, the culture and my plate has...
Shut Up Fools Back to School Edition 8.5.23
WOW August! (No Alsina) you know how to come into someone’s home and be respectful. You took your...
Registered Victims Part 1: How the Sex Offender Registry Criminalizes Trans and Queer People
by Laura Reyna The American legal system is corrupt. Every day, fascist cops, predatory...
Mrs. Nash and the Trans Old West
Growing up in South Dakota and Oklahoma, I took many school field trips to historic landmarks of...
How the Haus of Telfar Shows Ballroom’s Gender Expansiveness
by Eness Scott Corporations and brands engaging in Pride marketing have always toed the line...
Shut Up Fools July 29th Edition
Hey Siri, play Nocturne No.20 in C-Sharp Minor, B.49 for Violin & Piano. Let me set the...
A Hateful Homicide: Season 5
The Murder of Marsha P. Johnson: “A Horror on the Hudson” By Mallery Jenna Robinson A Hateful...
Trans Rights and the Cycle of Political Pushback
We have to remember that the fight for equality is a long one. Like those movements mentioned...
Shut Up Fools July 22nd edition
Another hot week and miss temperature doesn’t like to play alone. The storms that accompany this 90...