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Pioneering Transgender Activist & Journalist Monica Roberts Dies at 58

HeadlineOct 09, 2020

Pioneering transgender activist and journalist Monica Roberts passed away Monday in her hometown of Houston, Texas. Roberts founded the award-winning blog TransGriot 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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