A new publication, dedicated to platforming black trans people, has been launched in honour of journalist and LGBTQ+ activist, Monica Roberts, who died three months ago at 58 due to a pulmonary embolism.
Roberts, who described herself as “a proud unapologetic black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006”, was best known for creating TransGriot; a blog where she chronicled the issues black trans people were facing and discussed her own experiences.Roberts told Out in 2019 that she started her blog because there was little online content for the trans community.