Houston (Texas) based LGBTQ+ activist and trans pioneer Monica Roberts has been pronounced dead at 58; the cause of her death has not yet been confirmed.
Roberts was best known for her blog TransGriot where she described herself as “a proud unapologetic black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006”.
The blog became well known in the trans community and won multiple awards, including a GLAAD 2018 media award for Outstanding Blog.
Roberts also wrote for other outlets including The Huffington Post and Advocate.Roberts told Out in 2019 that she started her blog because there was little online content for the trans community.