Before her groundbreaking blog, there were few news sites for Black transgender women like her. And before Monica Roberts, no journalist had painstakingly recorded and reported on the murders of transgender women of color. Through her work with the award-winning blog TransGriot , Roberts provided a blueprint for the national media on how to report about trans people with sensitivity and empathy. She championed Black trans women and men in their triumphs and mourned them in their deaths, often unreported by local or national outlets. And in her activism online and in person before lawmakers, Roberts has made sure that the killings of Black transgender women were treated like the tragedies they were.

Source: CNN October 10, 2020 07:52 UTC