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# Update: Trans activist Monica Roberts killed by motorist
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-trans-activist-monica-roberts-killed-by-motorist/
- Published: 2020-10-14T13:14:17.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-14T07:01:05.000Z
- Description: Houston police have announced transgender activist Monica Roberts, who was pronounced dead at 58 last week, may have been killed in a hit and run incident.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, Black trans lives matter, Houston, LGBTQ, Monica Roberts, Trans Rights, Transgender, TransGriot

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**Houston** police have announced transgender activist **Monica Roberts**, who was [pronounced dead](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-activist-monica-roberts-dead-at-58/) at 58 last week, may have been killed in a hit and run incident as evidence at the scene suggested she was likely hit by a vehicle. According to the [**Houston Chronicle**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/transgender-rights-icon-monica-roberts-identified-as-victim-in-houston-hit-and-run/ar-BB19SdLG?ref=scenemag.co.uk), her body was found on **Monday 5 October** in a car park by a West Houston apartment complex. Police said it appeared Roberts was hit while taking out the trash and the incident is being treated as a hit and run or failure to stop and render aid, although the motorist has not yet been identified.

Roberts was best known for her LGBTQ+ blog [**TransGriot**](https://transgriot.blogspot.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) where she described herself as *“a proud unapologetic black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006”.* She became well known in the trans community and won multiple awards throughout her journalistic career, as well as writing for other outlets such as Advocate and The Huffington Post.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/monicaroberts3-1.jpg)

Many have reflected on Roberts’ life and the importance of her work as tributes have poured in from prominent LGBTQ+ activists such as **Janet Mock** and **Raquel Willis**. [**Out Magazine**](https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/1314316747177156609?ref=scenemag.co.uk) also thanked Roberts for *“fighting for the community.”*