I am a writer, editor and educator. I was one of the 5 founders of the Renaissance Transgender Education Assoc., and have served on the boards of IFGE and AEGIS. I've published several books on CD/TS/TG subjects. My how-to books are available at the CDS Bookstand (www.cdspub.com). I am most proud of "Coping With Crossdressing: Tools and Strategies for Couples in Committed Relationships". I was an early TG political activist and one of the co-founders of GenderPAC. I wrote and published a Bill of Gender Rights in December 1990. I've appeared on several television shows and in the movie "All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go". I published "LadyLike" magazine for 18 years, as well as "EnFemme" magazine and "International TranScript". (JoAnn passed away in June of 2013.)
Dr. Sherman Leis has ten examples of what he feels to be key trends that affect transgender people in America. Everything from acceptance in politics and entertainment to a decrease in hate crimes is good news for TGs according to Dr. Leis.
If you haven’t been able to get to Las Vegas to see one of the shows performed by The Cuban Legend — David de Alba — here’s your chance to experience a bit of the talent and glamor through your computer screen. David’s fans have recorded his performances with their smart phones and cameras and […]
Season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race debuts in January on Logo. We present a preview of all the fabu cattiness, shade and glamma.
(Bala Cynwyd, PA) Transgender men and women are all too familiar with discrimination in the workplace, in public, even in the restroom. However when a person is sick or in need of medical care one would think that hospitals and the medical community would be welcoming to all. This is far from being an accurate […]
By Samantha Jones Triangles Cafe has the longest running and the largest TG party in the Northeast for the last 7 years. Whether you’re a first timer or a seasoned veteran, you will always find a good time with great people in a safe friendly enviroment. We host the biggest TG party on a monthly […]
I was looking at TGForum archives when I ran across these two reports of the first Transgender Lobby Day which took place in October of 1995. I thought it might be educational to review what happened that day and compare that to where we are today 17 years later. — JoAnn Roberts
As we come up to the end of the second quarter 2012, for the first time since its inception, TGForum has gone into the “red” in bookkeeper parlance. There was not enough revenue this quarter to meet expenses. I personally put a lot of time into making sure the back-end of TGForum works properly so […]
This article was written in 1996 and posted on TGForum by Riki Anne Wilchins, then the leader of a gender-activist group called The Transsexual Meance. In light of the discussion of what is “transgender” I thought this might be instructive.
So, the new Forum has been open for 3 months now and it looks to me that it is not as active as the old Forum was. What is your opinion of the user-friendliness of the new Forum? I can re-activate the old Forum with a few keystrokes. The old forum is not integrated with […]
If you’ve been waiting for a password email over the last 2 or 3 weeks, it’s not coming. Click on the Forgot? link under the Login box and do a password reset. I fixed the bug this morning. JoAnn
Our publisher, JoAnn Roberts, has brought her CDS Bookstand to the members of TGForum. Now, registered members of TGForum can purchase select CDS publications at 50% off the regular retail price and you can do it without leaving TGForum. Look for “The Bookstand” in the menu bar and take a look at what CDS is […]
Since we removed the fee for access to TGForum, registrations have skyrocketed. We are approaching 5000 registered users. Inevitably, we have attracted some TG admirers and tranny-chasers. My philosophy has always been to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and allow anyone to register for TGForum. However, I also believe that TGForum must be a […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, If you want to take full advantage of all the features we’ve added to TGForum you need to fill out your Profile. If you don’t have a Gravatar, you can upload your own photo. Under the Preferences panel you can reset your password, subscribe to posts, forum topics, and see when you […]
We’ve added now features to TGForum and made some changes to existing features. To learn what’s new and what is changed or gone be sure to read this post by TGF Publisher JoAnn Roberts. New features include: A new Discussion Board, Photo Galleries, TGF Event List, Real Time Chat. And more!
We need to know what you want and expect from TGForum. To get a better idea of who our readers are and what kind of website they need we have put together a Survey that can be filled our completely anonymously online. Please fill it out as soon as you can!
We’ve added a new TGForum Message Board to our system. The biggest advantage is that once you are logged into TGForum you can post to the board without having to log in again (Yay!). The board has a couple of neat features which make it easy for Angela and myself to administer. Plus it has […]
Beginning in January 2011, access to TGForum will be free, as will access to our Chat room, Bulletin Board and every other TGF resource. You will still need to be registered if you want to make comments, but there will be no fee involved. We will be doing a redesign of the site between now […]
By now most of you have noticed the banner ad for the RealBreast breastforms. If you’ve clicked on the banner and gone to the Real Doll Breast page you have, no doubt, noted the price of $750 a pair. I asked myself can they be worth that much money? To answer that question I acquired […]
If you have not fininshed exporting your mail and contacts from the old TGF mail server, now is the time to do it. We will be be shutting down the old server at 2:00 PM Eastern time this Thursday, the 29th. The link to the old serve is http://oldwebmail.tgforum.com/. Regards JoAnn Roberts Publisher
Dear Subscribers, We have added a utility to help you transfer your Contact lists from the Old Mail system to the New Mail system. If you login to your old mail at http://oldwebmail.tgforum.com/ then go to the Address Book tab you will see at the bottom of the page the ability to export your address […]
Happy New Year to everyone! We have successfully moved our sites to the new server system and all the glitches seemed to be corrected. We have contracted with a commercial email provider to host TGForum email and we are in the process of setting up the User accounts at the new site. We are also […]
You may have noticed a few glitches over the last week at TGForum. We moved the entire site, plus all the member websites, to a new server and there were some, shall we say, “issues” along the way. Some permissions were not copied over correctly and some members’ websites did not display their pages properly. […]
Some people have asked me what’s happening with the changes I promised for TGForum. Others are asking: “What the Hell’s wrong with the TGF mail?” Well, the two are related.Some of you may now that our mail system is messed up again. Some accounts work just fine while others cannot receive mail. The reason is […]
I believe it is time to take a stance on the upcoming election. My personal support goes to Senator Barack Obama. The two Obama positions cited here are just for starters: Combat Employment Discrimination Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that curtails racial minorities’ and women’s ability to challenge pay discrimination. […]
