Several people have complained that Cassie’s serial from several years ago, What I Wore: A Tale of a Weekend as a Woman with a Man, is not all there. Meaning it’s got chapters missing, not that it’s odd or “not quite right”. Moving things from the old ’90s TGF into another format caused several things […]
Crystal Tyler is a crossdresser from the Chicago area who’s constantly exploring and looking for ways to “up her game.” She is a real-life Miss Fisher/Nancy Drew with a BS in Criminal Justice. When she is not exposing insurance fraud or depriving someone’s ex-spouse of their alimony, she enjoys her female time. We now join Crystal as she prepares for her first full weekend en femme.
Great news! The actors strike is over! That means soon this column will be full of news about the latest roles in film and TV being filled with talented transgender actors. But, until those actors get cast we’ll make do with the following report. Alexandra Billings is an actress, producer, author, playwright and one of […]
Our title is Felicity Chandelle (1905–2008), Pilot and Crossdresser. At age ten, in 1915, young John Miller was spending his free time at a local flight school. His ambition was to become a pilot. Miller did that. First delivering the mail to Camden, New Jersey, in a gyrocopter that took off from the roof of the Philadelphia post office, and becoming an airline pilot. Then in `969 the urge for feminine glamor struck and Felicity was born. Attending crossdresser meeting and events all over the east coast she was there at historic places. This is her story, sent to TGF by Jan Brown and Dallas Denny.
It’s Transgender in Film and Video! Rebecca Romijn says she wouldn’t be cast as a trans character today like she was in Ugly Betty. A trans actress from Columbia is cast after just one audition in the Prime Video movie Los Iniciados. Inky Pinky Ponky is a queer Polynesian love story written and starring transgender actress/director Amanaki Prescott-Faletau. Evangelicals have a problem with Barbie. An Indian actor known for his tough guy roles slips into a sari and glamor makeup to portray a trans woman. It’s chaos on the set of Celebrity Family Feud as Willam Belli pulls a banana out of her wig and shocks host Steve Harvey. The original crew of queens on We’re Here aren’t there anymore. Don’t miss the trans entertainment news!
Things continue to go well for Savannah. Her career is on track for big things. She has met a handsome man who treats her like a lady. Can things continue to be perfect? What does this chapter hold? Read on.
Recently Linda has been going through an identity crisis that has had her questioning her future in the TG lifestyle. She had even started working on an “exit strategy” and was considering how best to get rid of her extensive wardrobe of femme attire. And then it happened.
It’s Transgender themes, characters and actors in film and video. Today a conversation with the star of Loot, Michaela Jae Rodriguez. Raven’s Home introduces a trans character. Zach Barack stars as the voice of a character on the new animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. Eva Reign stars in Anthing’s Possible. Trace Lysette stars in a film that will be featured at the Venice Film Festival. All that and more along with Brad Pitt in a dress is waiting for you in Transgender Film and Video.
It’s been two years since Christy Lewis transitioned. Today she looks back on her journey and evaluates what she learned during those two years. One major lesson was to not be afraid to face life as your true self.
Linda Jensen recently saw the film Dawn, Her Dad, and the Tractor. The Dawn of the title left her rural home as Don. She returns after her mother passes away as Dawn, and surprises her family, and her old boyfriend, with her new gender status. Restoring an old tractor is also part of the story. Read on for Linda’s review.
As Savannah’s visit to her mother’s nears its end she has an important appointment with a doctor who does breast enhancement. Then the night before her flight back to Chicago there’s dinner with the Franklins at the Club. Of course Fred arrives in the morning to drive her to the airport.
Our condolences go to Sophie Lynne whose mother passed away just recently. Sophie’s blog today looks back on the time when she was young and her mother’s jewelry attracted her. So much so that felt compelled to wear some of it. Guilt made it only a one time thing. Except for that gold locket.
A question from someone on Instagram asking about Julie’s hair sparked a whole post on TGForum. Wigs, Wigs, and More Wigs! With lots of photos of the wigs Julie currently has in rotation. And, she includes wig advice on everything from finding the right one to wig care. You’ll flip your wig over this post!
Today’s post by crossdressing social butterfly Julie Slowinski is a twofer. First she reports on the fun from an August outing called Gender Shake, and then promotes an upcoming event in Chicago set for early next year. It’s called Paint the Town. Get all the important details in today’s tale of a part-time princess.
With her sister’s wedding very near Savannah flies home to be a part of all the wedding preparation. There is a visit to the bridal salon for the bridesmaid dress she’ll never wear again, and arrangements for the bachelorette party. Will there be a male stripper? Will Savannah run into an old flame? Read on!
Savannah disappears for Kenny’s senior year of high school. Her friends and the fella she was dating wonder where she went and why they don’t hear from her. Kenny keeps his nose to the grindstone and studies hard. All the while missing his life as Savannah. Will things get better in college? Who will be attending? Kenny or Savannah?
Here comes the sun and the bad old days are done. Well, not entirely but at least the increased vaccinations have made it possible for people, including our Sophie Lynne, to get out and socialise a bit. After a year or more of isolating and distancing it could just be time to have fun again. Sophie blogs about that and how supporting those places that provide social interaction for trans folks is a good idea.
In the last chapter of Savannah’s story we saw her gorgeously attired in a fabulous gown with flawless hair and makeup attending a gala event at the country club. She was escorted by the southern gentleman, Fred who treated her like a southern belle. Today we visit with Savannah the day after the big glamour event. Fred is picking her up to take her to lunch at the club and his parents are coming, too. Then the plan is for Savannah to “return to Atlanta” for the school year.
Julie Slowinski gets the band back together for a Saturday night fun time. The ladies get dolled up and take in an art exhibit called Womanish then head to an upscale eatery for a fab dinner. Be a part of Julie and company’s crossdressing escapade and enjoy the vicarious thrill of being out en femme in Chicago.
It’s TransTainment! All the news from arts and entertainment that features transgender musicians, performers, actors and artists. Today there’s news about Pose. The trans man who stars on 9-1-1: Lone Star. Josie Totah in a new film for Netflix, and more! Keep up to date on trans artistes activities!
When Claire Hall heard about the #nowandthenchallenge she gave in and decided to share the enormous change she went through from 2000 to 2021. In 2000 she was bearded, obese, and miserable. Take a look at the photo she shows from this year and you could use it to illustrate the word “happy”.
Linda’s friend Mary had questions about how safe it is to have sexual relations with people she had met online during the Covid pandemic. The best advice Linda could find all said no sex with anyone outside your own household is safe. Meeting a part time lover in a hotel room for an evening of erotic pleasure could also introduce the virus into another human body. But some of the advice from a prestigious institution seems to say crossdressing might be one way to avoid infection.
In this episode of the adventures of Abbey the Cabbie we find Abbey still shaken up by an accident that wrecked her cab and left her banged up. Her cab was hit by a drunk driver who had already side swiped a couple of parked cars. Now she is home with her cats aching and sore but she really wants to find the guy who hit her and drove off with a steaming radiator. But she finds her boss is becoming very interested in how she is feeling.
Last month we reached into the TGForum Archives and brought back part two of Aleisha Michelle Emerson’s series on transgender influenced rock. The articles were originally published in the late 1990s and in the first two she covered the 1950s and ’60s, and the Glam Rock trend of the ’70s. Today we pull out number three in the series and bring you her article on the gender bending that went on in the music world during the 1980s and ’90s. While none of the bands and musicians in the article have not declared themselves trans they were willing to bend gender norms to help them stand out in the crowd.
Back in 1996 Aleisha Michelle Emerson contributed some columns to TGForum that explored the transgender side of rock and roll. She began the columns in the 1950s and covered up to 1970 with her first column which we brought back last month. Today we present her column on the influence of David Bowie and the Glam Rock of the ’70s.
After living on the West Coast and missing six years of The Keystone Conference Amanda F. Steele is now a resident of Baltimore and when she realized many of her friend would be just and hour and and eighteen minutes away in Harrisburg she made a last minute trip the event. And of course we took advantage of that and told her to send us a report on what happened.
