I am a transwoman originally from Pittsburgh, PA. I have been living full time for 5 years. I work in retail but am an artist/Graphic Designer and aspiring writer. I tend to address the controversial in my writing. I would love to change the world one article at a time. I moved to The San Francisco Bay Area to start over, again. But recently moved back to the East Coast. The adventure continues...
Amanda is a one woman woman and in Cali the vibe is not monogamy. People will say they love you but they love you like they love their latte. It’s a different world for a girl from Pittsburgh, Pa. and Amanda is having a tough time finding “the one.” She hasn’t quit yet. She’s still sorting through the fish in the sea and playing The Game of Love.
Today Amanda wrestles with the conservative’s biggest attack line against the trans community. “You people are delusional.” Amanda’s answer to that is that she doesn’t feel delusional, but she is willing to examine their charge and try to discern if it has any merit. What do you think she arrives at in her conclusion?
Can you handle the hottest news form the entertainment and arts worlds? If you said yes then jump into Amanda’s Trans Media Arts column! Today she writes about trans and cis musician’s reactions to HB2 and has late night host Seth Meyers’ clip about the restroom laws. She introduces Cleopatra Kambugu, the Ugandan trans woman who stars in a new documentary. She has items about a trans singer, the Big Bad Wolf controvery and more. Keep up with trans people in the arts and entertainment arenas with Trans Media Arts.
Colonel Amanda is waging a war in California, against California. Despite the many advances in treatment of trans people it’s still not a paradise and the enemy keeps putting up defenses that thwart Colonel Amanda’s sorties into enemy held territory. Can she hold out till reinforcements arrive? Will she have to fall back to her home base. . . or even further? Read this latest dispatch from the front and decide if she can win this war.
Amanda has been living on the Bay Area on the west coast for a year and four months. The last four months have taken a toll on her as she has dealt with anxiety issues, money problems and a need to be loved. Here at TGForum we love her and the contributions she makes. Today her contribution talks about her life in Cali and how while she is adjusting to it she is lacking any direction. There is a bright spot though in the love area of her search. Read on.
Trans Media Arts goes to the Oscars and who do we find hosting? Our very own Amanda. Today she talks about the The Danish Girls, Tangerine, and the first trans person ever nominated for an Oscar. She also discusses the impact of the first trans woman to play a cisgender female role in The Danish Girl. Get your gown on, put your hair in an up-do and get ready for the glamor of Hollywood in this edition of Trans Media Arts.
Amanda has been laboring in the fields of Big Box Land for too long. The demands of the job are becoming greater and the pay is not going up. Today was one of those days when she almost told some entitled, over paid, “guest” to do something that it would be best not to tell someone to do. If you want to keep your crappy job, that is. Will she ever make it to the Continent of Careers? Or will she stay stuck in the low paid Land of Jobs?
Amanda is full of questions. Since November she has been dealing with excessive anxiety. She wonders if there is something missing in her life, and she asks if she’s in the right place, and whether or not she is doing the right thing pursuing gender reassignment. Making her anxiety worse is the grey gloom of San Francisco in the winter, a winter that has El Nino bringing rain many times a week. Amanda longs for spring sunshine and wonders when it will come.
Amanda has been dealing with intense anxiety. For some reason she can’t shake it and it is worse at some times of the day. Is it the thought of gender reassignment surgery getting near? Is it being away from her family in a far off land? Could it be her discomfort with her retail job, or her economic insecurity? One thing has helped her through the holiday season. Read on. . . .
Our media, arts and entertainment contributor Amanda has assembled another column of entertainment news that covers the music, film and television beat. She features everyone from Caitlyn Jenner to Laura Jane Grace, Eddie Redmayne, President Obama and the mistress of a traveling transgender show. Get the latest from the worlds of art, film, video, TV and entertainment in Trans Media Arts.
Our last report from Amanda was about the fun she had going out for Halloween in San Francisco has Elsa from Frozen. This month’s news is darker in tone. Amanda is struggling with anxiety. Is it due to medications she is taking as part of her hormone replacement therapy? Did it make sense to quit taking anti-anxiety medication? Is the stress of being alone in a place far from your home, or concerns about GRS to blame? Read her latest blog entry and take a moment to wish her well in the comment field.
Many girls have the desire to dress up as Elsa from the film Frozen and our contributor Amanda is no exception. This year she decided to do it and do it right with a professional Elsa costume. She and her friend “Cinderella” headed in to San Francisco where they found fun, excitement and some bigoted buttheads.
Emmy Award-winning trans filmmaker and long-time Las Vegas resident, Deborah Richards, is preparing to direct her latest film and she needs your help. Her goal is to make an organic, poignant tale about success and ambition.” Send Hollywood My Love,” set for a 2016 release, is a comedy that will poke fun at the Hollywood film industry. Amanda interviews her about her online fundraiser and her passion for film.
Gen Zed is a new animated show that is set to debut this fall. It stars trans voice actor Julie Rei Goldstein as the trans comedian and blogger, Shona. Shona’s online friends all move in with her since they feel like there will be an advantage to having all those room mates. But…. Learn more about Julie Rei Goldstein and Gen Zed in this interview by Amanda F.
The only constant is constant change. Amanda has been on a journey, both in space and time, and in gender. From the east to the south and then off to the west, Amanda has been on the road. San Francisco always called to her and now she lives near that city by the bay. Will she stay or does her journey continue?
After you’ve almost sunk to the bottom a couple of times the Dating Pool becomes less inviting. It can take some time to feel like you’re ready to dive in again. Amanda F. has been underwater in the Pool a few times and now she’s beginning to feel that she’s ready to at least dip her toes in. Does she see love lurking in the depths of the Pool? Or is that heartache doing the backstroke?
It’s our monthly look at trans people in the arts. From television to films, to Web series and the fine arts, Amanda will cover them all. Today she looks at “I Am Cait”; the controversy over the big surprise in the series “Pretty Little Liars”; Other controversy over a new film about the Stonewall Riots; plus “Becoming Us,” “Sense8” and The downside of being a trans celeb experienced by Jazz Jennings. Putting the T in entertainment, it’s Trans Media Arts!
Amanda F. has been on the transition road, living her gender journey and getting near the point when she will need to take the surgical step. Today she examines where she’s been, how far she has come, and muses on what she has learned along the way. But today, rather than seeing transition as a journey down a road she likens it to jumping into the rabbit hole from Alice in Wonderland. Tag along with Amanda today while she patiently makes her way down.
Today is the debut of our new Trans Arts feature. Amanda F. will be covering trans people and themes in arts and entertainment. Today she blogs about Caitlyn Jenner’s new reality show, Sense8 on Netflix from the Wachowskis, Against Me!, Courtney Act’s latest video, Ugly, and much more.
As Amanda nears the time when she will be ready to go for GRS she encounters articles by so-called experts who liken reassignment surgery to mutilation. While she realizes that the articles are from the conservative right and are coming from a viewpoint that denies trans people are sane and able to make decisions about their bodies the articles do give her pause.
Amanda F. was on the streets of San Francisco for the San Francisco Pride Parade. Coming when it did, right after the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal, the marchers for all three parades were pumped up. Amanda tells you what if was like to be part of the events and how much trans inclusion there was.
Today Amanda F. blogs about work. For trans people finding work, let alone good paying work, can be very difficult. Amanda has a job working in retail and it pays less than she really needs, plus she has stress added because her fellow employees aren’t aware of her gender status. For some having a job they can work in their preferred gender would be a dream. See what it’s like from Amanda’s point of view.
Amanda is a low income trans woman living in San Francisco. That’s an are that seems like The Promised Land to those seeking gender reassignment since state law mandates that health insurance providers must cover trans related issues. Amanda reports that it’s not all that simple, or easy, to get your surgery covered. Find out what she’s learned so far.
