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Angela Gardner is a founding member of The Renaissance Transgender Assoc., Inc., former editor of its newsletter and magazine, Transgender Community News. She was the Diva of Dish for TGF in the late 1990s and Editor of LadyLike magazine until its untimely demise. She has appeared in film and television shows portraying TG characters, as well as representing Renaissance on numerous talk shows.
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We call it TransTainment and it’s news about transgender people in the arts and entertainment! Today we look back to the 1968 documentary The Queen which follows drag contestants in 1967’s Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. Then we learn about the first trans character coming to The Chi. A Southeast Asian trans activist and artist is mixing art and activism. Laverne Cox has produced a film about the way transgender people have been featured in film and TV. Doctor Who, in the audio adventures, has a new Companion and she’s transgender. Josie Totah is starring in an updated Saved By The Bell as a popular cheerleader. And that’s not all of our trans entertainment news.
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Today we learn Brianna Titone runs for reelection to her seat in the Colorado House of Representatives. Several parents share stories about their transgender children. Having a hairless body wasn’t always a feminine trait. Two online health clinics cater to trans patients with tele-health services. Lots of movement from the Supreme Court on Title VII and DACA. Kim Petras says she wasn’t seen as a performer and musician when she came out but was judged on her gender status. The same stereotypes that hold trans women back also hold cisgender women back. More back and forth about the J.K. Rowling situation. Even John Cleese weighs in. Protests continue in the streets with a Black Trans Lives Matter march and a Drag March for Change. More violence against trans women of color occurs. One murderer is arrested in Chicago. People want Dominique Jackson, known for Pose, to play the part of Storm in the next X-Men movie. We’re got all of that and more plus a few TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
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We pick up Drag in Cinema in the year 2000 with the Ving Rhames made-for-TV movie Holiday Heart. The early years of the 21st century featured several films that show cases male actors adopting drag, from comedy drag like Big Momma’s House, to the more realistic female impersonation of Juwanna Man. And of course the problematic Sorority Boys. Join us for a walk down the history of drag in cinema for the early years of the 21st century.
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TransTainment is all the news about transgender people in show business. Whether trans actors, or trans characters we cover it in TransTainment. Along with transgender musicians and singers, and television stars. Today we have news about Kim Petras’s new pandemic isolation video for her song “Malibu’, the story of how Richard E. Grant suffered in his custom heels to portray a drag queen, a trans woman character in a Mexican NetFlix show, and more!
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Two more isolated beauties to our Isolated Beauties feature. If you haven’t sent your photo yet, or if you have a different photo in another outfit send it along.
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More Isolated Beauties photos have arrived and we bring them to you for your enjoyment. Why haven’t we posted your photo taken while you dress up in your favorite outfit while you isolate at home? There should be plenty of part time ladies, as well as trans women, who would like to share what they wish they were able to wear for travels out and about. Set up your tripod or take a selfie with your smart phone and share your fashion sense with everyone.
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Today Drag in Cinema looks at the use of drag in films from the 1990s. The decade kicked off with Tila Swinton in male drag in Orlando. It ended with the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a character identified as a drag queen in the film Flawless in the last year of the decade. In between there are several films that used drag for mostly comedic purposes, and one film that celebrates drag for the joy it can bring.
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Three more ladies shared their photos which means it’s time for another Isolated Beauties post.
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What do you call it when transgender actors, musicians, singers and other performers create exciting characters and works in the arts? We call it TransTainment! Today we bring news of the winner in the Secret Celebrity Drag Race, it’s an actor from Riverdale, learn about Billy Porter’s Met Gala Instagram challenge, meet Brazilian drag queen singer Pabllo Vittar, and several others. Do not fail to get caught up on trans people in the arts with your monthly dose of TransTainment!
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If you’re all alone at home, and are all dressed up wishing you could go out and share your look with the world be aware that we are still posting Isolated Beauties photos. Since the large number of submissions has fallen off we are posting new photos in new posts. If more ladies send us […]
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After presenting all of the Drag in Cinema articles from the TGForum Archives we continue to move the series along. Today we look at the use of drag characters in films from the 1980s. From Victor/Victoria to Torch Song Trilogy, these films had an impact on movie audiences. Dustin Hoffman’s character finds the only way he can land an acting job is to cross the gender border and audition as a woman. Along the way he learns things about being a man. Torch Song Trilogy took a four hour play and turned it into a two hour film that educated a straight audience about the life of a drag performer. Read on for more about drag in the cinema of the ’80s.
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Today it’s a frothy mix of songs in honor of the Transgender Day of Visibility, the drag queen from the CW show “Katy Keene”, transgender comedians — and space art. That’s right. A transgender artist’s work is orbiting the Earth right now. It’s all the showbiz and arts news in the feature we call TransTainment! With trans artists, performers, and musicians and themes featuring trans people.
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Isolated Beauties got a flurry of photos sent in but last week we only added three. It seems that many of our ladies are in situations in which they can’t dress up for a photo shoot. No doubt due to family situations. Today we only have two new Isolated Beauties to add, and one of them is me.
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We’ve gotten three more photos from isolated beauties out there. We present them in this post along with a link to the Isolated Beauties Gallery we posted last week, just in case you missed it. Everyone is encouraged to get dressed up, take your best photo in you best outfit and send it to us. If we get enough we will post Isolated Beauties Vol. 2!
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Since the virus pandemic has us all staying in our homes ladies are growing frustrated since they are not able to show off their best fashion looks in public. TGForum to the rescue with our new feature Isolated Beauties. Our users are sending their photos to be included in a photo gallery showing what they would be wearing if they could go out of the house. If you would like to be included among the Isolated Beauties send us a photo. No naughty photos, please!
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Mister and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea — It’s time for The Week In Trans! All the news from the world of entertainment and the arts that features transgender performers, artists, or themes. Today we meet Shania Twain’s tour drummer, the pretty, non-binary Elijah Wood. We learn about trans themed films in the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. There’s video for a new tune from non-binary artist Mae Krell. SAm Smith dons a gigantic red “equality” dress. Trans actress Eve Lindley gets rave reviews for her character in a new AMC series. Angelica Ross gets an award. Alex Newell from Glee is in a dress again for a new show on NBC. It’s all waiting for your perusal in this week’s TransTainment column!
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Hey kids! What time is it? Time for New Content on TGForum.com! We lead off with our usual, fantastic condensation of all the transgender related news that we call The Week In Trans! Two trans candidate run for the state legislature in North Carolina. The number of transgender murders rises. Mike Bloomberg makes remarks about transgender restroom use that come back to bite him. The LDS ministerial handbook encourages transgender members to participate but in their birth gender. Legislatures continue to try and limit transgender athletes. Schools are still trying to deal with trans student’s restroom rights. Former Vermont gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist endorses Bernie Sanders. Drag performers talk about starting a drag union. Despite losing in Britain the Labour Party continues to support transgender rights. A Brazilian Carnival dancer is the first transgender woman to lead the drummers for a top samba school. There’s all that and more than a bit more in TWIT! Don’t miss it!
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The New Drag In Cinema feature kicks off with coverage of few films from the 1970s that were not covered in the old Drag In Cinema column. From well known iconic films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the original French production of La Cage aux Folles, to lesser known films that featured drag, even a Soviet made-for-TV movie based on Charlie’s Aunt, you’ll find the today in our new Drag In Cinema column.
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TransTainment fills you in on happenings in the arts and entertainment involving transgender actors, drag queens, and transgender driven stories and songs. Today we look at a new play by Charles Busch, learn about a new film starring Jazz Jennings, are introduced to the person who was the USA’s first drag queen, learn about Billy Porter’s appearance on Sesame Street, and discuss RuPaul’s appearance on SNL. TransTainment is the TWIT of showbiz and the arts!
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TransTainement! All the news about transgender people in the arts and entertainment. Television, film, music! Wherever there is a transgender or non-binary artist we’ll cover them in TransTainment. Today we have info on The Cockettes Golden Anniversary Celebration, news about Janelle Monae, Josie Totah, Billy Porter, and Jill Soloway. Janet Mock wins a GLAAD Media Award, you still have time to catch Mariette Pathy Allen’s photo exhibition at The Museum of Sex, and the Human Ken Doll is now a Barbie. Keep up to date on all the news from the trans arts and entertainment world with TransTainment!
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It’s our column on transgender people in the arts! TransTainment! Today there’s news about a new scripted show starring RuPaul that’s coming to NetFlix in January. Andreja Pejic has decided to make an effort to do more acting. Here experience in The Girl in The Spider’s Web gave her a taste for it. Y: The Last Man Standing is coming to FX as a series. They are casting a trans man for a new role. Jen Richards was getting good reviews for her performance in Mrs. Fletcher but the series has been canceled after one season. Singer Ryan Cassada talks about his problems caused by alcohol and drugs and why sober is better. There’s all that and a bit more in TransTainment!
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In the late 1990s Aleisha Michelle Emerson wrote three articles for TGForum that covered the inclusion of transgender elements in popular music from the ‘50s to the late 1990s. We recently featured those articles as Retro Reruns from our Archives. From Little Richard’s eyeliner and pompadour to the lyrics of Lou Reed’s Walk on the […]
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TransTainment is transgender people in entertainment and the arts! Today Angela Gardner has info about Kim Petras’s U.S. tour, a new Drag Race show coming in 2020 with celebrities being transformed into queens, casting of trans actresses in television shows and ad campaigns, the drag queen who is reporting on the impeachment hearings, changes for category names in the Emmy Awards, Wendy Carlos, and a lot more! Don’t miss all the trans entertainment news! Get it from TransTainment!
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Time for the news! What do we learn in The Week In Trans? Mj Rodriguez wins an Outfest Award and credits her mom for her success in Pose. November is Transgender Awareness Month. The custody battle in Texas continues. The HRC accuses Ted Cruz of spreading falsehoods about the trans child’s mother. Learn Laverne Cox’s daily routine. Several states seek to make life harder for trans kids. The new president of Argentina has a drag queen son. The 17th Street High Heel Race happened last week in D.C. Kamala Harris and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the DOJ asking for an investigation of the death of a trans woman in ICE custody. More fashion designers in Brazil are hiring transgender models. Gender neutral emojis! A Caitlyn Jenner joke flops on SNL. All that plus more and a few TWIT Awards is waiting for you in TWIT! Don’t miss it!
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Every year the Philadelphia tradition of The Henri David Halloween Ball continues. On October 31, 2019 Henri held his 51st Halloween Ball in center city Philly. Here are photos of the event.
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It’s the trans in entertainment column you know you need — TransTainment! Today we feature Brazilian drag performer Pabllo Vittar. She’s gorgeous, is blowing up with pop music hits worldwide and is a trans activist speaking out against violence toward LGBT people. Gigi Gorgeous introduces a makeup line for “everyone.” Courtney Act shows a lot of leg. German born Kim Petras is also an international pop star who wants to be known for her music, not her gender status. All that and more, it’s our motto here at TransTainment, and we mean it!
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