Canadian writer Linda Jensen is a long time contributor to TGForum. Before the days of the Internet Linda started her writing with the Transvestian newspaper. Her writing ranges from factual accounts of her adventures to fiction although frankly sometimes her real life adventures are stranger than the fiction. Linda is married to a loving partner who upon learning about Linda said, "she was part of you before I met you. Although I didn't know it she was part of the package I fell in love with. I don't want to mess up that package." "Does it get any better than that?" asks Linda.
Linda starts her seventh straight year (and eleventh overall) sending articles to TGForum by telling the story of a friend of hers who years ago visited the Queen Mary nightclub in Los Angeles and ended up having an adventure that was simply made for Hollywood. Return with Linda now to the glory days of the Queen Mary when a girl could meet someone and. . . .
Linda Jensen is writing about someone who happens to be named Linda who happened to visit her favorite nightclub in Montreal, Canada who happened to meet an old acquaintance she had known as a man but who now presented very much as a woman. The two had decided to take turns in the role of a man escorting a lady on their ‘first date’. Tonight it’s Linda’s turn to be the woman as they go out for dinner and dancing.
Long-time TGForum writer Linda Jensen is in the middle of telling us about an interesting dating experience she had with a TG friend when both were in Montreal to attend a Canadian political convention. However, this week we put that story on hold to bring you the breaking story of an interesting encounter Linda had at the recent Southern Comfort Conference. It seems not all learning happens in the seminar rooms. The series Turnabout is Fair Play returns in four weeks.
In the last episode Linda Jensen started telling us about someone who happens to be named Linda who was visiting her favorite nightclub in Montreal, Canada when she met an old acquaintance. This person had been one of the many male friends Linda had encountered at the club. This time her old friend was presenting in a new way, very much as a woman. Our heroine, Linda, is about to suggest an idea to her friend. But first there were two handsome men to be dealt with….
There is an old English saying, “Turnabout is Fair Play.” It means that whatever someone does to you it is okay for you to do it back to them and they cannot complain. In modern terms it implies that if someone ‘pranks’ you on social media you can prank them back. Linda and her new friend put a slightly different twist on the saying. It results in a wonderful weekend for both of them. Read about it in this three-part series.
Almost every parent has heard from their inquisitive child the question: ‘Where do babies come from?’ It is almost a rite of passage as the growing child questions to learn more and more about herself and the world around her. With the increased attention being given to transgender issues how long before a child asks, ‘Mommy, where do crossdressers come from?’ Linda Jensen was sure she knew the answer to that but a conversation with a long-time friend has her thinking of alternate explanations. She invites you in on her experience and asks you to weigh in with your thoughts on the making of a CD.
Linda reports meeting with a longtime friend. They talk about the current trend of crossdressers to get involved in political action for transgender rights and to out themselves as a way of freeing themselves from the fear of exposure. Mary explains to Linda that while she admires the activists, outing herself is not an option she wants to pursue.
Linda was planning to take a ‘girl-trip’ to New England. Her annual visit to the monthly TG party at a gay club near Danbury, Connecticut was to be part of the her planned itinerary. That changed when Linda learned, to her dismay, that not just the party night was done but the club, Triangles, had recently closed closed its doors for good. What’s a girl to do?
Many women struggle with weight issues and trans women are no exception. We would all love to have sleek and sexy bodies but there’s that dessert, looking at us with a come hither gaze. Linda Jensen is an amateur fitness buff and she counseled her friend Marilyn who wanted to trim down. Today she shares those tips with you.
Linda Jensen comments to today on the ongoing “restroom wars” that are being waged in several states around the country. Being from Canada, a country that shares many values with the U.S.A., Linda has a unique perspective. How about if we stop trying to convince people that restroom use is a civil right and use a different approach for a return to commonsense? Find out what Linda suggests.
The Texas ‘T’ Party was a huge, really huge gathering of the transgender community held for a number of years in the early 1990s in San Antonio. The chief organizers were Linda and Cynthia Phillips. One was transgender the other was her wife. Linda Jensen recalls the Texas “T” Party and tells about the effect it had on her life.
Question: What do members of the TG community in Ottawa, Canada have in common with Florida State Representative Frank Antiles? Answer: They both had discussions about the use of rest rooms by members of the TG community. Their views are quite different. They were having an online chat but it was as if they were […]
Martin/Mary is back in this latest report from Linda Jensen. You may recall last year Linda told you about how her nephew came to visit and was transformed into her niece. In this latest tale from Florida Mary tells Linda that it is important to always be careful when you’re out and about being a lady. If you aren’t careful you could “back yourself out.”
A 12 year old boy, small for his age, learned he gets more respect by posing and looking like a 16-17 year old girl. He did so well at it that he was able to pass as a girl to enter a co-ed boarding school. (See parts I and II of Patty’s Story) That is, he was able to pass until nature caught up with him. Forced to leave the school he didn’t know what would be coming next.
Linda Jensen records the story of one gorgeous transsexual and finds out that the lady’s first inklings of femininity had less to do with sexual urges or a feeling she should have been born a woman and more to do with a twelve year old boy finding he could pass and be respected as an older teen if he presented as a girl. In Chapter 2 Patty manages to go away to school — as a girl.
November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every year when November rolls around Linda Jensen thinks of a trans woman she met while on vacation in California. She was an aerospace technician and she told Linda she was on the road to living full-time in her chosen gender role. They stayed in touch now and then but after no communication for awhile Linda saw her friend’s name in the newspaper.
Linda Jensen records the story of one gorgeous transsexual and finds out that the lady’s first inklings of femininity had less to do with sexual urges or a feeling she should have been born a woman and more to do with a twelve year old boy finding he could pass and be respected as an older teen if he presented as a girl.
Graham Holmes’ post in which he advocated being totally out about crossdressing as the only way that CDs will ever get their rights inspired our Canadian correspondent to investigate why people choose to “stay in the closet.” It can be a bit cramped in the closet but to some hiding their crossdressing is a lifestyle they’ve perfected over years. Can you actually come to enjoy hiding a major part of your essential nature? See what Linda and a friend named Donna have to say.
Our Canadian correspondent, Linda Jensen, takes a trip to the place where all the breastforms come from. On a visit to Vancouver she drops in at The Breast Form Store and learns that it’s a lot more than a place where you can buy a nice looking chest. They carry everything that the discerning crossdresser needs to put herself together. From breasts, to hips, to makeup, wigs and more, The Breast Form Store has it all. Including a $1300 item called “Gurl Shorts” that gives you a feminine lower torso.
That was quite a discussion on TGForum a couple of weeks ago. Sparked by a mention of the controversy stirred up by RuPaul in distinguishing between drag queens and she-males it highlighted to me that even among the TG community there is not a common understanding of the terms used to describe various members of […]
Occasionally our Linda likes to go away on vacation to be Linda full time. She enjoys doing the same thing her male ego would do ( golf, hiking and sunbathing) with one exception. She enjoys dating men. Today she conducts and in-depth interview with herself to find out what happened on her latest vacation.
If you have been following Linda Jensen’s column you know young Jason revealed to his grandfather, Martin, that he knew about Martin’s past dallying in transvestism and rather than being shocked he had actually copied grand dad and enjoyed the stimulation of feminine lingerie. After having a full makeover Martin left Jazzy at the Parliament House night club where admirer Steve took an immediate interest in her. Find out what happened next.
Several weeks ago Linda Jensen introduced us to Mary/Martin, a grandfather living in Florida who kept his crossdressing life isolated from his family who only came to visit once a year. His grandson Jason was heading into depression and in an effort to help Martin invited him to come visit. Imagine his surprise when Jason confessed being interested in crossdressing. Last month Jason got a makeover and picked a new name. Find out what happens next.
Today Linda Jensen continues the story of Martin/Mary and his grandson Jason. When last she wrote of them it was to cover Jason’s makeover at a professional transformation service. It was the first time in complete femme mode for Jason and, thanks to Mary’s experience, they had brought along an outfit for Jazzy to wear on the trip back to Martin’s condo. Of course she didn’t want being dressed to end. Where do they go and what do they do in this installment? Jason picks a femme name for one thing. Read on.
In her last post on TGF Linda told readers about a life-long CD named Mary who put her femme stuff away to host her grandson for a few weeks to help him get his life on track. Imagine Mary’s surprise when her grandson started asking questions about crossdressing, then reveals that he would like to dress up. Mary decides to help and today we learn what transpires.
A grandfather sets aside his crossdressing to spend time with a troubled grandson. The grandson has been depressed, can’t keep a job and recently broke up with his girlfriend. What was supposed to be a good motivational male bonding experience turns into something else in this tale related by Linda Jensen.
