A Flashback Trip to the Era of Prohibition and Speakeasies
Linda fulfills a long-time desire to attend a 1920s style cabaret show in the character of a flapper girl. Both her date and the people she meets make it truly a night to remember.
Author Archive: Linda Jensen
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.
Feel Good Stories: We Have Them Within
Linda Jensen’s friend Amanda embraces her crossdressing lifestyle with a joie de vivre that few feel confident enough to exhibit. Linda thinks Amanda has lessons for us all and she shares some of them with us.
There’s Magic in Orlando
After many years Linda has decided to write a blog about her adventures. However she is going to keep it to herself and call it a diary. Thanks to an e-mail to her friend, Jennifer, we have gained an exclusive look into Linda’s diary as she spends a Florida weekend en femme.
Knock, Knock! Who’s There?
Linda’s friend Darlene was having a relaxed afternoon at a department store. She was trying on women’s clothing in a men’s fitting room stall. A knock came on her stall door. Don’t worry; it wasn’t the fashion police but read how Darlene happened to be there and how she reacted.
Linda Jensen — A Date Recalled
Linda tries to recreate the experiences she had on an earlier visit to Orlando. She finds you can go back to the same places but you have to remember that time brings change.
Lookalike Girlfriend: Man Finds T-Girl Who Looks Like His Wife
Is it right to wear another woman’s clothes without her knowledge? So her husband can take your picture? Linda’s new friend tells about her experiences posing for a man whose sole request is for her to wear his wife’s clothes. His request seemed to fit well with her desire.
Can We Be ‘Read’ and Pass At the Same Time?
Angela’s article on being “read” over the years sparked a discussion in a t-girl chat room group. Linda Jensen reports on what was said and then provides an article she wrote for TGF fifteen years ago. It’s still relevant for those who are concerned with passing.
You Can Fight City Hall! It’s Not So Easy to Fight Changing Times
Linda Jensen visits an old haunt that seems to be fading away. Cleopatra’s, once Montreal’s most popular drag show bar fought City Hall to stay in business. Now it needs to attract more patrons to survive. Linda finds it evokes many memories and she shares them here.
Linda Jensen in The Shark Tank
Linda Jensen’s surrogate shopper idea has really taken off. Turns out the story we ran on it last month sparked enough interest for Linda to approach investors. Not just any investors — the millionaires from Shark Tank.
Surrogate Shopper Available For Hire
Linda takes a look at a new career possibility using the principle that she should find something she enjoys doing and get herself paid for doing it.
Crossdressing: One Big Harry Potter Adventure
Linda spends a rainy weekend browsing through her nephew’s book shelves and discovers some amazing similarities between her world and that of the popular fictional hero, Harry Potter. Journey with her now into The Chamber of Secrets…
Ken and Me (and Barbie Makes Three)
A so-called normal night at a singles’ club turned in to a very erotic evening for our friend, Linda. Things could get wild back in the ’90s. Find out what it was that Ken, Barbie and Linda did.
Email From Gals Spring Fling 2011
Natalie Bouchard writes daily reports to Linda Jensen about her activities at the small but very friendly Gal’s Spring Fling which took place recently in Gananoque, Ontario. Be prepared to be amazed at the welcoming attitude of this Canadian community and its neighbors.
Dust Off Your Passports! Canada is Calling!
The Gal’s Spring Fling is a gathering of Canadian TGs in Ontario. This year it happens from May 9 through 15th. Our Canadian correspondent, Linda Jensen chatted with a young lady named Natalie who reports on last year’s event.
Scarlet Fever In Charlotte
A chance search on the Internet reveals a special event in Charlotte North Carolina at exactly the time Linda and her partner will be passing through town. And it was on the International TG Day of Visibility. It was drag on campus time! Linda got photos.
Encounter on 34th Street
Our field correspondent Linda Jensen has filed another report on her activities “out and about.” Linda recounts to a friend how a shopping trip to Macy’s in Manhattan led to her being stopped by a store detective. You will want to read to the end to find out what happened.
Public Acceptance: We’re Getting There
Linda recently came across some encouraging examples of her friends’ transgender status making no difference to people in the medical and retail sectors and in fact they have been told to ‘tell their friends.’ Is there something happening out there?
Sports, Physical Fitness and the Crossdresser
Linda recounts a conversation with a friend where she extols the physiological and social benefits of physical fitness for today’s crossdresser. “What do sports have to do with crossdressing?” I was asked when it was announced that the topic of my presentation to the next support group meeting would be ‘Sports, Fitness and the Crossdresser’. […]
Linda’s New ‘Doo’
Linda Jensen has to make a big decision and she’s asking for your help. Which will it be? Wig 1, 2 or 3?
Linda Jensen — Craig’s List Dating: Like Panning for Gold
Linda uses a 21st Century dating service to find her man in one of the world’s most historic cities. “I’m thinking or writing a series of articles about putting personal ads on Craig’s List. Have any of you ever done that?” “Craig’s List! Nothing but a bunch of phonies!” “”They just play games with you” […]
Whatever Happened to Carolyn?
It has happened to many of us. We make a friend in the transgender community and then suddenly she disappears from our ‘radar screen’. Because of privacy walls we create we have no way of reconnecting or of finding out what happened to our friend. Here is one such story. I was rummaging through some […]
Liisa’s Story
(Editor’s Note: Sexual content ahead.) One of Linda’s volunteer duties with a local TG support group is to interview prospective members to try to weed out the ‘lurkers’ and disingenuous people before the group starts sharing confidential information with them. Members like to know that access to their photos and e-mail addresses is only for […]
How I Lost the Miss Congeniality Contest, Part II
Friday evening was the chance for the girls to strut their stuff. The Princess Promenade saw JoAnn introduce each one of us as Cliff, the resident admirer, escorted each in turn on a brief walk across the stage in front of the group in front of the group. JoAnn would read from a card that […]
How I Lost the Miss Congeniality Contest, Part I
“My God! Has it been twenty years already?†I exclaimed as my friend Rachel reminded me of the years we attended several of JoAnn Roberts Paradise in the Poconos events. “It’s been twenty years and more. Those were the days, my friend.†In the 1980s and 1990s JoAnn promoted and hosted twice yearly gatherings for […]
My Favorite Martin Part 4: How a T-Girl Can Get Her Man
For the past few months Linda Jensen has been telling us about her relationship with Martin, a fine gentleman, a professional engineer and an admirer of crossdressers. In this column Linda meets Martin, at an exclusive Toronto hotel. He offers Linda his advice on how a crossdresser can make herself attractive to the (not quite) […]
My Favorite Martin: Part 3
How Martin Became a T-Girl Admirer Martin tells Linda how he came to discover and admire crossdressers, particularly those who flaunt their “feminine sexuality”. Thank you to those who have written to say they enjoy the accounts of my encounters with Martin. He is a fine gentleman, a professional engineer and an admirer of crossdressers. […]
