Ronnie Rho has been writing for Transgender Forum since May of 1999. One of these days, she'll get it right. She's been described as the "world's most famous recluse," but only by people who don't know her very well. She is unmarried, and lives in Cincinnati.
Because we update it at random. No more Monday morning downloads. (Well, that’s not true. There will probably be new things published on Monday mornings, but not limited to just Monday mornings.) Anyway, on to my real point.
Legislators on the state and federal levels are considering gender identity protection bills; A company in India wants to train you for a job; New films feature TG themes; Authors familiar to the TG community appear on the telly. All this and more in TWITGF!
No outing. I promise. Well, no intentional outing anyway. Maybe accidental. (And to tell you the truth, I can’t even remember who it was I was going to out in the first place anyway.) But I do know that I don’t know why Jeffrey Carlson is not a household name in the TG community. You’re […]
Good morning! I’m Ronnie Rho with your TGForum Newsbreak! From the British Isles, we have news of a transgender conference in Northern Ireland. The BBC says they have some high profile guests,
 A private, Christian university is firing a transgender professor who began appearing as a woman on campus in 2005.
A Nepali man who wears women’s clothes and behaves as a female became the first citizen of the conservative Himalayan nation to be recognized as transgender in a move hailed as “significant” on Sunday by gay rights activists.
BOSTON (Reuters) – The lavender and tea tree oils found in some soaps, shampoos, hair gels and body lotions can produce enlarged breasts in boys, researchers reported on Wednesday. These plant oils were linked to abnormal breast development in three boys, which was reversed when they stopped using them, Dr. Clifford Bloch of Pediatric Endocrine […]
Do you remember the commercial? In 1997, during the Super Bowl, Holiday Inn ran a spot where the central theme was about a post-op TS. I’d forgotten about it, until MSNBC named it one of the worst ever.
This last weekend, a friend here in Cincinnati threw her semi-annual t-girl get-together. She invites people from around the country and around the world to spend a few days at her home, having fun: It’s like SCC without the seminars.
The Academy has announced the nominations for the best in the film industry this week, so it’s time to look at the best transgendered films. Here are the ones I’d hand out:Â
If you’re not already in the know, let me let you in to one of the greatest secrets one t-girl can tell another: You don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for your wardrobe.
Well, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve gotten myself into yet another project.
In a recent copy of Reader’s Digest, I found an article on depression in men. It seems that men have a hard time expressing depression. Sadness isn’t macho, and so it comes out as anger, and sometimes violence.
Date: Decemeber 29, 2006 To: Transgender Forum Staff and Writers From: TGF Management Re: Annual TGF Holiday party We here at TGForum hope everyone enjoyed our annual holiday party, last weekend. It’s one of the perks we like to offer to keep you happy. However, there are a few concerns that need to be raised.
Got the new hair on Thursday and had it on Friday night when we went out with friends. I’m very happy with it. So, my decision is: going to a dealer and trying on wigs is infinitely better than mail-order or online wig shopping. Now, if I can just get a decent picture with it. […]
Does anyone purge any more? Excluding Nicole Ritchie of course. Do t-girls still purge their wardrobes? Do wigs and shoes and bras and dresses get thrown in the trash?
My birthday is this month. Not far off from Christmas, actually. It rather sucked as a child, because my folks couldn’t go nuts on gifts for my birthday, because they were budgeting for Christmas too. But now that I’m (technically) an adult, it’s not so bad. Not so bad because I can combine the two […]
Last Tuesday, I got together with a couple of friends for an afternoon of picture taking, videotaping, (more on that later), and socializing. For one afternoon, we simply got dressed up and took pictures throughout the house.
A friend of mine died this weekend. I never met Roy face-to-face, but I chatted with him online many times over the years, and spoke once on the phone. So, it would be dishonest if I claimed him as a close friend.
Do you remember your first support group meeting? Oy! Mine was nerve wracking. I don’t know why I didn’t just give up and stay home It was July of 1993. I was living in Lincoln, Nebraska with my girlfriend. The support group was the RCGA, based in Omaha. They met on the first Saturday of […]
So, there I was, locked in the bathroom, wearing someone else’s blue eyeshadow, and wearing it wrong. And I hear my friend Renee let herself inside the house, and holler for me. I could have pretended I wasn’t home. I could have said I was taking a bath, or something. But, I didn’t. I hollered […]
Can’t speak for anyone else, but putting on makeup did not come naturally for me. Oh, I remember experimenting with mascara as an adolescent, and getting yelled at by Mom, but the first time I actually tried to put on eye shadow, well . . . it’s probably better left unsaid. But, I’m going to […]
That’s the beauty of this new TGForum format. Someone like Allison or myself posts some thoughts, other readers, like MelissaK, and Linda J chime in, and we’re well on our way to a discussion. And even better, if someone asks a question about the original post, the author can answer, and so can everyone else! […]
