Shelley Anne Baker has been part of the transsexual and transgender community for six years. Wandering about the California BDSM community, she finally found her stride in making the transition to dresses and high heels. Today, her women’s apparel, and shoes outnumbers her male apparel (that she just has to have for certain occasions, but such is life). She has seriously considered HRT, but now feels life has passed her by on that count. She is a professional writer and experienced corporate brand marketing and public relations consultant. For interview consideration and participation email Shelley Anne at [email protected].
In 2010 TGForum interviewed Mariah Moreno, a.k.a. The Bloodthirsty Vixen. Ms. Moreno is a pioneer in trans women entering the ring with cisgender female opponents. We asked her why she wrestled and how she decided to compete as The Bloodthirsty Vixen. Today Shelley Anne Baker interviews Ms. Moreno to learn about her life since that time fourteen years ago.
This week Shelley Anne doesn’t listen to other people tell her about things. She settles in and tells you about some things you might not have been aware of. And the ranges from the rules for nudists to the presence of transgender people in history and other cultures.
Shelley Anne has mentioned HeartlandTG (HTG), an Oklahoma City- (OKC) based transgender group that likes to throw weekend parties that bring people from all over the world to their events. Today Shelley Anne shares her Top 10 list of things that stood out to her about the early May event.
Bernie Wagenblast is best known for her broadcasting and voiceover careers. In 1979, about a year after graduating from Seton Hall University, she was hired as one of the original reporters for Shadow Traffic’s New York City office. Her voice is heard on subway trains and telephone systems. She did all that before she transitioned Jan. 1, 2023.
Shelley Anne Baker revisits Hanna Olson and learns about this year’s Oklahoma HeartlandTG weekend. She also learns that Hanna and the HeartlandTG event are featured in a documentary titled “This is Me”. The doc is narrated by Johhny Depp and will be available soon for viewing online.
Shelley Anne Baker interviews Elyssa Maxx Goodman, a New York-based writer and photographer specializing in non-fiction writing and documentary photography. In her book “Glitter and Concrete, A Cultural History of Drag in New York City,” she takes you on a tour of drag in the Big Apple, exploring its dynamic role, from the Jazz Age to “Drag Race” in queer liberation and urban life.
Our contributor Shelley Anne Baker normally does interviews for TGF. This week she departs from the interview format and covers a topic that she wants to personally explore. Shelly wants to date a transgender woman. In this post she talks about the urge and explains why she finds trans women attractive.
As we enter the holiday season Shelley Anne Baker takes a break from interviewing interesting trans people and shares her ideas on gift giving. Shelley Anne is a health advocate, and health journalist who often conducts interviews with health professionals, and natural products experts. She is always on the lookout for products that have been recommended to her by industry professionals and she suggests that many of the products on her personal list make great gifts.
Shelley Anne was lucky enough to land Jamison Green for this interview. Green transitioned from female to male in the 1980s and has been an advocate for transgender people with a strong focus on female to male people. He is also a busy man who is an award-winning author, activist, writer, gender consultant, and more. Meet Jamison Green in today’s Tell Shelley Anne.
Since Dee Grace LaValle began her transition nine years ago, she has been a TransWeek attendee, eventually being named executive director of TransWeek in 2018 and recognized in 2021 with the event’s highest honor, the Fantasia Fair Award. Growing up in Massachusetts, Ms. LaValle works for an international multimedia corporation and is a member of […]
Pam and Luke started dating and soon became a couple. But Pam started to notice things about Luke that made her wonder if he was attracted to the idea of crossdressing. One night after a few drinks she asked if he’d like her to give him a makeover. Luke agreed and with Pam’s help their dates became glamor parties with the two of them dressing up and having fun. Pam told Shelley Anne about her and Luke and Shelley Anne tells this true story with the permission of the couple. Read on to find out how their story ends.
Shelley Anne interviews Tona Brown and learns about her international performance career as a violinist and Mezzo-Soprano. Ms.Brown has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. She the first transgender woman of color to perform the National Anthem for a sitting President, Barack Obama, and she is an activist on transgender issues.
While enjoying herself at a transgender event Shelley Anne met a lady named Candice Taylor. Ms. Taylor began to tell her story of starting to crossdress privately, advancing to dressing in public and finally coming to the decision to go full time. Shelley was there to relax but her work ethic told her, “Here’s someone to interview for Tell Shelley Anne! This is that interview.
Sarah Scott is a transgender woman from Oklahoma. She is on the board of directors of HeartlandTG. Ms. Scott began her transition three years ago. Recently she sat down with Shelley Anne Baker for an interview.
In today’s post Shelley Anne tells us about her trip to the HeartlandTG in early May. The three day event happens in a state not known for its tolerance of transgender people, Oklahoma. But HeartlandTG prides itself on being a safe and fun venue. In fact this year’s gathering had to move to a bigger venue to accommodate everyone.
Today Shelley Anne steps out of the role on interviewer to report on a new book that the authors hope will help children, and adults, to welcome diversity. The book is titled “My Cat Fred Wears a Skirt”. Shelley tells us all about it, and what she wore at the book signing.
Susan Kuklin is an American photographer and award-winning writer and trans ally. She is noted for books for young children as well as for older readers and is the author of “Beyond Magenta, Transgender Teens Speak Out”. The book was on the Top 10 Most Challenged Books lists for 2015 and 2019.
Dana Fox says she is the real deal. A go-to, where she wants to go, and do what she wants to do person. According to Dana, she’s fun and witty, not shy, and a bit of an exhibitionist. Added to that, she’ll describe herself as independent, a pro-bodily autonomous socialist liberal atheist, anti-fascist, and is out and proud, 24-7, 365 days a year. At the end of the day, a mature, transsexual female extraordinaire. In addition, Dana loves photography and writes transgender erotica.
The subject of this Tell Shelley Anne is Amber LeMay, the co-founder of The House of LeMay and host of Amber Live, one of the internet’s top comedy/drag talk shows. The House of LeMay was founded in the 1990s and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities. In this interview she shares how the character and backstory came to be, and she shares some tips on how to become your own drag star.
Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, performer, biologist, and activist. She is the author of several books on transgender issues and contributed to many national publications. She is the subject of Shelley Anne’s first interview of 2023.
Born in Montreal, Canada, Grae Phillips came to national attention in the ’80s and ’90s by appearing on over a dozen talk shows, entertainment programs and news broadcasts. At present, Phillips is filming a documentary on his extraordinary life journey entertaining as a woman and all the challenges that it brings.
The subject of today’s Tell Shelley Anne is Rachel Santiago, General Manager of The District Hotel in Oklahoma City. She is a trans-lesbian who is not interested in anyone. She is also a DJ, comedian, mistress, vegetarian, lover of the wilderness and asexual.
Shelley Anne interviews author, columnist and transgender activist Jennifer Finney Boylan. Ms. Boylan talks about her life, her writing, various other activities, and her new book, Mad Honey.
Shelley Anne interviews author and proud trans woman Lynn Jones. Ms. Jones began her gender transition around five years age. In the process she found that her company was not as transgender friendly as it told the public. When she started her transition there everyone seemed supportive but in the long run they showed her the door. Today she gives her story to Shelley Anne.
Today Shelley Anne interviews Oklahoma City trans activist Tessa White. Ms. White was President (and first ever transgender President) of Oklahoma City Pride 2021. She currently serves as Treasurer of Oklahoma City Pride. Other community roles include Former Vice President of PFLAG OKC, Board Member, the Oklahoma City Diversity Center, Board Member and Guard, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Oklahoma City LGBTQ+ Advisor at the Veterans Hospital in Oklahoma City on LGBTQ+ related issues.
Liz Zero is a trans woman who has established a woodworking shop where she creates unique handcrafted furniture that is both a work of art and a functional piece to use in the home. Ms. Zero is also interested in fashion modeling and design. She has granted Shelley Anne an interview and we present it to you today.
