Miss Jackie Beat is a traditional kinda girl and every year she loves to entertain over the holiday season. This year Miss Beat made a whirlwind tour of the country and has returned to her beloved Los Angeles headquarters to recuperate. Last year she did her holiday show in New York City and we offer […]
You may have noticed a few glitches over the last week at TGForum. We moved the entire site, plus all the member websites, to a new server and there were some, shall we say, “issues” along the way. Some permissions were not copied over correctly and some members’ websites did not display their pages properly. […]
Hello one and all. Get comfortable with your morning coffee, fuzzy slippers and Monday Edition of TGF. Before I provide a concise summary of the contents of today’s edition I have to ask for your help. Over the past week we have been moving the TGF to different servers and upgrading parts of our software. […]
Or a transsexual. Or even a drag queen. And it’s definitely not something you’d want to use on an FtM. Chances are, you’ve already said it to a friend. And what’s ironic is that it’s meant in the most complimentary way.
Last weekend was my friend Angela’s bachelorette party. Despite some misgivings, I attended because 1) I didn’t want to hurt my friend’s feelings, and 2) I had never been invited to one before. Sadly, though, my concerns largely proved well-founded when, halfway through the night, I found myself sitting alone at a table in a […]
Some people have asked me what’s happening with the changes I promised for TGForum. Others are asking: “What the Hell’s wrong with the TGF mail?” Well, the two are related.Some of you may now that our mail system is messed up again. Some accounts work just fine while others cannot receive mail. The reason is […]
Hypothetical situation: You’re out to eat in a mixed group of people. Some of them know you’re trans, and some of them don’t. Some of them you’re closer to than others, and one is a complete stranger. In the course of conversation, the stranger tells a disparaging story about a transwoman, including using “it†instead […]
Diane Schroer, who challenged the Library of Congress in federal court, has won her suit. Details at the Miami Herald. And watch for an interview with Diane in the Monday edition of TGForum!
Welcome to the Monday morning edition of TGForum. Today we bring you a large helping of info and entertainment. (Clicking the links in this article will take you directly to the promoed articles.) Among our offerings in today’s edition is a further exploration of TGs who sing in our Transvocalizer column by Pamela DeGroff. This […]
Determining Your Face Shape This month, we begin our glamour makeup sessions with a look at the different face shapes and hair styles that look good with each face shape.
We have a jam packed Monday edition of TGForum today—five new posts and articles for your entertainment and information. Some of you are looking down below this post and saying, “But Angela, I only see three stories on the page and then the Archives links. There’s this story where you’re quoting me, and then a […]
It’s Valentine’s Day and and we want all TGF members to be our Valentines!
I shaved this week. Not a big deal, normally, but I’d been growing a beard since mid-December. I know, I know: a hideous image. But there was method in my madness. A beard is scratchy, and incompatible with dressing up. (Unless one is doing skag drag.) But a beard can be a great motivator and […]
This month we’re going to learn some basic and advanced blush techniques and determine where and when to use them.
More TG’s are getting involved in politics. A Persian Gulf country is still locking up gender variants. And a purse snatcher’s reign of terror is ended. All this and more in this edition of TWIT Notes! Would you believe there’s a transgendered candidate for President? And no, we’re not talking about Guiliani. This time. Bennie […]
This is a LadyLike magazine bonus! Since the articles and features for LL 72 where all done when CDS ceased publication that content is available for TGF readers. So, without any further ado here is Vicky Vogue’s Current Queen interview with New York City performer Simply Edie. Simply Edie is the moniker of a queen […]
More specifically: why aren’t there more? Our cable provider, Time-Warner recently added Logo, the GLBT network to our lineup. They did so without any fanfare, but that’s understandable, considering the Bible-belt style political atmosphere here in southwest Ohio.
I had a conversation with a friend when the first Fantastic Four movie came out. He was a big time comic book fan, and was really into the old Silver Age Jack Kirby/Stan Lee stuff. Anyway, he was going on and on about how awesome the movie was and I was like, “What, you can’t […]
Michelle Moore has been writing about transgender history for many moons. She started doing bits on our history for the Renaissance newsletter and then, when that publication became the magazine, Transgender Community News, she expanded her little items into long articles. She dug out facts about transgendered individuals who were out there making an impact […]
Here we are at the end of 2007. Most publications feel that the end of a year is the perfect time to do a recap of that year. In keeping with the tradition we present a look back at TGF in 2007. At the beginning of the year TGF was in disarray. Content was getting […]
Astra and I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday (whatever your beliefs) and a safe and prosperous New Year. We worked hard this year at TGF and we’re going to work harder next year! We have lots of changes planned for 2008 which we think will make TGF a much nicer place to […]
Our American culture encourages all of us to measure ourselves largely by what we’ve not yet achieved. Just look at the term “measure up”, it implies always pursuing a higher standard and there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that’s just what we do. We’re encouraged to make New Year’s resolutions, implying that we aren’t yet […]
So, you’ve already read Crossdressers are Transsexuals without Balls, right? No? Go back and read it. Then come back and watch as we tear that myth a new one. I’ll wait.
My second essay here was going to be a continuation of my social capital article from last month. Since that was met with such fanfare, I’m encouraged to do something a little different this time around. I’ll get back to that eventually, but first let’s see who I can piss off.
