Last week Linda reported on the start of a long phone conversation she had with her friend Leah. They were talking about Leah’s trip to Atlanta to attend this year’s Southern Comfort Conference. The conversation continued as Leah recounted to Linda how she spent her days and nights in Atlanta.
Richard F. Docter, PhD is a retired college professor and clinical psychologist. Dee A. Levy is the Founder of the website, Crossdresserswives.com. They’ve collaborated on research about the wives of crossdressers. Here is a report on their research.
Linda’s friend, Leah, calls her to talk about the great time she had at the world’s most famous and well-attended transgender conference. Leah has so much to say it will take us two weeks to tell it to you.
Last month Dallas Denny posted a list of transgender autobiographies. This month she comments on how useful some of the works are in providing real, useful information about transgender issues. Are some autobiographies better than others? Find out what Dalla thinks.
In this post Sophie incorrectly states that our editor Angela Garnder said Halloween is the high holy day for CDs. JoAnn Roberts told Angela that while they were at a Halloween ball and Angela stole it. But Sophie’s right, Halloween is the biggest excuse for dressing up.
This week The Artist D asks the question, “What are we giving up on?” Our society seems to be built upon the thesis that you should never give up. But do we know what it is we really want? If we don’t then what are we giving up or not giving up on? The Artist D takes some time from her vacation to expound.
Before the 1990s if you were out and transgendered you didn’t have much of a chance to publish anything like a novel, scientific literature, short stories or even poems. The two niche markets open to the out TG were writing for other TGs in newsletters and magazine. The other was autobiographies.
There’s one accessory that no crossdresser can be with out. It goes with all different styles and almost always shows you to your best advantage. It’s compact, but not a compact. It fits in your purse and uses batteries. No dirty thoughts! Most of us can’t be without it. Find out what it is in Our Ultimate Accessory.
Today The Artist D talks about femininity, androgyny and masuclinity. Why do we feel feminine when we put on a dress? Is the dress what makes us feminine or does that come from inside? There are women who wear pants and never wear dresses yet they remain feminine. Can you be feminine in pants?
Linda finds a transgender support group where more and more of the members are posting messages affirming success and acceptance when they take their femme persona out in public.
Many crossdressers spend a long time hiding in their closets. They work on their femme image alone with only their camera and Internet friends. While not demeaning that expression of femininity Sophie Lynne takes some time to explain the benefits of walking out the door for the first time.
Body types and masculine characteristics can definitely handicap your chances at passing as a woman. We can’t all be Marilyn Monroe. Maybe, if we’re honest and assess our faults and pluses, we can learn to be the best woman we can be by working with what we’ve got.
The Artist D is pretty much against all imposed characteristics, those imposed by society that is. And she’s all for people acting their age. She just feels you should act the age you feel not the age society says you are.
Sophie Lynne is a summer girl. She loves the heat, the summer outfits, the cool drinks and fun in the sun. But she also hates the humidity, the harmful UV rays, the melting makeup and her inability to look hot in a bikini. What’s a girl to do? Check out Sophie’s solution in her column today.
One day a crossdresser, who has been in the closet for his entire marriage, can’t keep it inside anymore and tells his wife he has something to confess. That’s the theme of a new book by Karen Adler. Our Tasidevil took some time to read the book and provides us with a review.
Can you? Should you? Have you tried? Do you want to stop? Does your wife want you to stop? Have you stopped? What about the sites like stopcrossdressing.com? Are you cured yet? Some believe that crossdressing is purely an addiction and can be stopped. Have you been on the sites that encourage you to stop […]
The Artist D maintains that doubt causes a lot of problems for not just TGs, but everyone. Those who are successful don’t give in to their doubt. They persevere and go for what they want. Get the whole concept straight from The Artist D! She’s Sounding Off!
This month Dallas Denny brings words of encouragement to transsexuals who lost their loves when they transitioned. Dallas was exploring virtual worlds when she found, after all these years, a real love.
Sophie Lynne has has gotten a big reaction from her readers after her column telling how she told her wife about her feminine side. They all want advice, but perhaps it’s not the kind of advice you would think they’d want. Find out what they want her to tell them in By Popular Demand.
I this world you’re supposed to be this, or supposed to be that. If you display an interest in one thing people can define you by that one thing. But there’s more to people than one narrow definition. See what The Artist D has to say.
What do crossdressing husbands need to know about that period of time after they have finally told their significant other about their crossdressing? We get advice from the expert, Dee Levy, in this month’s Crossdressr’s Partners Speak column — Now What?
This month Dr. Angello takes on the questions many crossdressers have about their sexuality. If they find themselves attracted to men while they are dressed as women does that make them gay? Does that matter? What about CDs in relationships? See what the doctor orders.
Dee Levy has strong opinions about honesty. For her, as an ex-wife of a crossdresser, it’s of the utmost importance in any relationship — from the casual ones to the strongly committed ones. The murder of a TG lingerie model in Dee’s hometown is what’s on her mind.
Sophie Lynne is worked up. She’s so worked up she’s climbed back up onto that soapbox. She’s decided to take on a tendency of the transgender community to start to concentrate on the spaces between us rather than paying attention to our common plight. It’s the tyranny of labels! See what Sophie has to say.
Dee Levy is on a mission to make sure what happened to her marriage to a closeted crossdresser doesn’t happen to other people. Her one major principle is honesty. If you are lying to your spouse about who you are how can you have a real relationship? Dee offers crossdressers a chance for a new start in today’s column.
