Sophie Lynne has learned that the next big struggle will be for transgender rights. And she’s learned that until we win the struggle we’re viewed as second class citizens. Inspired by the revelation she has posted her first class opinions on second class status and what it means for TGs.
Father’s day has given Sophie Lynne the inspiration for her column today. All of us have fathers of some kind or another and many of us are fathers. How does a trans lady handle being a dad or telling her dad that she’d rather be a mom? See what Sophie sez.
Dallas Denny discusses how the variety of trans identities has blossomed since the 1980s. Now people can be a “tomboy lite,” a homoflexible lesbian,” a lipstick dyke,” a femme bear” and many other things at the same time. It’s not just transsexual, transvestite or drag queen anymore.
Sophie Lynne has a secret. Not from us of course but from the world she walks through and works in every day. In a more tolerant and understanding world she could be who she wants to be. How does she cope? Hiding, masks, and lies. Sound familiar?
There are many things that hold trans people back when they begin to explore presenting themselves to the world as the gender they want people to see. One of the most powerful inhibitors is fear of ridicule. Christine Beatty has some words of comfort and advice.
Dallas Denny provides an in depth look at the various techniques used to modify the body to make it more feminine or masculine. From hormones and electrolysis to surgeries and silicone, Dallas takes you through it all.
Sophie Lynne always looks forward to her third Saturday of the month Sophie Time. She gets to dress up, dance, drink and party as her true self. Why would she ever want to miss all that femme fun? She wouldn’t but she did. Read on and learn why.
Dallas Denny has a second life, and she tells you how you can have one, too. There’s no need to be limited by physical restraints. Be all you want to be in virtual reality. Learn how in Part 2 of Dallas’ Virtual Personae.
For many TGs deception is something they must, or feel they must, practice everyday. It can be very hard to be a basically honest person who is compelled to lie, or bend the truth, about who they really are. In this column Sophie Lynne discusses her relationship with deception.
Introducing, to those who don’t know her, our newest contributor (who was a contributor ten years ago) a major figure on the TG scene and a really nice person, Dallas Denny.
Our newest contributor Dallas Denny joins us this week with an article on virtual personae, from the days of text only Compuserve identities to Second Life.
Columnist Sophie Lynne runs into a person who gets her upset enough that she feels like stepping up onto her soap box to loudly proclaim why the whole TG community should try to be a community and not look down on any segment of our sisters and brothers.
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?
Time. “Time keeps flowing like a river.” “Life is too short, so why waste precious time?” Insert another song reference here. Time is very precious to a closeted cross dresser as any moment we have as our fem-selves is absolute gold. Makes sense — time is money after all. So extra time as Sophie is […]
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’. […]
Sophie file this before the Christmas holiday. Ho, Ho, and who you callin’ a Ho? It’s Sophie Lynne and it’s Christmas. I guess it’d be more “politically correct” to say it’s (fill in the blank) but let’s face it: here in the US Christmas is everywhere and permeates everything. Can’t avoid it, even by lighting […]
Hey everyone! There’s a new girl on TGForum and she’s written her first post. It’s about Thanksgiving. Check out the first contribution from Sophie Lynne. Sophie Lynne So here we are nearing the end of another year. A few days ago we residents of the USA had a holiday: Thanksgiving. The holiday is supposed to […]
Hebe Dotson Our doyenne of TG fiction, Miss Hebe Dotson, has finally had the time to actually step away from her typewriter and get out of the house in a dress. For her first foray into the world of femme living Hebe took a trip to Fantasia Fair. My friend Jamie and I rolled into […]
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 […]
Back in March of this year I wrote a TransActive column entitled The Prostitution Proposition in which I explored the pros and cons of “full contact†sexwork. I covered the risks both obvious — arrest, violence, disease — and not so obvious — the possible psychological and social impact — all of this drawn from […]
To All Our Loyal Readers: I’ve spent much of my off hours this week at the LA Film Festival, so this article isn’t as robust as I’d like to have presented. (Ed. Note: Christine did speak with Calpernia Addams and includes that interview in this column.) Many if not most important choices come as double-edged […]
There are few people in my life that I have come across who are not afraid to show their true colors. Â Today, there are many individuals who hide parts of themselves away from the world do to fear of ridicule and rejection. Â I, myself, have even fallen victim to these fearful habits in my lifetime. […]
It’s no big secret I worked as a pre-op TS prostitute during my first transition in 1985 and 1986, a fact I raise to illustrate what bigotry and discrimination can do. Every month or so a fellow transwoman, usually one in her mid-twenties or younger, learns I had been a prostitute back then, and then […]
Is it a big deal for a male to go about his daily business dressed as a woman? At one time it was. In past times in certain places a male could be arrested and tossed in jail just for appearing in public dressed as a woman. Now, according to three friends I met in […]
“You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.†— Ancient folk wisdom “Profanity and obscenity entitle people who don’t want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.†— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Those of you who read last month’s TransActive may recall the tiny clique of angry transwomen who […]
Christine Beatty’s first idea for her column this month was a lighthearted take on New Year’s resolutions. She had it all planned out but something else came up at the last minute. One of us had dropped out of the community and Christine learned that the dropout had committed suicide. The lighthearted topic had to […]
