Stacie Laughton may not be down for the count. She’s not resigning from the New Hampshire legislature. Fundamentalist Muslims shut down a TG beauty pageant in Jakarta. Organizers say it wasn’t a pageant. Claudia Charriez testifies against her abusive boyfriend. Are you hip to the Kiki Scene? All that and more is in TWIT!
There’s a play about the TG mayor of Silverton. Another TG elected official is stepping down over a felony in her past. Carnival Cruise was almost no fun for a boatload of drag queens. We continue to be treated badly on television. Drag queens are leading the Mummers parade in Philly. All that and more!
A 72 year-old grandfather in China is modeling teen girl’s clothing. People who keep track say that negative portrayals of TGs on television have gone up since last year. Trans murder rates have also climbed. Gandalf is gay! A loser in Miss International Queen wins something better. And more!
We welcome Christine Burr to TGForum with the first of her Dispatches From Thailand. Christine Burr is an author, writer and columnist, and is mainly based in Thailand where she enjoys her ‘T-life’ as much as she can. Today Christine gives and overview of what life is like for the Ladyboys of that country.
Brothers in Malaysia became sisters and then pageant winners. A TG murderer wants more from the state. Another TG murderer gets 25 to 50 from her state. TSes want the World Health Organization to stop calling them sick. A photo of Jared Leto as the hooker Rayon. Sandy destroyed the gowns of A.C. queens. And more!
There’s a Lane Bryant shopping event and fashion show for CDs coming to Gilroy, California on December 9. How did it get organized and approved by corporate management? It’s a long story and one of the moving forces behind it is a TGF reader who shares what it took to get the show on the road.
Where do the ladies go to have fun? We asked that and people from around the country are checking in with their fun spots. In the Minneapolis/St. Paul area it’s The Townhouse Bar. The ladies of CLCC meet there and some stay for the fun.
All the TG news that we can find is what we schmush together and turn into The Week In Transgenderism. Today there’s news of a city that will be paying for SRS. An actor will be portraying a flamboyant crossdresser with AIDS. Tyler Perry’s no action hero. All that and more in TWIT!
Are you a queen in need of a ride in the city by the bay? If so you’re in luck. There’s a pay-what-can car service just for queens, gays, lesbians and gender rebels. It’s the Homobile.
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Varla Jean Merman dials it down for a play. The Vice President says TG rights are the next civil rights fight. An archive in Canada has the largest collection of TG publications. The East Aurora School District voted for TG rights before they voted against them. TGs in movies. TGs in pageants. And more!
The Henry David Halloween Ball is a Philadelphia tradition going back to 1968 when Henry David needed a venue in which to wear his imaginative and larger than life costumes. It started as a house party and now fills a ballroom. Photos from the 2012 Henry David Halloween Ball.
A former service member and West Point grad will be leading a GLBT service member’s group. An FtM from England wants Gender Identity Disorder to not be a mental disorder. Lana Wachowski gets an award. A drag show in church! Drag on campus. Elvira! Roseanne! All the TG news in one place — time for TWIT!
Sharon Needles is a cannibal zombie. StormMiguel Florez is a Manhattan drinking zombie. The Thai airline with TG flight attendants is no longer aloft. The East Aurora school district teased TGs with rights. A drag queen running for City Council in Maine. Xelle has a new video. It’s in TWIT!
Chaz Bono fund raises for a GOP candidate. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” features all stars. Ron Perlman talks about playing a TS. A Chinese “Idol group” features 200 sexy CDs. Walton Goggins plays a TG call girl on “Sons of Anarchy.” Black Madam goes on trial. Susan Stanton gets a new job. All in TWIT!
Dallas Denny wants you to know the facts of the Obama Administration’s favorable attitude toward LBGT people. All she has to do is list the actions of the Administration in the area of LGBT rights and protections. It’s quite a list.
It’s transgender news from around the world. The dad in England who’s now a mom. The TS who has gotten insurance to cover her SRS. Sahara Davenport is dead at 27. A Canadian MP is outraged at “transgendered men” in the lady’s room. Jesus and drag queens?
From around the world and up your street! The finasteride TG is still in the news. The McDonald’s attacker is caught. Young TGs in England get a visit from the police. Lea T in Milan. Kinky Boots opens in Chicago. “trAnnie” creates conflict down under. Dr. Who in a dress. Drag in Vegas. And more!
We have news of transgender South American teachers. There’s another big flap brewing over Michelle Kosilek. It’s ladyboys on pachyderms in Thailand. A Peacock is a queen in Missouri. A drag queen says she was forced to serve time in the women’s jail. All that and much more is waiting in TWIT.
A drag performer makes it on to The X Factor. A transwoman in Philadelphia is murdered. Anderson Cooper interviews the person who said an anti=baldness drug made her transgendered. Honey Boo Boo Child may be dueting with RuPaul. An influential critic of poetry is a crossdresser. And more!
This week we’ve got the first official in Vietnam. A former male comic is now a female comic. A convicted murderer wins the right to GRS in jail. There were 13 TG delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Buck Angel starts a FtM dating site. Lana Wachowski speaks about transition. And more!
RuPaul is getting her own comic book. Janet Mock is speaking to a LGBTQ youth conference. The TG delegate to the Democratic National Convention delivers a sermon. One of us has been elected to the Democratic National Committee. Jennifer Leitham is in a movie. Toyota crosses more gender lines. More!
Andrej Pejic has competition on the catwalk. Right wing haters find a new target for their attack ads. Michael Musto reveals the 5 worst types of drag queens. A transman in Virginia is in jail for forgery. He put an “M” on his marriage certificate. Meet Japanese crossdressers. “Real Housewives” keeps it real with a queen.
The TGF staffers spend the week scouring the World Wide Web for anything that remotely resembles TG related news. This week they’ve done it again! There’s news of pageant winning in Canada, TG students getting a break in Philly, and much much more.
Liza was onstage with drag queens. The Affordable Care Act will protect TGs needing healthcare. What’s so bad about a boy in a dress? Sean Bean looks sexy in his dress. Ron Pealman, not so good. Half and half photography from NYC. A host of TWIT Awards and a lot more. It’s what we call TWIT!
From across the pond and down the road we gather all the transgender related news we can find and we call it The Week In Transgenderism. This week: a play about Lindsay Lohan, Wardrobe freedom at Oxford. The Drag Race All Stars. Chinese crossdressing. Dr. Sherman Leis, and a whole lot more!
