Category: Transgender Community News

Out & About: CLCC @ The Townhouse, The Twin Cities

| Nov 19, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 11/12/12

| Nov 12, 2012 | Reply

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!

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Need a ride? Try San Francisco’s “Homobile”

| Nov 12, 2012 | Reply

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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Out & About: Triangles Cafe, Danbury, Ct.

| Nov 12, 2012 | Reply

By Samantha Jones Triangles Cafe has the longest running and the largest TG party in the Northeast for the last 7 years. Whether you’re a first timer or a seasoned veteran, you will always find a good time with great people in a safe friendly enviroment. We host the biggest TG party on a monthly […]

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The Week In Transgenderism 11/5/12

| Nov 5, 2012 | Reply

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!

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Photos from The Henri David Halloween Ball 2012

| Nov 5, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 10/29/12

| Oct 29, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 10/22/12

| Oct 22, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 10/15/12

| Oct 15, 2012 | Reply

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!

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Obama: The Most Transgender-Friendly President Ever– Re-elect Him!

| Oct 15, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 10/8/12

| Oct 8, 2012 | Reply

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?

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The Week In Transgenderism 10/1/12

| Oct 1, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 9/24/12

| Sep 24, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 9/17/12

| Sep 17, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 9/10/12

| Sep 10, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 9/3/12

| Sep 3, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 8/227/12

| Aug 27, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 8/20/12

| Aug 20, 2012 | Reply

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.

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The Week In Transgenderism 8/13/12

| Aug 13, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 8/6/12

| Aug 6, 2012 | Reply

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!

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The Week In Transgenderism 7/29/12

| Jul 30, 2012 | Reply

A young TG from Ohio has paid over $70,000 to look like Britney Spears. A TG student in England was told to go home and put on a boy’s school uniform. Willam is riled up at a certain chicken chain. There’s a new foreign center for SRS. It’s all in TWIT!

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The Week In Transgenderism 7/16/12

| Jul 16, 2012 | Reply

Harisu has a video for her new single release. A movie about hijra is pulling big crowds in India. The Episcopal Church authorizes TG priests. There are more documentaries about TGs. A transwoman wants to be Korea’s next Top Model. How is Doc Severinson connected to the TG world? Find out all about it in TWIT!

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The Week In Transgenderism 7/9/12

| Jul 9, 2012 | Reply

Pejic was back on the runway. The Thai TS elected to local government has to wear a male uniform. Argentina has handed out its first ID cards for TGs. A transwoman alleges the D.C. police mistreated her. Harisu makes a comeback, and a lot more in TWIT.

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The Week In Transgenderism 7/2/12

| Jul 2, 2012 | Reply

It’s all the TG news you ever need every week in TWIT. This week there are drag races in New Zealand, a Best Dressed Contest infiltrated by a drag queen, a teen TG prom queen, discrimination by the police in Toronto, Chaz Bono on Degrassi and a whole lot more.

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The Week In Transgenderism 6/25/12

| Jun 25, 2012 | Reply

Is that a little old lady or a TV? What’s this about Justin Vivian Bond being a minister? Dr. Christine McGinn is in a movie? Laura Jane Grace speaks. There’s a photo exhibit of Parisian TV prostitutes coming soon. A would-be TV prostitute learns her fate. Conan uses the T word. And more!

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The Week In Transgenderism 6/18/12

| Jun 18, 2012 | Reply

It’s The Week In Transgenderism with all the news you need to keep up with the happenings in our transgender world. Sharon Needles gets a day in Pittsburgh. Carmen Carerra gets punked. Foxxjazell raps. April Ashley gets the MBE. And more!

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