Susan Stanton is back at work, but not as City Manager. A TG student in Canada “spooks” the Governor General. ICE is chilling on treatment of TG detainees. Whatever happened to The Lady Chablis? Ebony Magazine features black TGs in their March issue. And more!
From Rio to Exeter, we cross the planet and back to bring you all the TG news. Drag pageants in Iowa, anti-discrimination bills in Maryland. Kinky Boots in Chicago, TG scam artists in England. It’s all grist for the TWIT mill.
It’s TWIT — The Week In Transgenderism. We bring you links to all the news, well most of the news, about TGs from around the world. Raquel Welch thinks Mae West was a drag queen. A FtM murderer in 1920s Australia. And more!
Another TG murder victim in our nation’s capital. Police have a suspect in custody. Conservatives fight a TG rights bill in Maryland. Andrej Pejic talks about his/her love life. Scotland — hotbed of drag performers. RuPaul makes ratings history. All that and more is in TWIT.
The tampon ad controversy from down under drags on. There’s a new transvestite comic in town. If you’re a TG in Canada maybe you should forget about flying if your presentation doesn’t match your documentation. A TG girl is Germany may be locked up cause her dad can’t accept her. More in TWIT!
Sweden, thought of as one of the most liberal countries on the planet is far from liberal in its treatment of transsexuals. Hoops must be jumped through and conditions must be met. One of the conditions is forced sterilization. Dallas Denny comments.
The Week In Transgenderism has it all this week. We cover the TG beat with stories on Drag Dance Classes in the U.K., the winner of the Miss’d America Pageant, inmates suing over body hair, Snooki with out her war paint, the rise of drag in the Holy Land, and more. Don’t miss your TWIT!
We scour the world for all the TG news we can find and present it in TWIT. This week we cover the ladyboy flight attendants first trip, fill you in on the hoopla surrounding the Massachusetts TG rights bill signing, reveal a CD in the Kardasian house, and a lot more.
Nikki Araquz is in more legal trouble. Chris Crocker — the “Leave Britney Alone!” YouTube star causes a stir by getting butch. What do Girl Scout Cookies have to do with Bobby Montoya? Tennessee has gender police? RuPaul is cool with the T word. More in TWIT!
It’s all the transgender news we could find ! We’ve got the story about the film director who felt up his TG niece at the gym. There’s news of RuPaul throwing her wig into the Presidential race. Aussie queen Courtney Act is making it in Hollywood. Atlantic City is marketing to GLBT people — and more!
Israel has it’s own pregnant man. No, wait. He gave birth. Meet TS roller derby star Kayley Whalen. A TG supermodel takes to the jungle. Manila Luzon or Drag Race fame does a makeover video for New Year’s Eve. Eddie Izzard learns to say aarggh. And more in TWIT.
Chaz Bono is not having a good holiday season. Work It, the ABC crossdressing sitcom, is getting GLBT organizations all worked up — and it hasn’t even aired yet. Glen Close stars in a film as Albert Nobbs. The Cook County Jail now has a TG policy. All that and tons more in the last TWIT of 2011!
Chrissy Polis is fighting her arrest for disorderly conduct. ABC is getting flack for it crossdressing comedy. Andrej Pejic has a new gig. An airline has hired TG flight attendants. The Detroit TG teen murder wasn’t a hate crime. The Tasered TG in California is fighting the charges against her. All that and more in TWIT.
It’s The Week In Transgenderism! Nikki Araguz is sentenced for theft. A British TS is a real life Barbie. Chrissy Lee Polis, the McDonald’s beating victim reports a stolen purse and is arrested for disturbing the peace. All that and more is in TWIT!
An FtM in Texas wins his case. Lea T is on the cover of Brazilian Elle. American Samoa wins for the first time ever with a TG team member. Khloe Kardashian, the moody one, attacks a trans woman. Neil Patrick Harris used the T word. Boy George has turned 50. It’s all in TWIT!
Keeping our transgender history and making it available for research, study, and just there for young TGs to look at is an important thing. We need to remember where we came from, what we’ve been through and how we became who we are. Dallas Denny visits a GLBT archive.
“Home For the Holidays” to Raise Awareness About LGBT Youth Homelessness October 26, 2011 [NEW YORK] – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund today announced a star-studded benefit concert on December 4th at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth homelessness. “Home for the Holidays,” presented by […]
Washington, D.C. — After four years of service, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is saying goodbye to their friend and colleague Stephanie White, NCTE’s Managing Director. Before joining NCTE, Stephanie White served as the National Field Director and then Deputy Director of the Rights Working Group, an immigrant rights advocacy organization. Stephanie will […]
The Philly Trans March happened this past Saturday, October 8. Trans people and allies from all over the Philadelphia Pennsylvania region came to celebrate trans identities and advocate for transgender rights in the heart of downtown Philadelphia. We took photos and here they are.
Linda Jensen visits an old haunt that seems to be fading away. Cleopatra’s, once Montreal’s most popular drag show bar fought City Hall to stay in business. Now it needs to attract more patrons to survive. Linda finds it evokes many memories and she shares them here.
Organizers are accepting proposals for presentations and workshops for the 2012 Empire Conference April 12-14, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in historic downtown Albany, New York. The conference theme is “TransGenerations—Transgender Issues of Youth and the Elderly and All In Between.”
On August 21st David de Alba and Paul Cummings were together again on stage in Las Vegas to talk about their years at Finocchio’s, receive their official inductions into the TGF Gallery of Greats and sing a few of the old songs. We present photos from that event.
Transgender people on Medicare need to be aware that while sex reassignment surgery is not paid for under Medicare medically necessary hormones are covered. Now, to help you know what’s covered NCTE has a guide for that.
Wedding bells where ringing in Cuba this past weekend on Fidel Castro’s 85th birthday. A Cuban transsexual and her gay activist boyfriend got married in what the media are calling a “gay wedding.” Really? Seems like a man woman wedding to us. View the video coverage!
The world famous female impersonation venue Finocchio’s in San Francisco closed in 1999. Now two of the performers who helped make it the premier spot for high quality drag performance, Lavern Cummings and David de Alba, are appearing live in Las Vegas.
The TSA has changed their body imaging software. They say it’s less intrusive. While it may be less intrusive is it still a danger to transgender people? The National Center for Transgender Equality weighs in on the issue.
