One of the first movies I ever saw that depicted a drag queen as a sympathetic character and not a crazy person was the original 1978 La Cage aux Folles. (It was released in the U.S. in 1979.) The fabulous Zaza was played by French film star Michel Serrault. Mr. Serrault had played the role […]
And a couple of stories that having nothing do with the legal system, courts, jails and death. Really! We promise! A new ally because of how TG’s are portrayed on TV… a city in the Buckeye state wants to host our conventions…And whose chest is that? Find out more in this edition of TGF News
Well, technically, TGF News isn’t shaking. But it does point you to what is going on in the world. This week: who’s wearing the bikini and handcuffs? Where do GOP candidates stand on TG discrimination? A woman is told to get out of the ladies’ room, and Latino men pay to flirt with t-girls in […]
The BBC is working on a documentary about people who can’t have children and they want to include transsexual individuals who are willing to appear on camera discussing how they feel about not being able to father or give birth. If you want more information give the “more” link a click.
Alexis Arquette is weird. Or is she? A new show on TG’s in prison, and it’s not on the Spice Channel. What’s next for America’s first trans-Prom queen? And which high ranking Cabinet member wears garters under his suits? All this and more inside this edition of TGForum News!
Pride month is just about over, and here’s what you missed: parades, festivals, music, overpriced beer, dykes on—and off bikes, gay guys without shirts, men without hats, and a fantastic reason to wear that flirty skirt.
Let us do it for you. It’s TGForum News! This week: Trans-advocates will be all over CNN. A suburban library may be your next travel destitnation, and is it possible to be 3 years old and gay? How about 4 and TG? Keep reading…
Dateline Hollywood! What two male stars are set to work with a TG in a major motion picture? Could one of them have spent some time in a dress himself? The answers await when you click… Right now a film titled Powder Blue is in pre-production in Tinseltown. It’s, to quote the casting blurb, “a […]
Lawmakers hitting turbulance, law officers coming out of the closet, TG’s beaten, shot and stabbed, and one fights back against it all—by taking a poop on someone’s porch. It’s all inside this edition of TGForum News!
This just in… You can’t get much more out than Susan Stanton these days, the mayor of a British city is “one of us”, a better version of “PQOTD” is out on DVD, and churches are learning about transgendered people and issues. All this and more inside this edition of TGForum News!
Dr. Michele Angello reports on her travels. So much has happened over the last month and a half! Last month, I presented at the Trans-health Conference (THC) at the Philadelphia Convention Center. For those who have never attended, THC is a fantastic conference that is very grassroots-focused. There are non-trans surgeons, therapists, attorneys and other […]
It’s been a busy week in the world, and it can be hard to keep up. Unless you’re dialing into TGForum News! We’ve got a major magazine selling our stories to the American reading public! We’ve got not one, but two crownings! The fired Florida city manager is not sitting at home, moping and eating […]
The British television industry is always on the lookout for the next big “reality” show concept. (I quote because there’s not much that’s real about the genre.) Now they’ve hit upon an idea that gives us, trans-people, a chance to win a dream (?) job as the personal assistant to a drag-doing celebrity. Who you […]
A major international GLBT event Equality Forum began in 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as PrideFest Philadelphia, a non-profit organization hosting 15 regional organizations presenting programs on GLBT issues over the course of one weekend each year. In 2003 the organization, which had expanded its event to seven days, became Equality Forum to reflect the inclusion […]
You’ve come a long way baby! Just a few short years ago someone who was changing gender didn’t transition— they disappeared. Today you blog about it.
What’s going on in the world? Who’s involved? Where did it happen? How will it affect you? Find out more in this edition of the TGForum News, as we cover TG’s in the schools and on the playground, a convention in Arizona, and as we lose one character on television, we get a new documentary!
Comes a transition announcement. (From the world of sports?) Read more in Mike Penner’s column. And then,
Tranny rehab, a new documentary on cable, and school ain’t what it used to be. All this and more in this week’s TWITG notes!
Injustice in Chile, TG rights in Massachusetts, and a TS opera star. Go ahead, you know you want more…
Last night Steve Stanton appeared on a segment of the fake news show The Daily Show on the Comedy Central network. The show is aired several times after it’s first airing so you can catch it a couple of times today. Tonight at 8 p.m. eastern time will be the last scheduled airing but it […]
Tonight, Larry talks with Steve. Ice Cube laughs at a crossdresser’s poor judgement. And Ohio University has the best little drag shows in the country. All this and Andy Rooney, (not really), in this edition of the TGF News…
Someone is killing transgendered people in the Bay area…Congress reconsiders hate crimes…A transgendered woman gets involved outside Denver…and, don’t you sometimes wish you were still in college? All this and more, in TGForum News:
The City Council of Largo, Florida, gave their embattled city manager three hours, Friday night, to try to convince them not to fire her. Those three hours stretched into a six hour session…
The RedHandedPorn.com website features videos of people, all different types of people, masturbating in as many different ways as they can think of and demonstrate. The site is owned by lesbians (who self identify as “dykesâ€) and they are based in San Francisco. Due to the larger than average TG population in SF many of […]
In this edition of TGFNews: one settlement in an employment dispute, one case still in court, and one in limbo in Largo. Transgendered characters are making a splash on daytime and primetime television. Also: When should you tell him you’re a man? Probably before he proposes. All this and more…
