Pauline and her wife decided to move to a smaller living space and spent July and August packing everything up. That included all of Pauline’s clothes, makeup, etc. The move happened on September 7 and while the physical transfer of their belongings went smoothly, it was then time to unpack. And after two months of hard labor packing things up Pauline definitely needed to relax in femme attire. If she could find it.
Who was that model walking three designers at Ohio Fashion Week’s Black Tie Gala? It’s none other than our own Kandi Robbins. Designer Victoria Henley wasn’t one of those Kande was supposed to walk for but Ms. Henley met Kandi and drafted her into her portion of the show on the spot. That night made quite an impression on Kandi and she hopes her being there helped transgender visibility in a good way.
Today’s post by crossdressing social butterfly Julie Slowinski is a twofer. First she reports on the fun from an August outing called Gender Shake, and then promotes an upcoming event in Chicago set for early next year. It’s called Paint the Town. Get all the important details in today’s tale of a part-time princess.
In her last post Linda wrote about how a group of her friends told her stories about the times they were nearly caught crossdressing by friends, colleagues, or family member. Today Linda continues telling their stories about how members of this group came close to having their ‘closets’ nearly blown to pieces.
Guest contributor Anastasiia Newlin takes on a two part topic in this post. What Does It Mean to Be a Crossdresser? And How It Impacts Relationship?
Alice Novic is a crossdresser, psychiatrist, and author. Alice has been out-on-the-town dressing for about for nearly 30 years and has known and worked with many crossdressers and transsexuals. She is the subject of Shelley Anne’s interview today. Alice discusses many things that she has learned over the years.
Jean Wendy Farrell was a contributor to TGForum back in the 1990s. She ran a transformation service called A Woman’s Touch and that was also the name of her TGForum column. Since it’s October and Halloween will be here in a few weeks we bring back Ms. Farrell’s column from October of 1998. Her message remains as relevant today as it did all those decades ago.
What’s hot in fall fashion? Lorraine Anderson has a few standouts she wants you to consider. Button down shirts, plaid, color matching and other trends are all on point for Lorraine. She also has some pointers on what not to wear.
Julie and a friend decide to do a simple night out and visit a burlesque show with a dark arts, Goth theme. She obsesses over a dress, gets compliments wearing it and gets some tips on how to get deeper into burlesque performance. Oh, and she and her friend have drinks, dinner, and fun. Read all about it in A Simple Night Out.
Linda tells us about meeting up with a group of crossdressers as they each in turn reveal their closest encounter with being ‘outed’ to friends, family and colleagues. Then she invites us to add our closest call.
Kandi Robbins hasn’t been dressing out and about for all that long but she has a list of activities she has done while en femme. Everything from working at the Space Jam 2 world premier to taking cooking classes, and attending a live action murder mystery. See what else is on her list.
Ah, shoes. Some women don’t care about shoes. Their loss. For those of you who do like to prance around in footwear that makes you feel pretty and special, don’t miss Lorraine Anderson’s post on The Shoes Every Girl Needs. She highlights five styles that need to be in your closet. As long as you are a shoe loving kind of girl. If not try to find joy in your flip flops.
Today Sophie has listed some behaviors that out you as fast as wearing a sign reading “I am crossdressed.” Heed her advice on these few simple modifications in the areas of walking talking and basic interaction with others and you may avoid hearing whispers saying “I think that’s a man.”
Julie’s pal Niki was coming through Chicago on her way to a gettogether in Detroit so it presented a great opportunity for Julie to slip into her new black and white mini skirt and show Niki the town. First up on the girl’s night out was Chinatown where Niki and Julie met up with Coleen, Lana and Rubi for dinner. Then it’s off to find some live music. Read this Part-time Princess tale and find out what they wore, where they went, what they did, and who’s Reggie?
Time to check out the menu at Dina’s Diner! This week Dina has an appetizer made with a couple of complementary ingredients she culled from our TWIT column. One is the multi-year lawsuit over whether a trans woman could use the women’s facility at work. She won. The other is a man who just likes to wear skirts and dresses and is fully supported by his employer. Then Dina visits Reddit and the subreddit for crossdressing. Some of the ladies there are scrumpdillyicious. Then she heats up some strippers protesting a ban against their line of work, seasons it with a woman whose art is recreating the fashion looks of days gone by, and ending with a suggestion for a timely Halloween costume idea. Visit the Diner and see what’s cookin’.
Linda Jensen has known her fair share of admirers and some of them have pointed out a few things they don’t admire about some crossdressers. Linda sums it up in this post and shares the wisdom she gained while dating all those guys.
This post originally appeared on TGForum in December of 1997. It is by former contributor Jami Ward and is her answer to people who asked her what being transgender felt like. What’s it feel like to have brown eyes? After thinking it over for some time Jami came up with an answer she shared with TGF readers.
Kandi attends an art exhibit opening and after having fun there decides to extend her Kandi time by stopping at a local watering hole she has visited before. Will her visit there be more fun or not? We don’t want to give away too much in this teaser but, yes. She has a lot of fun meeting new people and accepting compliments from strangers.
Lorraine Anderson, owner of The Occasional Woman custom clothing and alterations operation in suburban Philadelphia investigates the “must have” summer trends. She looks at bucket hats, square toed sandals, and other fashion items deemed by the fashion cognoscenti as totally in and lets you know what she thinks of that assessment.
Our girl out and about, Julie Slowinski, hit the streets of Chicago for a weekend of crossdressed fun and she shares all the details with you. From the art museum to live jazz and of course dining and sipping ladylike libations, Julie lets you in on her fun.
Linda goes back through her memory and emails to find and lay out what she has learned about those men commonly called admirers and how they are drawn to admiring t-girls/ crossdressers/trannies.
Our Retro Rerun comes for 1996. Julie Freeman was a significant other who was active in the transgender community for many years, particularly with the significant others and couples groups. She wrote this article about the importance of self-esteem, the self-esteem of the crossdresser’s partner.
How many times has your desire to wear women’s clothing made you anxious and obsessed? How often have you seen a woman wearing a certain shoe, or a dress that you can’t stop thinking about? Many of us have been there. Sometimes to the point at which the attraction to feminine clothing interferes with our daily lives. Kandi Robbins has been there. Done that. Today she writes about what it was like suppressing her feminine desires when she was in the closet.
Shelley Anne interviews the artist whose graphic novel 1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona is serialized on TGForum, Fiona Mallratte. Find out how she got her name, explore her body of work in the alt comics world and get her advice on how to make a career in art.
About a week before the “Womanish” outing I attended a zoom meeting hosted by TG Detroit. My friend Niki happened to be there, so I said hi to her in the chat box. Turns out she was planning to be in Chicago the week after the Womanish weekend. After the zoom meeting, we talked some […]
Linda’s friend Lin, once new to the crossdressing scene, had made great strides in improving her feminine appearance and deportment. However, she still felt an uncertainty about how attractive she would be to men. She had to find out. Linda tells us what happened.
