We’re thrilled to share that Hannah McKnight’s Wishlist is back with an inspiring second episode, and it’s one you won’t want to miss! Join Hannah McKnight and special guest Charlotte. Charlotte’s Mini-Golf Adventure In this episode, Charlotte shares her unique wish: to experience a fun and lighthearted mini-golf outing while feeling confident and fabulous. Mini-golf […]
Dina Ambele combs the cuisines of the world to find delicious items she can make for the Dina’s Diner menu. Among the dishes she has dug up is a article on the way different generations are relating to crossdressing. Then there’s the article in a government publication that exposes the existence of a crossdressing spy in our intelligence apparatus. No word on whether she is in the field or an office bound analyst. Next on the menu is the popularity of blush. Then a taste of back to school uniforms and a stance at the Olympics that mimics that of video game character The Widowmaker. Dig in!
It’s Showbiz time! Stage, screen, YouTube or TikTok- It’s transgender people in the entertainment world. Today we look at Mexican actress Victoria Bazúa starring in Apple TV+’s Land of Women. Blair St. Clair starring onstage in Everyone’s Talking About Jamie. Latrice Royale has good advice for members of the drag and trans communities. Plus Yasmin Finney in a spiderweb sparkly dress and a musical about castrati. That’s Showbiz for today!
Summer is here and Dina’s Diner has a fresh and tasty summer menu. First Chef Dina puts a pot on the stove with expensive human hair wigs. With that simmering on the back burner Dina prepares a delicious fruit salad consisting of Liz Truss and other women in politics. Going back to the back burner Dina stirs in a colorful and comfy sundress. Other items on the menu are a feminist cartoonist who embodied her character and a TikTok star who paid no attention to her school dress code. Whatever you order at Dina’s Diner her summer menu is sure to satisfy.
It gets hot in the Dina’s Diner kitchen on the heat dome days, but Dina Amberle toughs it out to bring you the tastiest dishes on her menu. Today she mixes up a summer salad filled with the drag performer who won a million in a defamation case, the tasteful attire of women’s golf spectators, a dash of “is that appropriate?” and body shapers for men. She then provides frilly, flouncy bathing suits for the perfect desert. Don’t miss today’s edition of Dina’s Diner!
TransTainment! Transgender people and projects featuring trans artists, actors, musicians, and entertainers. Today Kim Petras signs on for a MAC new product launch. “Oh, Mary!” wins an award, the first out trans woman in Star Wars will appear in an upcoming episode of Star Wars, The Acolyte. Click to get more TransTainment news.
What are transgender actors up to in film and video? The breakout hit at Cannes 2024 is a Mexican film about a mobster who wants to disappear and become a woman. It’s a musical. It’s a drag but a fighting drag queen game shuts down. Trans characters on TV went from 32 characters last year down this year to 24. I Saw the TV Glow is scaring people and resonating with trans viewers. Don’t miss any of Transgender Film & Video!
Shelley Anne has mentioned HeartlandTG (HTG), an Oklahoma City- (OKC) based transgender group that likes to throw weekend parties that bring people from all over the world to their events. Today Shelley Anne shares her Top 10 list of things that stood out to her about the early May event.
Welcome to the column that tracks all the transgender people in entertainment, TransTainment! Today news about a new award for trans and nonbinary opera singers. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 is in pre-production. A transgender actress is the first trans woman to land a leading role in a Bollywood movie. A video interview with David de Alba, and more!
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene to let you know what transgender actors, actresses and others are up to in film and video. Today it’s Baby Reindeer’s trans girlfriend, Dev Patel’s hijras in Monkey Man, Jinkx Monsoon in Little House of Horrors, and more!
Angela Gardner reports on the transgender entertainment scene in TransTainment. Today The Kinsey Sicks celebrate a significant anniversary. Cassandra James is back on General Hospital. Dev Patel’s new film features hijra women his character teams up with. Disney’s Renegade Nell features the first nonbinary character to appear in a Disney live-action series. Get alll that and more in this edition of TransTainment.
Dina Amberle invites everyone to try out the new salad bar at Dina’s Diner. Patrons can choose from such delectable delights as how to get better while you’re getting older, a look back at a pioneer shop catering to crossdressers in the good old days, a dash of ultra femme bimbo identities, the mysterious growth of once reduced breasts, and last but not least, those oh so sheer baseball pants. Get you fill of tasty treats at Dina’s Diner.
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival seeks submissions for the 2024 festival. A trans man athlete turned actor is fundraising so he can shoot his film. Candy Darling is the subject of a new book titled Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar. Hari Nef will play her in a new biopic, and Elliott Page is back with a new movie titled Close To You.
TransTainment! It covers transgender people in the arts and entertainment biz. Today there’s news of Dylan Mulvaney, Jinkx Monsoon in Little Shop of Horrors, Charles Busch’s new play, Alexandra Billings in Queen Tut, and more.
In the late 1990s Elizabeth Parker wrote Book Chat for TGForum. She reviewed books in the mainstream that contained transgender or crossdressing characters. In this Retro Rerun from 1998 she reviews Two Strand River, by Keith Maillard and Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Both books are available through online booksellers.
It’s Trans in Film and Video! Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with his friend who just came out as transgender. An Australian trans teen director has a new horror film getting ready to premier. Another trans director also has a horror movie set to launch. And, we remember some of the older films that may have inspired us to be who we are.
Time to catch up on trans people in entertainment! It’s TransTainment! Today’s showbiz news features Hunter Schafter, Jinkx Monsoon, Laverne Cox, Bianca Del Rio, Shakina, and more@
In the 1990s Elizabeth Parker was the TGorum book reviewer. Books that featured crossdressing, whether as disguise or just because the character liked doing it, that was her favorite type of book to review. Today we dust off her review of Killer Cinderella by Simon Shaw and The Winner by David Baldacci.
Dina’s Diner offers a vast array of tasty dishes to satisfy the heartiest appetite. Dina takes the finest ingredients to create a delicious mind stew. There are chunks of chunky glamorous drag queens in the pot and better vision through glasses that will change your look. A dash of girl touching girl, and a hobby centric “nerdgirl” named Angela. Topped off with dumplings made of a pantless tube ride in old London town and you’ve got a tasty dish that will warm your brain. It’s on the menu today at Dina’s Diner.
Time for Trans in Film & Video! Today Caitlyn Jenner can’t hold on to her trans friends because of her views on trans women in sports. Fifteen anime shows that feature gender diverse characters. And more!
From the TGF Archives- Elizabeth Parker reviews three books that feature crossdressing: Janet Evanovich’s “Four to Score.” Alison Haben’s “Dreamhouse,” and a Sherlock Holmes story by a modern author which is featured in “The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.”
RuPaul wins another Emmy! Doctor Who features more transgender characters and actors. They’re making a movie out of Shucked. Priscilla the Party! tells the story a unique way. Trace Lysette takes a behind the scenes role in a documentary series about 4 people fighting for trans rights and equality during the Trump presidency. Don’t miss the trans entertainment news!
In the ’90s TGForum contributor Elizabeth Parker reviewed mainstream books that featured crossdressing or transgender characters. Today we dive into to TGForum Archives to bring you her reviews of three books: Death of the Duchess, Axe for an Abbot, and Body of Opinion. There don’t appear to be eBook versions of these stories but hardcover and paperback editions may be available from internet booksellers.
Trans in film and video highlights transgender actors, characters and plots. Today we have news about an Australian trans man actor who wins the GQ Actor of the Year Award. We learn about a Spanish language film starring Selena Gomez that has a trans plot element. The Buccaneers, starring Josie Totah has been picked up for a second season by Apple TV+. Alex Newell is in an animated film with a transgender child, and more.
Happy holidays! This is TransTainment! Transgender people and stories in showbiz. Today Suzi Eddie izzard takes on all the roles in Hamlet. Alex Newell is named 2023 Breakthrough of the Year by TIME magazine. Charles Busch will star as Ibsen’s wife in a new play written by him titled Ibsen’s Ghost. Farrah Moan, a competitor on RuPaul’s Drag Race in season nine and in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season four, has come out to the world as transgender.
Today Dina Amberle steps away from the grill and takes a break. She gets into a conversation with a customer who is paying his check. After admitting that he did enjoy his midday repast he asks Dina why in the photos of trans gurls that he has seen on sites such as TGForum why the ladies tend not to smile. Dina’s answer becomes the first part of a mulligatawny stew that includes how new eye makeup can be a change for the better, a bit of corset history, history of “flipping the bird” and why Velma is the sexy one. Take a seat at the Diner and place your order!
