Many people cope with their gender identity issues in many different ways. Some follow a clear path to the gender they need to live in and others struggle to decide what path to start down. What doesn’t help many people is the way they hid their true nature from the rest of the world. Today Bria illustrates how harmful all the hiding can be.
In a future which has gone wrong Zealots seek to purge the nation of trans people. Trans women who don’t “pass” turn to black market meds in order to fully transition and blend in with the population of cisgender women. Spying, paranoia and secrecy are the norms for trans women and being “outed” means more than just mockery and verbal abuse. Raquel Swann is back with a science fiction tale of a future world that could be all to real. Read Episode 2.2 of Transmute, if you dare.
Robert was just exploring his sister’s closet looking in wonder at the variety of colors and fabrics. Just as he was zipping up one of her skirts which he had paired with a white short sleeved blouse he was startled by a shriek from the doorway of her room. After she settled down, his sister Daisy was scared that it was a stranger in her room, she asked Robert if he’d like to have her help him dress like a girl. When he said yes she applied makeup to his face and dressed him is a cute dress. Then their mother found out what was going but was supportive. Find out what’s next for Emily in chapter 2.
Crossdressers of a certain age will recall the adventures of The Little Rascals, also known as Our Gang. In more of their adventures that you might think the boys were required by the plot, for comedic purposes of course, to get dolled up in drag. Today we bring back a post from our Archives by TGF member Zoe Zyzzyx that covers many of the instances of drag in the Rascal’s short films. We even have one of their films you can watch right here on TGF. Keep in mind that the film was shot in 1936 and the racism and sexism were characteristic of those times.
Today we step back in time and present a look at the winner of the Miss TGForum Contest for 1999. You will see the winner and the first and second runner ups. Then we show you how the winner of the 1999 contest looks today. Hint: Just awesome!
Where can you find transgender actors, characters and stories in the mainstream media? Trans Media Arts gives you all the transgender entertainment news. Amanda F. Steele is our intrepid entertainment reporter who digs up all that’s going on in the arts and entertainment in regard to transgender issues. Today she has info on a trans man actor in the next Spiderman movie, more on Nicole Maines’ role in Supergirl, a French transgender Playboy model who wants to act, and a cis male actor playing a trans woman role. All the news is there in Trans Media Arts.
Today Sabrina Symington takes on the TERFs. They keep insisting that trans woman are a threat to the safety of cis women. Are they really concerned about that or is it all coming from somewhere more sinister. Could the TERFs be being influenced in their anti-trans stance by some other group that is pulling the strings?
In a future which has gone wrong Zealots seek to purge the nation of trans people. Trans women who don’t “pass” turn to black market meds in order to fully transition and blend in with the population of cisgender women. Spying, paranoia and secrecy are the norms for trans women and being “outed” means more than just mockery and verbal abuse. Raquel Swann is back with a science fiction tale of a future world that could be all to real. Read episode 2.1 of Transmute, if you dare.
Robert was just exploring his sister’s closet looking in wonder at the variety of colors and fabrics. Just as he was zipping up one of her skirts which he had paired with a white short sleeved blouse he was startled by a shriek from the doorway of her room. What would she do to him to for trying on her clothes without permission? Maybe let him try on some other outfits? Today we present Emily, a story by Ashli Kleier. The first chapter is How It All Started.
Christmas 2018 has come and gone and our contributor Linda Jensen comes out as a bit of a Scrooge. Why? Who doesn’t love the holiday season? Well, Christmas with all its dress up parties, gift buying and then more dress up parties should be a ‘happy time of the year.’ But for Linda but often it is not. What could stifle her holiday spirit? It has something to do with ‘when friends come to call.’
Our Correspondent in Columbia, Katherine Diaz, has filed a report in text and video about her experience at a professional photo session. She had a makeup artist and professional photographer working to make her look her best. Read about her experience and view the video in Princesas de la Noche.
It’s been four weeks and we just know you are hungry for some takeout from Dina’s Diner. Dina has added some low fat items to the menu and you can get a healthy salad, but her speciality the comfort food. Today she mixes up some Valentina, a RuPaul’s Drag Race girl, then adds in a touch of a British trans ballerina, a pinch of award show gender bending and finishes the dish off with a sprinkle of cleavage. Then for desert she brings out a serving of the pretty Brolitas “girls.” Don’t miss this edition of Dina’s Diner.
Trans Media Arts brings you the cream of the crop about transgender people in the entertainment and the arts. Today Amanda F. Steele, newly relocated to the East Coast, has such items as the controversy around the film “Girl,” the story or recently deceased trans woman pioneer Julia Grant who appeared in a BBC documentary about transition back in the ’70s, the idea that it might be time for a trans gender 007, and more. Keep up with trans people in arts and entertainment with Trans Media Arts!
Bria made a New Year’s resolution and it seems as if she’s already broken it. Could it be? She said she was done talking to that bearded weirdo who seems to either hate her for who she is, or maybe is so attracted to who she is that his 4th grade brain wants to pull her hair to get her attention. But what’s this? It turns out that she hasn’t broken any of her resolutions.
In a future which has gone wrong Zealots seek to purge the nation of trans people. Trans women who don’t “pass” turn to black market meds in order to fully transition and blend in with the population of cisgender women. Spying, paranoia and secrecy are the norms for trans women and being “outed” means more than just mockery and verbal abuse. Raquel Swann is back with a science fiction tale of a future world that could be all to real. Read episode 1.4 of Transmute, if you dare.
Linda wraps up her story about her friend Claire who started and still lives a large part of her life as Calvin, the mild-mannered retired banker who in the evenings would shed his male clothes and emerge as Claire the wonder escort of the Toronto sex trade scene.
Lynda Martini likes to get out and about and enjoy life with old friends and new ones. Just after Thanksgiving she took a road trip to the Washington, D.C. area with some plans and some time for things to just happen. What we present here today is her report on what transpired on her journey. There was a time share pitch to be endured but there was also fun.
Baby it’s cold outside! If you live in most of the USA that is. Come on into Dina’s Diner and get a hot cup of java and peruse her menu of comfort food. Today she has some sizzle over the trans woman who did her own Victoria’s Secret lingerie show video. Then things go up to broil with a few tasty paragraphs about the 12-year-old drag queen who bought her parent’s a house. Leggings make the menu as well, and there’s still more to tempt your tastebuds. Don’t miss out on a trip to Dina’s Diner.
Welcome a new contributor to TGForum. Ashli Kleier begins a series on how she isn’t the typical trans woman who always knew she was a female. She feels that she made the discovery of her femininity. Born and raised in a small town in the South Ashli begins her tale with the story of her early years and first encounters with feminine attire. Chapter 1, My Early Years.
Brittany’s Cartoon Corner was a regular feature on TGForum on the 1990s. Brittany scoured the comic book world for examples of crossdressing and any hint of a transgender character. Today we bring you two of her columns married together into one article on crossdressing humor in Mad Magazine. These appeared in September and November of 1997.
Our arts and entertainment reporter Amanda F. Steele has filed a report while she has been packing to move to the east coast. Despite having to write it on her phone her column covers a lot of ground and lets you know what’s happening with transgender people in film, television, online, and in TV commercials. Laverne Cox, Nora Monsecour, Victor Polster, and Kevin Balot are just a few of the people she tells you about today.
Lovely things sometimes are encouraged an coaxed along with the application of substances that aren’t pretty. Complicated processes are encouraged and catalyzed with additives most would see as crude or even nasty. Today Sabrina Symington points out one of those elements you wouldn’t believe had any use, let alone would help to bering beautiful flowers to bloom.
Linda is recounting a story heard from a long-time trans girl, now more a trans grande dame. We have heard that dire circumstances led her in to the bed of a generous host who gradually recruited her into the world’s oldest profession. Claire eventually leaves town and apparently leaves the lifestyle. However, a chance encounter. . . .
In a future which has gone wrong Zealots seek to purge the nation of trans people. Trans women who don’t “pass” turn to black market meds in order to fully transition and blend in with the population of cisgender women. Spying, paranoia and secrecy are the norms for trans women and being “outed” means more than just mockery and verbal abuse. Raquel Swann is back with a science fiction tale of a future world that could be all to real. Read episode 1.3 of Transmute, if you dare.
We dig into the TGForum 20th century archives and present one of Cindy Martin’s outstanding pictorials from those golden days of yesteryear. Set the Wayback Machine for 1999, San Francisco USA. Prepare yourself for Cindy’s pictorial collages of the year’s big event, the Transgender San Francisco Cotillion.
Linda is telling a story. It is about the genesis and training of her friend named Claire who spent her first eighteen years exclusively as Calvin. Then a powerful set of circumstances propelled him in to the murky world of male — and then drag prostitution. However for Calvin the life wasn’t all that murky. Today Claire tells Linda about her whirlwind feminization in preparation for her first “date” with a man as a woman/
