Trauma Flintstone is one of those people most of us envy-she’s multi-talented, and just doesn’t seem to ever have any “down time” in her career. She’s one of the best known drag entertainers in San Francisco, and also finds time to function as a composer, arranger, musician, cabaret singer and performance artist. As an actor, […]
What’s up with these kids today? The world is upside down when a 14 year old boy from Sweden can plays guitar like Eddie Van Halen and look like a Japanese anime princess. Things have gotten out of hand. Fortunately for us. Meet the beautiful and talented Yohio.
Pam DeGroff interviews America’s number one gospel drag queen, The Rev. Anthony Yolanda Mapes, then gives you news on upcoming performances by Coco Peru and David de Alba, news about Radium Angels, Storm Miguel Florez and more!
In another dispatch from the north Linda Jensen brings us a tale of two leaders of a gender support group who go to extraordinary lengths to honor their invitations to the ceremonial induction of the new Chief of Police for Canada’s capital city.
This month Pamela DeGroff brings us Part 2 of her interview with legendary female impersonator David de Alba. David will be appearing next month for a show in Las Vegas. Get the details in today’s TransVocalizers. Pam gives us some music news, too.
David de Alba is excited and preparing for his next appearance at The Onyx Theater next month. He has some advice on purchasing your tickets and he did an interview with a Las Vegas paper about his mother that ran just before Mother’s Day. Get the scoop on what he’s up to.
Photo 1: The male cast members of The Big Bang Theory dressed as their favorite female superheros. Photo 2: David Spade. Photo 3: James Franco. Photo 4: John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig. Photo 5: Super model Andrej Pejic. She doesn’t really belong here but we couldn’t resist. Photo 6: Rupert Everret. Photo 7: Ving Rhames. […]
Baby Dee is a unique person. She’s a musician’s musician. She has a new CD out called Regifted Light and in this month’s Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff does a review of the album. She also brings us some new music tips and news.
Our adventurous reporter took a few months off to join the winter snowbird migration to Florida. While there she joined a TriEss support group in Orlando and took to writing a monthly column for their newsletter. Here is one of her offerings. The references are decidedly Floridian but the situation is universal. (FEM stands for Phi Epsilon Mu, the name of the Orlando group.)
TransVocalizers presents the legendary performer Jackie Beat. Ms. Beat was our first TVocalizers feature in 2008 and Pamela DeGroff has caught up with her to learn what’s been going on in Beat world. Turns out that she’s been up to a lot. Read TVocalizers and learn what’s she’s been up to.
Our attention was captured by Glee last week when we learned that the show introduced a TG character. Unique is her name and she made her debut performing the song “Boogie Shoes.” Unique and her male persona Wade, are portrayed by Alex Newell. Watch her performance in a video clip.
For this Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff interviews eccentric TG musician Baby Dee. She’s a multi-instrumentalist who plays the harp, the piano, organ, and the accordion. She has toured with Antony and The Johnsons, Marc Almond, The Dresden Dolls and other acts. Meet Baby Dee!
Linda fulfills a long-time desire to attend a 1920s style cabaret show in the character of a flapper girl. Both her date and the people she meets make it truly a night to remember.
This month Pamela DeGroff brings us an interview with The Cuban Legend — David de Alba. David has always sung in his own voice, never lipsyncing as many impersonators do. His classic impersonations include Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland as well as his own onstage persona, Boy Chic.
We bring you the fabulous Coccinelle! This is a video clip from a film featuring the legendary French performer in an Italian film from 1959. While America drove around in big cars eating burgers and drinking shakes Europe was applauding Coccinelle. Step back to Europe 1959 and join the fun.
David de Alba shares some vintage photos of female impersonator Holly White working in Morocco around the year 1964. View the photos and use a link to visit David’s site where he has an interview with Ms. White.
Perpetual Change features an interview with one of the hip hop scenes up and coming transgender rappers. Meet Heidi Barton Stink and learn how she approaches what is viewed as one of the most homophobic and misogynistic musical genres. Pam DeGroff also has new music news.
Linda Jensen’s friend Amanda embraces her crossdressing lifestyle with a joie de vivre that few feel confident enough to exhibit. Linda thinks Amanda has lessons for us all and she shares some of them with us.
She played Kiki in the cabaret duo Kiki and Herb. She has an aversion to traditional masculine or feminine pronouns and like The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, she prefers to be called V instead of Justin Vivian Bond. But no matter him or her, V or Bond, she has a new CD out and Pamela DeGroff gives us a review.
Legendary transsexual performer Coccinelle is often talked about and written about. Now, thanks to David de Alba, we have a glimpse of her performing on film in the 1960s. She dances and sings in this clip.
During the week of Whitney Houston’s funeral the performers from The WayOut Club do a tribute performance to celebrate her influence on drag performers around the world.
Philadelphia rocker Ashley Phoenix is the woman behind the band Alien Beauty. Pamela DeGroff interviews Ashley about how the band got started, what’s coming up, and we share audio and video of Ashley’s music.
Could you produce a fabulous party for TGs every Saturday night for 18 years? One woman has done it and she’s made The WayOut Club the hottest party for TGs in London, England — maybe in the world. We chat with WayOut promoter Vicky Lee.
Drag and rock music go hand in hand. Little Richard! Marc Bolan’s androgynous look. David Bowie’s glam. Since those days gender bending and drag have featured in videos by everyone from Queen to Weezer. Now there’s “Andrew in Drag.”
After many years Linda has decided to write a blog about her adventures. However she is going to keep it to herself and call it a diary. Thanks to an e-mail to her friend, Jennifer, we have gained an exclusive look into Linda’s diary as she spends a Florida weekend en femme.
