Linda Jensen’s surrogate shopper idea has really taken off. Turns out the story we ran on it last month sparked enough interest for Linda to approach investors. Not just any investors — the millionaires from Shark Tank.
TransVocalizers focuses on Foxxjazell’s debut album, “Introducing Foxxjazell” as Pamela DeGroff brings us a review. Pamela also has info on TVocalists Beth Isbell, Coco Peru, Chaos and Lace and more. Plus some tips for hot new dance tracks.
The world famous female impersonation venue Finocchio’s in San Francisco closed in 1999. Now two of the performers who helped make it the premier spot for high quality drag performance, Lavern Cummings and David de Alba, are appearing live in Las Vegas.
This month Pamela DeGroff introduces us to a transgendered musician in Singapore who has never had a paying gig. Catrina Daimon Lee is a multi instrumentalist who mixes jazz, rock, minimalism and other musical influences to create an exciting sound that is about as far from mainstream pop as one can get.
Linda takes a look at a new career possibility using the principle that she should find something she enjoys doing and get herself paid for doing it.
TVocalizers covers transgender people who sing. From the finest sopranos to the roughest baritones as long as they are TG vocalists they’re covered here. This week Pamela DeGroff features Lala McCallan, a flawless performer from Italy and Miss Tia Anna, a.k.a. Mary Harness from the U.K.
In this Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff interviews a hard working British TG musician named Diana Stone. Ms. Stone performs with two bands and works on solo recorded music. She’s the featured performer in this month’s Perpetual Change. Other music news, too!
In the last chapter of The New Girl people were longing for something new, a different experience, and in one case a different gender. In this chapter The Spirit decides to give people what they want, and may what they deserve. It’s Chapter 3 of The New Girl.
Linda spends a rainy weekend browsing through her nephew’s book shelves and discovers some amazing similarities between her world and that of the popular fictional hero, Harry Potter. Journey with her now into The Chamber of Secrets…
Israeli pop diva Aderet has a new single out and she’s sung it in French. Extraordianire! And that’s the name of the song, too. Our music maven Pam DeGroff reports on the Aderet single and gives us some tips on other tunes to check out.
It’s art! It’s fashion! It’s both and it’s personified in The Artist D. D is an artist, a talk show host, a radio host, photographer, and a simple housewife. Scratch that. She’s not a housewife and there’s nothing simple about her. Artistic though, that’s another story. This month she takes on fashion and art. I bet D wins.
Pam DeGroff interviews Juliana Brown, NYC rocker who fronts the band Chaos and Lace. It used to be The Cruel Shoes. Read Perpetual Change to find out why she changed band names, what the new group is into and when they’ll have a CD out. Pam also does her famous mini reviews of some new CDs.
In Chapter 1 we learned that George is a crossdresser. His female friend at work is Nikki. Nikki has a boyfriend who she finds nice but not as attractive as someone else. George wishes out loud that his life could be different. Nikki doesn’t pay that much attention but somewhere, somewhen, a spirit hears. Find out what happens in Chapter2.
A so-called normal night at a singles’ club turned in to a very erotic evening for our friend, Linda. Things could get wild back in the ’90s. Find out what it was that Ken, Barbie and Linda did.
Pamela DeGroff takes TVocalizers to San Francisco for an interview with the first lady of Trannyshack, Heklina. They discuss Heklina’s background, her name (named for a volcano!) and a lot more. Plus Pam has mini reviews of new music. Don’t miss Transvocalizers!
Return with us now to the thrilling days of 2008 when Fred Willard was the voice of a brave new super hero — Captain Crossdresser! We revisit the Captain on a new online video service. Thrill as the Captain fights crime and injustice while wearing Donna Karan.
Have you ever watched a television show and said, “Who writes this stuff?” ABC TV has ordered a pilot show by two writers who must have some connection to our community. Why else would the stars have to crossdress?
What’s a transgender performer with a Filipino, Spanish, Hispanic and Italian ancestry doing producing Japanese pop? She’s bi-coastal, and her parents met at Studio 54. This month Perpetual Change introduces you to another TG musician (and artist and model) — Maganda.
If you read every installment of “Crying For Ogre” and couldn’t wait for the next one to show up – prepare yourself! It’s happening again. Sophie Lynne has delivered another work of TG fiction and we begin serializing it today. Pull your satin robe tightly about yourself, have your hot tea and bonbons near by. “The New Girl” starts right now.
The Gal’s Spring Fling is a gathering of Canadian TGs in Ontario. This year it happens from May 9 through 15th. Our Canadian correspondent, Linda Jensen chatted with a young lady named Natalie who reports on last year’s event.
This month Pamela DeGroff has tracked down New York City drag performer Epiphany. She’s a a hot young queen on the scene who has performed at private affairs for celebs like Kelsey Grammer and Susan Lucci and regularly knocks ’em dead at venues all over the east coast. No only a beauty, she sings!
The Shondes, a New York band featured before in Perpetual Change, has fallen on some hard times. Learn what’s going on with The Shondes and how you might be able to help them out. Just part of this edition of Perpetual Change.
In Crying For Ogre Part 4 the changes Ogre was going through culminated with him being fully transformed into a hot babe. And it was Saturday night. What’s a girl to do? Make the party scene, of course. Find out what happens to the former Ogre in the concluding chapter of Crying For Ogre.
Dallas Denny has a second life, and she tells you how you can have one, too. There’s no need to be limited by physical restraints. Be all you want to be in virtual reality. Learn how in Part 2 of Dallas’ Virtual Personae.
A chance search on the Internet reveals a special event in Charlotte North Carolina at exactly the time Linda and her partner will be passing through town. And it was on the International TG Day of Visibility. It was drag on campus time! Linda got photos.
Gina Vizavi reviews Christine Beatty’s book, “Misery Loves Company.” Christine graduated from college and became a transsexual prostitute in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. “Misery Loves Company” is the story of her journey back from the abyss.
