Through the years, I’ve always tried to do something a bit different for the end-of-year December installment of Perpetual Change. It’s sort of gotten to the point, though, where it would be redundant to discuss Walkin’ Round In Women’s Underwear for the umpteenth time. However, in wanting to maintain a semblance of Christmas spirit, I […]
They walked in the room and looked around. More than a few sets of eyes looked back at them. My first impression was that they were sisters. Or they could have been two girlfriends who liked to dress in similar styles. Both were tall, slim and athletic-looking women. They were probably in their mid forties […]
Kalina talks about the body, the body, and more body, the Barry, the baggy, the hairy, the scruffy, the androgyny, the clublife, and more.
This year, just in time (hopefully…) for the Christmas season, Transvocalizers would like to offer a gift suggestion for that extremely hard-to-buy-for fan of drag on everyone’s shopping list. Along with our companion column, Perpetual Change, I’d like to introduce some truly unique music that will probably be new to many, but nonetheless is definitely […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her SRS and she’s looking forward to her small role in a new Broadway play. However, she learns from her lawyer that her in-laws are going to court to seek custody of Jessie. To avoid having papers served on her, she’s joined […]
The West Coast, and particularly Los Angeles, is known as one of the country’s major music markets. Okay, so that’s one of those statements that’s practically a cliche, and you’re probably wondering why it’s used to start this article. Well, transgender musicians are becoming more and more an important, creatively viable part of what’s happening […]
This month, Transvocalizers features Part 2 of our interview with Beth Isbell. Ms. Isbell is best known as a solo artits, who has several albums out under her own name. She is also part of the band The Dead Prophets. She lives in Oklahoma, where she is a practicing attorney who specializes in gender rights […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her SRS and she’s looking forward to her small role in a new Broadway play. However, she learns from her lawyer that her in-laws are going to court to seek custody of Jessie. It’s a civil suit in a state court, so […]
Last month’s column was Part 1 of our introduction to Ms. Desiree HInes, a classical musician from Philadelphia whose instrument of choice is pipe organ. She is also instrumental in getting the local GLBT festival known as The Traverse Arts Festival organized. This has been described as a multi-disciplinary showcase for GLBT artists and their […]
Beth Isbell is a singer/songwriter who has been musically active for many years, but who will no doubt be a new name to TGForum readers. She lives in Oklahoma, and is originally from Georgia. Her father was in the military, which means the family moved all over the U.S. and even lived in Germany for […]
What has Miss Kalina Isato been up to during the past month? Looking fabulous, taking some photos and playing with her hair. She tells us all about that and also talks about hair fashions (Headbands! Headbands!), cheap men (Come on, buy a girl a drink!), having pneumonia, pasta bowls (fettucini to die for, darling), and […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her SRS procedure. As she recuperates at home, she finds that she has few people to hang out with. She calls Lisa Tulley, who invites Terri and Jessie to visit Littlefield. Terri then learns from her lawyer that the Norrises are going […]
Gospel music done by a drag entertainer? Hey, why not. Although, please don’t call Our Lady J a drag queen. She’s been known to take serious issue with that. She makes it clear that she’s a transsexual, thank you very much. Our Lady J is best known as a singer/songwriter/keyboardist, who has been described as […]
Lucas Silveira isn’t your standard fare for this column. While our initial focus was on drag entertainers who sing in their own voice, Lucas, as a transman, certainly doesn’t fill that bill. No matter, though, because this is a transgender artist who is beginning to make an international impact, and will help to advance positive […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her SRS procedure. She comes out of surgery in considerable pain but happy to have had it done — and to have it behind her. After several days of recovery (including a number of visits from Eddie before he has to return […]
Kalina talks about catty transsexuals, pictures are worth a thousand words, bad breakfasts, the real meaning of “guys,” real hair, and what happens when you look too real. It was hard for me to compose this entry, so I’ll give it my best shot, like I always do. I met someone new last night and […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her SRS procedure. She comes out of surgery in considerable pain but happy to have had it done — and to have it behind her. After several days of recovery (including a number of visits from Eddie before he has to return […]
Any musician whose career has a lasting shelf-life has learned the art of reinventing themselves. The best examples are probably Madonna, Elton, and David Bowie. Granted, that’s a short list, but you get the point. The question that comes to mind after awhile though is this: what’s more important—the public image or the actual music? […]
Suzy Wedge is a musician/singer with a mission. Her chosen vehicle for that mission happens to be surf music. Okay, so what’s so unusual about that? After all, there is a renewed interest in that genré. What makes Suzy Wedge unique is that she is a transgender Canadian who is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. She […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri has had her Sexual Reassignment Surgery. We’ve followed Terri’s story through 99 chapters (Juliet 31, Barbara 29, Theresa 39) and approximately 187 thousand words since Chapter 1 of Juliet appeared in TG Forum on May 1, 2000. “What’s past is prologue, ” Shakespeare’s Antonio […]
“People need to know you can be a trans woman of color and still have a successful career,” said Tona Brown. While that might read like an overly obvious statement, coming from a minority individual who is part of yet another minority, it belies the talent and tenacity that is the foundation of who Tona […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri listens with growing anger as Brad reveals his contempt for his novel’s principal character, based at least partially on Alan’s experiences during his year at Littlefield Academy. Has Brad learned about her past or are his comments purely coincidental? She reveals that she was […]
This month Pamela DeGroff profiles a talented transman vocalist from the San Francisco area who is making a mark for himself in the dance and hip hop worlds. Joshua Klipp is his name and he has released two CDs since 2006. One of his songs is a mix of his current male voice singing with […]
I’m either getting old (and let’s not go there), or transgender artists are getting way younger all the time. Case in point is this month’s featured Transvocalizer, Johnny Boy. She is from Philadelphia and is all of 18, but is already establishing herself through an incredible array of videos on the Internet. She raps and […]
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri’s SRS was only fifty days away — fifty days to shut down the last traces of her old life and move forward into her new life. Doing this kept her busy for the next 47 days, and now her SRS is only three days […]
