Dina Amberle has been reading the newspaper again…and you know what that means. She’s taken the stories that spoke to her in the loudest voices and run them into the Diner’s kitchen where she sliced, diced, spices and stewed them all into this week’s edition of Dina’s Diner. Everyone will find the latest dish at […]
Turkish author Mehmet Murat Somer has a book due for American release in September titled The Prophet Murders, A Hop-Çiki-Yaya Thriller. The most interesting part of this title, for us, is the Hop-Çiki-Yaya* part. (It’s pronounced Hope Cheeky Ya Ya.) Somer uses the term to indicate that his novel is set in the transvestite/gay community […]
My fella and I went to see a screening in the 2008 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival this past week. (The Festival runs through tomorrow.) I was attracted by the title, Girls Will Be Girls Shorts and the fact that Scott Thompson former member of Kids In The Hall was guest starring — […]
Believe it or not, I don’t go out to parties every weekend. Sometimes, I stay home. And generally, when I stay home, I don’t dress up. It’s a lot of work to get pretty, and my thought is: if I’m going to go through all that effort, I want to show it off. If a […]
In this edition of Pamela DeGroff’s Perpetual Change Pamela corners Venus DeMars, the leader of the band All The Pretty Horses, and asked her what’s been going on with the band’s lineup, and about Venus’s side project, House of Flowers. And we learn about a documentary film about ATPH that’s made the rounds of film […]
Each summer many crossdressers are faced with a dilemma. We love to dress and act like women — sexy women. That means we really love to shave our legs (and whatever other body parts we possess that may exhibit manly, hirsute tendencies) in order to be more like our female role models. If you look […]
If you’ve been living under a rock that’s not wired for cable you may not have seen some shows from the past year that feature TGs. If that’s the case you may want to take advantage of your Internet connection and the Apple software known as iTunes. Here are two of the trans-centric shows that […]
This week’s Special at Dina’s Diner is a spicy stew of many tasty ingrediants cooked to perfection and brought to your table with a smile and a “How ya doin’ hon? More coffee?” from your hostess, cook and waitress Miss Dina Amberle. Before you get to the stew, a tasty treat served with saucy Turkish […]
It had to happen. With multiple varieties of super heroes running around (some at light speed) exhibiting powers like telekinesis, X-ray vision, invulnerability, super speed and the ability to fly, eventually some garden variety crossdresser was going to get bitten by a radioactive Black Widow spider, or some other feminine type bug, and develop super […]
Dina’s Diner has a couple of blue plate specials this week. Check out the Elizabeth Berkley, it’s steamy. And then your waitress will tell you all about what she thinks of women in politics, discuss her favortie Russ Meyer actresses and a whole lot more. It’s all in this edition of Dina’s Diner.
TGF has collected numerous photos of famous, or semi-famous, men dressed as women over the years. Who’da thunk? Here we present ten of them for your entertainment and edification. Step right up and take a look as TGForum asks, who’s that lady?
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments. Search on “Theresa”.): Alan has assumed the full-time identity of Theresa “Terri” Sayers, single mother. Terri has taken a day job in a department store. She’s begun to have a little good luck in her professional life, too, winning major roles in way-off-Broadway plays. More […]
Melissa Clark is a singer/songwriter from the Schenectady, New York area. She is a retired U.S. Postal Service employee who has been living full time since 2002, and whom also has just released her first recording, an EP entitled Coming Out. She is also a cancer survivor who is adamant about health screening and uses […]
From time to time, we could all use a little help. Be it finding what looks good and what fits, to overcoming the fear of looking through the women’s department. And fortunately, there are allies out there, willing and able to provide the help. Liz McGarrity is among them.
These Ads are Fabulous! Michelle Moore, the TG History columnist here at TGF (and a long-time friend) suggested this item for The Diner. She forwarded an article that appeared in Radar Magazine’s February edition about commercial ads by large well-known companies that are either directly or subtly targeted to the gay audience. And at least […]
You’ll probably remember the article from a couple of weeks ago about octopus gender-bending. Simply put, some members of the Abdopus aculeatus species will present themselves as female in order to lull genuine girl octopi into a false sense of security. And there’s a human version of it to. But it has nothing to do […]
Welcome to Dina’s Diner! Your hostess, Dina Amberle, dishes up a heady cuisine that goes well beyond average diner fare. There’s no place on Dina’s menu for unappetizing dishes that don’t satisfy. And she always adds that secret sauce of her’s! Wait till you hear what she has dug up on little Richie Petrie. It’s […]
Forgive me if I’ve seemed distracted lately. You see, I’ve been distracted lately. I moved. And we all know what a pain that is… especially when one has two wardrobes. I moved from the suburbs to beautiful downtown Cincinnati. (Stop snickering. It’s really quite lovely.)
Donna Austin (plus some odds and ends) The interesting thing about doing this column on what I’ve begun calling “transgender representations in popular music,” is that I no longer know where it will lead me. By saying that, I don’t mean that there isn’t a clear vision for each installment. No, it’s just that over […]
Lexy Tranner’s last cartoon got me thinking: not about women or mates, but about dresses. How many great ones have we missed out on, because they weren’t quite right? They just didn’t fit perfectly, so we toss them.
In this installment of Dina’s Digital Diner Dina covers two items that cover the polar extremes of femininity—and good taste.
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Alan has assumed the almost full-time identity of Theresa “Terri†Sayers, single mother. Terri has found a day job in a department store and has begun to take female hormones. At last, her luck takes a turn for the better as her agent sends her […]
Little did the plane load of laughing and smiling TG ladies know that when they boarded Flight 72 for a good time in LadyLike Land—the flight would end in disaster! Flight 72 would disappear from the radar screens without a trace and they would become—lost! But seriously, LadyLike’s regular feature Mirror-Mirror was made up of […]
Last month, I challenged someone–anyone–to point me towards some decent TG fiction. Cheryl Sanders picked up the gauntlet, offering up her own novel, A Woman’s Passion for my criticism. Brave indeed, considering the low regard I have for TG fiction in general. So how did it fare?
In the last thrilling chapter of Lexy Tranner, Weekend CD Lexy took a bold step and came out to her girlfriend. It seemed to go well and Lexy felt at the time that she had hit the “jackpot”. But how will it go in this month’s strip? Will problems arise? Will there be trouble in […]
One of the most prestigious of all things TG for many years gone by was to be picked as a LadyLike Profile girl. Over the years many ladies told their stories to LadyLike and we shared them with the readers. Since the untimely demise of LadyLike magazine we have begun to present some of the […]
