This is the sixth in our TGF Rerun series examining how we classy transgendered folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids and men’s magazines. Men were the target audience for these publications, and their yellowed yellow journalism tells us how we looked to some guys in the years between 1949 and 1977.
TGF Rerun: This is the 5th in our series from the late ’90s examining how TG folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids, the progenitors of the supermarket sensational press, and risqué men’s magazines; an innocent genre of porn which was more naughty than raunchy.
This is the fourth installment of our TGF Rerun series examining how TGs were portrayed in cheap tabloids in past decades. Men were the target audience for these publications, and their yellowed yellow journalism tells us how we looked to some guys in the years between 1949 and 1977. This installment ran in TGF in 1998.
This is the third installment of our series examining how we classy transgendered folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids, the progenitors of today’s supermarket sensational press, and risqué men’s magazines; an innocent genre of porn which was more naughty than raunchy.
Today we bring you Part Two of our TGF Rerun — Tabloids & Men’s Soft Core Mags. Ms Bob did extensive research into how TGs were presented in those magazines between 1949 and 1977. In Part Two she shows how TGs were linked to the commies.
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.
An op-ed in the New York Times this past weekend put forth the theory, supported by some data, that homophobes are likely to have homosexual tendencies. Coincidentally Dallas Denny feels that transphobic individuals are probably drawn to TG behaviors — or there’s some other issue at work.
Our TGF Rerun is Ms. Bob’s exploration of how TGs were treated in the tabloid press between 1949 and 1977. This series, ran in the late 1990s on TGForum. In this first installment Ms. Bob covers the coverage of crossdressing in public in the tabloids and men’s magazines of the day.
This TGF Rerun, which first appeared on TGForum back in the 1990s. Ms. Bob puts on her fedora hat and trenchcoat to follow the clues in the mystery of The Bigwood Twins. Little is known of this female impersonation duo from the 1920s. Ms. Bob stalks them through time and tries to shed light on this mysterious duo.
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.
We continue our TGF Rerun of the series of articles done by Ms. Bob back in the 1990s on “Female Mimics Magazine.” In part three Ms. Bob covers the early 1970s and the changes the magazine, and the impersonation scene went through.
Dallas Denny digs into the history of attempts to “fix” crossdressers and transsexuals with everything from psychoanalysis to sleep deprivation and high doses of meth. She zeros in on “reparative therapy” and disgraced practitioner Geroge Rekers.
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.
Last month we brought you a TGF Rerun of Ms. Bob’s first installment of her series on Female Mimics magazine. She covered the early 1960s issues of that magazine. Today we bring you Part 2 covering the late ’60s and early ’70s.
He was America’s female impersonation sweetheart. Vaudeville, theater, popular music, and silent films where all playgrounds for a man who started in career in dresses at the age of ten. But then came the talking picture and his career declined. Did the talkies ruin Julian Eltinge?
In this four-part article, Hebe Dotson summarizes several TG-related stories from Greek and Roman mythology. She has taken these stories from three sources: Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology,” Robert Graves’ “The Greek Myths,” and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”
In the early 1960s a magazine devoted to female impersonators called Female Mimics appeared. It featured photos of and stories about professional impersonators, coverage of drag balls, and photos of “amateur impersonators.” In this TGF Rerun Ms. Bob takes us back to those days.
Last month we brought you a TGF Rerun from the late 1990s by Hebe Dotson. It was Part 1 of Transgenderism in Greek Mythology. Many of the Greek myths featured heroes disguised as damsels, and some damsels adopting male garb. This month we bring you Part 2, featuring Hercules, Theseus, and Iphis.
By the end of the 20th century drag performances had become mainstream. Films and Broadway shows featuring drag were not considered shocking. But did you know that drag was mainstream at the beginning of the 20th century? Meet Julian Eltinge.
In 1997 we brought subscribers Hebe Dotson’s articles on transgenderism in Greek mythology. We run them again as a TGF Rerun. Hebe summarizes several TG-related stories from Greek and Roman mythology. Part 1 covers Achilles, Dionysus, and Procris.
Keeping our transgender history and making it available for research, study, and just there for young TGs to look at is an important thing. We need to remember where we came from, what we’ve been through and how we became who we are. Dallas Denny visits a GLBT archive.
Since 1979 the primary professional organization for professionals working with TG and TS people has published guidelines for the hormonal and surgical treatment of people seeking sex reassignment. Dallas Denny takes a look at the origin and evolution of The Standards of Care.
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.
Dallas Denny discusses how the variety of trans identities has blossomed since the 1980s. Now people can be a “tomboy lite,” a homoflexible lesbian,” a lipstick dyke,” a femme bear” and many other things at the same time. It’s not just transsexual, transvestite or drag queen anymore.
Two of the great female impersonators from Finocchio’s in San Francisco have packed their boas and moved to Las Vegas. Lavern Cummings (Paul) and David de Alba, who were both inducted into the TGForum Gallery of Greats several years ago, are now living in the sunny climes of the Nevada desert. Lavern, now in her […]
