The world renowned female impersonation club Finocchio’s was a San Francisco landmark for decades. Whenever glamorus drag with high production values was mentioned Finocchio’s was the first place that came to mind. It was possibly the only nightclub dedicated full time to female impersonation and in its heyday Finocchio’s was the place to see and […]
“No. Are you?” — Reputedly Marlene Dietrich’s response to a reporter asking if she was really a man. For those of you not immediately familiar with this, go ahead and Google it. We’ll wait. Welcome back. My, but this is one persistent little rumor, so let’s get straight to the facts. First we’ll examine the […]
“Abraham Lincoln Was a Woman! Shocking Pix Found in White House Basement! Was John Wilkes Booth Her Jilted Lover?” — Weekly World News, January 22, 2002 WAS HITLER INTERSEXED? Let’s face it, if you’re transgendered the last person you’d want counted among your ranks would be Adolph Hitler. Still, this theory has proven weirdly compelling […]
“A discovery has lately been made on this continent that will astonish the whole world. Our great and excellent General Washington is actually discovered to be of the female sex.” – London Daily Advertiser, January 25, 1783 DID THE NAZIS CONDUCT SEX CHANGE OPERATIONS? “Later on Janice Raymond says breathlessly, ‘We know that at least […]
Our TG historian Michelle Moore digs into the legends that revolve around the TG community. One of them is the classic, J. Edgar Hoover was a crossdresser. (For you youngsters, Hoover was the head of the FBI from the beginning of that bureau until 1972. Was he a CD? TG History will give you his dossier.
A book review by Renee Knipe A few months back, Angela asked if I wanted to do a book review. “Sure, what’s the book,†I asked. “Femmes of Power,†she replied. Four months later, you finally get to see that review.
This month TG History brings you part two of the tale of Catalina de Erauso, a hard living, tough, brawling, FtM from Spain in the 1500s. Not feeling suited for life as a nun Erauso went on the lam and adopted a male life style filled with the kind of bad choices often made by […]
“You can’t make me!†There’s probably nothing in transgendered folklore that’s as provocative as the concept of forced crossdressing, especially stories about raising a young boy as a girl. On one hand, it’s a crossdressing fantasy that’s as old as, well, crossdressing. On the other hand, anything involving with the raising of children has to […]
This month TG History looks at The Boulton and Park Case. The two lads had so much fun dressed as ladies, gadding about London in the company of gentleman companions. The young lovelies had it all, simply scads of dresses, jewelry, all a popular young woman — or young man dressing as a woman — […]
