A Sabrina Symington Cartoon
Sometimes is hard to curb condemnation for people who keep attacking you. Bria revels in the misfortune of he philosophical rivals but her dinosaur friend offers another take on the situation.
Category: Transgender Opinion
An Important Life Skill
Coach Char has some advice that would benefit most everyone but works for transgender people, too. Try practicing what she advocates and see if you don’t have an easier time going through life.
Transgender Flourishing Rules: The First Six
Today Dana Bevan presents six of her 12 Suggested Rules for Transgender Flourishing. They are designed to help boost transgender visibility and promote the existence of trans people as just another part of our society. See if you can live up to the challenge some of Dana’s first six suggested rules presents.
My Favorite Answers
From time to time most transgender people get asked questions by people who don’t want to learn about being trans but want to embarass and demean the transgender person. Asking what your “real” name is or if you’re gay and dress up to attract men are questions that should not be asked. If you find yourself in a situation where mean questions are coming your way Chrissy Gann has some standard answers you might like to know.
Dina’s Diner, January 11, 2021
What’s cooking down at Dina’s Diner? Dina Amberle, the owner and operator of that virtual establishment, is always updating the menu and offering several tasty specials. Today she takes a bit of Indian trans beauty pageant winner, mixes it up with a trans contestant on Jeopardy!, adds a dash of crossplay anime characters and a sprinkling of Lady Gaga to create a veritable taste treat. And for dessert she offers Ginger or Maryann. Get yourself ready for a darned good time at Dina’s Diner!
Be Visible!
Kandi offers the advice today the TGF has counseled for years: Don’t be afraid to be visible. Don’t take chances and go to places that might be dangerous, but don’t worry about what the general public thinks. If you act nervous and shy people will wonder what’s wrong with you. Be confident and proud. Get more of Kandi’s suggestions on how to enjoy your time out and about. And there are photos from Kandi’s own adventures.
Greeting the Season
Christy Lewis is preparing for the holiday and she has tip to make your Christmas special. From the gifts to the tree and options for nail art that salutes the season, Christy has a tip for every thing you need for a Merry Christmas.
Op-Ed: Plain Janes and Glam Dolls
Angela Gardner has a theory that the fascination of glamor is the reason many male bodied people present themselves to the world as glamorous females. Glamor is not just for female bodied people but for both sexes. Glam Dolls are all about expressing themselves a fab, sexy, feminine people no matter what they have between their legs. Viva the Glam Dolls! The opposite of the Glam Doll is the Plain Jane. This op-ed doesn’t discuss them very much.
Dina’s Diner 12/14/20
Time for another dining experience par excellence at Dina’s Diner. Dina Amberle collects only the finest natural ingrediants and blends them carefully into the tasty dishes she serves up to her loyal customer base. And while you enjoy the intellectual delights she has carefully prepared you need not worry about infections as Dina’s Diner is in the virtual world. Today she has specials including the appearance of trans faces in advertising, Instagrams boys who dress like girls, the son in drag on a reality show, and Agnes Moorehead. Grab a booth and a cup of coffee, tea if you prefer and prepare to be satisfied at Dina’s Diner.
Be Confident
The saying goes, “Let a smile be your umbrella.” While it’s not normal to go around smiling all the time the smile is a tool in women’s tool kit that they use to deal with social situations. It certainly works much better than not making eye contact, staring at the floor while you mumble something. Today Kandi elaborates on one of her important rules — be confident. That means when you go to an event don’t be shy. Don’t act like you’re nervous or worried that people might “read” you. Just look them in the eye, smile and say hello. Of course during the pandemic you have to convey the smile using only your eyes, but once we get through with the virus be sure to utilize those pearly whites.
Hindsight: 2020
Christy Lewis takes a look back at her personal progress during 2020. She manages to find the good things that happened for her among the negative things that dominated the nightly news. She even got to try on some wedding dresses and learned how to change her own wiper blades. Catch up with the rest of her 2020 experiences in Hindsight: 2020.
Bullies Lose
When Joe Biden won the election Sophie paused for a momentary sigh of relief. Then the reality of having to live with the current president in office for two more months and there is a load of people on the right who believe Biden did not win, that the Democrats rigged the election and there may well be trouble from the right wing militia groups who back 45. Read her other thoughts about the right wing bullies.
Dina’s Diner 11/16/20
A COMPETITION FOR OUR MINDS Newsweek magazine had a point-counterpoint debate about transgender athletes in the online edition on October 20, 2020. The opposing debaters were to answer Newsweek’s question Do Transgender Athletes Threaten Women’s Sports? Taking the “yes” position was Abigail Shrier and taking the “no” pro-trans position was Juliet Jacques. It’s a debate […]
Transgender People Got Elected
Many people have considered the past few years to be dark times politically for transgender Americans. With the administration banning us from serving in the Armed Forces, to proposed rules to allow discrimination in emergency shelters and health care, to “bathroom bills” popping up in state legislatures from coast to coast, it seemed like elected […]
Crossdressers Get Old as Well
Time marches on and the young crossdresser becomes a middle age crossdresser and then a senior crossdresser. With all the experience senior crossdressers have accumulated none of them want to just give up and stop dressing. Pauline Estelle declares you don’t have to. But it’s best to make some adjustments to your look. No one is fooled by mutton dressed up as lamb. Read on for Pauline’s suggestions.
The Election is Tomorrow. Which Candidate Has Your Back?
Tomorrow is what many are calling the most important election of our life times. While Donald J. Trump said during his 2016 campaign that he would be the best president ever for the LGBTQ community his actions while in office have not reflected that commitment. Under the Trump administration we have seen: A near-total ban […]
Dina’s Diner – October 19, 2020
The grill in the kitchen at Dina’s Diner is hot and even though inside dining is restricted and most folks are doing takeout or being seated in the outdoor tent dining room the menu is sure to satisfy. If you’re dining in get a cup of java and peruse the menu. You’ll find the specials today includes transgender candidates for office, feminine voice training from the creator of “She”, how to take a better selfie, arctic expedition dress codes, and the lure of the quirky yet sexy librarian. It all combines well to nourish your mind.
Trans Spirituality: Election Special
Rabbah Rona feels that the current president does not have the best interests of the transgender community at heart. She feels, as do many others, that he has at best, paid lip service to the important issues affecting the whole LGBTQ+ community. She not only looks at this president from a practical viewpoint but in a spiritual manner as well.
The Evolution of Coming Out
Our new Contributor is Sophie Marie White. In her first blog for TGForum Sophie writes about the stages she went through to finally arrive at acceptance of herself and her gender identity. She outlines five stages and says that they don’t stick to a specific order. They can show up at any point and cause problems.
The Transgender Crisis
Sophie Lynne is concerned that the coming election could maintain the current administration with disastrous results for transgender people. The president made a promise during his campaign in 2016 that he would be the most friendly president to the LGBTQ community, ever. For the past three and a half years the administration has done nothing positive for transgender people. Sophie offers some advice on what every trans person should do on November third.
Dina’s Diner September 21, 2020
Time for another visit to Dina’s Diner! Today Dina is cooking up a satisfying selection of hearty fall fare. She begins with some full bodied advice on being who you are. Then she stirs in some flavor trans history with the three article rule. After that you cleanse your palate with some news about a delivery service for crossdressers that brings you all you need, if you live in Japan. Then the dishes keep coming with musing on how we pick our femme names, and a desert of pandemic accessories that are to die for.
Working On. . .
Sophie Lynne joins us today with some musing over the question, are you working on your resume or your obituary? The question comes from a friend of Sophie’s who said “At this point in my life, I am working on my obituary, not my resume. I want to be thought of, and remembered for having the right priorities, few regrets, and helping others.” This prompted Sophie to do some heavy thinking and she shares her conclusion with you in today’s blog.
Mentoring
Before the schools were shut down because of the pandemic our Contributor Christy Lewis went to a high school in her town to speak to the students about transgender issues. She looks at it as mentoring and she did it for an LGBTQ student group of about 30 members. In the course of telling us what she talked about she provides some mentoring to our readers on 10 good rules to follow. Read on to see what she told the LGBTQ+ students.
Diary of a Crossdresser — The Power of Smiles
Our Correspondent in Columbia, Katherine Diaz, writes today – and provides a video – about the usefulness of smiling. in Spanish “La Sonrisa” is not only good for a person displaying the smile but those who see the smile are moved to return it with one of their own. Let a smile be your umbrella as the song lyrics say, but a smile can be much more. See what Katherine has to say in her blog/vlog.
Dina’s Diner, August 24, 2020
In these times when many dining spots are closed due to the pandemic it’s good to know that, since it’s a virtual establishment, Dina’s Diner is always open and ready to give you first class treatment. Today Chef Dina, who is also server, and hostess, has a special treat. She has roasted a complete consideration of just what crossdressers are doing for fun while distancing. Then she prepared a side dish of a woman wrestler who does dentistry. Simmering on the range is a segment on doctors in bikinis, and then Dina has a couple of deserts, one featuring the always tasty short shorts, and the other inspired by a dentist’s advertisement. Dina’s Diner is always sure to satisfy.
