Get ready! Dina Amberle has gotten all fresh ingredients, only the finest herbs and spices and whipped up another taste pleasing treat for this edition of Dina’s Diner. She stirs in some women athletes with too much testosterone. Then she adds some womanless beauty pageant info, a Japanese artist and the Herkie Jump. What’s the Herkie Jump? You’ll have to read this edition of Dina’s Diner to find out! (Unless you have some pompons in your closet.)
Despite it being possible to have any and all necessary surgery in the US or one of the European countries, many trans women opt to come to Thailand–but why? Christine Burr has a number of reasons why people make the trek to Thailand to complete their transition.
Chanelle Nirok, our young crossdresser, admits today that she is a poser. Oh! How could she? But who among the crossdressing community isn’t? And her admission is only so she can pass on some of her tips from how to work with the camera to get a photo you can be proud of years later. She has five suggestions she feels will make you look sexy and desirable as a female in your photos. See if you agree.
There has been a lot of bitching about Caitlyn Jenner and the way she is living her transition so publicly. Many in the trans community have this, that, or the other thing to say about how she has “come out” and how she is doing it as a celebrity with a reality TV show. The Artist D has a different take on Caitlyn’s life and she shares it with you today.
We get closer every day to the time when trans people can serve openly in the military. The Defense Department has now authorized conducting a study to determine the affect openly trans soldiers will have on the various branches of the service. Today Babs Casbar Seperstein runs through some of the important steps that lead to the start of the study and mentions some of the trans advocated who played a large role in moving open trans service along.
Dana Bevan was in the military for a long time. She served as a a stealth trans soldier and devoted much effort to keeping her gender status secret. Today she writes about what it was like to hide for all that time and how she did it. She then discusses what the changes will be with trans people serving openly.
Cate was feeling the need for a spiritual dimension in her life. The “old time” religion just wouldn’t do since all attempts to engage with it resulted in no reply. She looked around a bit and investigated other faith communities. Learn what she found in today’s blog.
I got an email from Senator Al Franken the other day. I often open his emails since he used to be a comedy writer and he tends to add a bit of humor to his pleas for campaign donations. This email wasn’t one of those perpetual fundraising messages though. It was a call to fight […]
Much of the U.S. is blanketed in high temperatures and while fun in the sun is what many call it to those of us who prefer to present ourselves in ladylike attire it can be a trial and tribulation to look good and not be coated in a layer of “dew.” Lorraine Anderson has some hints on how to look cool in the heat.
As Amanda nears the time when she will be ready to go for GRS she encounters articles by so-called experts who liken reassignment surgery to mutilation. While she realizes that the articles are from the conservative right and are coming from a viewpoint that denies trans people are sane and able to make decisions about their bodies the articles do give her pause.
Time for Dina’s Diner! Dina Amberle has mixed and blended several news items into a fine puree and she serves it up for your taste test. Included are bits of blow-back caused by Caitlyn Jenner’s view of what makes a woman. Then Dina blends in some “high heels are bad but they’re so good” and adds a pinch of Irish drag performer Panti Bliss. She tops it off with the trend that has women shaving their faces. Find out how well it all goes down and give Dina’s Diner a read.
Chanell Nirok has been crossdressing for three years. To some of our readers that is sure to sound as if she is a complete novice. Sometimes the new kid on the block can bring a different perspective and by seeing things from that other angle add insight. Today Chanelle has a video where she outlines the top 5 things she has learned in the past three years.
Christine Burr, our corespondent in Thailand, has filed another dispatch concerning the plight of trans people in Asia. While advances in acceptance of trans people move forward in progressive western countries many of the Asian countries continue to oppress their trans citizens due to transphobia. Christine has five ideas to counter that transphobia.
Today Tasi Zuriack takes a look at skirts. Why women don’t seem to like wearing them and why the majority of crossdressers can’t get enough, and the shorter the better. What keeps women from wearing skirts all the time and why do they spend so much time in pants of some kind? Tasi fills you in today.
Linda reports meeting with a longtime friend. They talk about the current trend of crossdressers to get involved in political action for transgender rights and to out themselves as a way of freeing themselves from the fear of exposure. Mary explains to Linda that while she admires the activists, outing herself is not an option she wants to pursue.
The Artist D is not a big fan of church weddings. In fact, while she wholeheartedly supports the right of same sex couples to marry if they choose she wonders why anyone would want to walk down the aisle of a church that rejects them as people.
Babs Casbar Siperstein wrote a response to an op-ed by Elinor Burkett titled “What Makes a Woman?” that ran in The New York Times on June 6. Burkett stated that trans women could be undermining women’s identities. The Times did not choose to run Babs’ response so we bring it to you on TGF.
Our young CD Chanelle Nirok was going to do a video for us but her air conditioning is just not up to cooling her abode in the Florida summer heat. So, with a cool drink and an electric fan blowing in her face she has written down what she meant to impart on video. Here are Chanelle’s tips for beginning crossdressers. First tip? Have a plan!
Today Amanda F. blogs about work. For trans people finding work, let alone good paying work, can be very difficult. Amanda has a job working in retail and it pays less than she really needs, plus she has stress added because her fellow employees aren’t aware of her gender status. For some having a job they can work in their preferred gender would be a dream. See what it’s like from Amanda’s point of view.
Former regular contributor Graham Holmes was prompted by Dallas Denny’s piece on Caitlyn Jenner “haters” last week to express his thoughts on the matter by provided an essay published on a site called Morning Star Online. The essay is by Miranda Yardley, a trans woman and publisher of Terrorize magazine. Graham and Miranda find problems with Caitlyn as a trans role model.
The rise in interest about trans issues and trans people has caused a rise in the number of articles and reports about what you should not say to or ask a trans person. This proliferation of politically correct guides to talking to a trans person respectfully has inspired The Artist D to ask some questions of her own. Is it really wrong to ask questions of trans people if you really don’t know that answers? See what The Artist D thinks in No Comment.
Dana Bevan was contacted by a producer from ABC News and asked to critique the Diane Sawyer interview with Bruce Jenner. She did so and sent her evaluation of the show to them. She has condensed that critique down to 11 points and today she shares them with us on TGF. What did she find to be the worst error in Jenner’s interview? Read on!
So, you are a male who is very attracted to the idea of dressing as a woman. Their clothes, shoes, and hairstyles play a siren’s song at you as you go through your daily routine. “Wear me” they seem to say. Why we get these feelings is a mystery. Research into why men want to […]
Our young crossdresser, Chanelle Nirok, is always keeping an eye out when in boy mode for ladies she can date. Come to think of it, she’s doing that in femme mode, too. To add more of a method to the hunt she has taken experience from her old job where she interviewed people to turn them into sales leads and adapted it to finding eligible dates. For the low down on how you can use Chanelle’s method, read on.
When a crossdresser finally reaches the point where they can no longer just dress up in the closet and take photos, when they have to step across the threshold and venture out into public en femme, there are some things that everyone does. Victoria Williams goes on location to run through some of the “first time out” behaviors that many of us have indulged in.
Dina stirs up a mess of tasty stuff today. She’s gotten the ingredients together from the news and blended them with her own special spices to create a delicious Dina’s Diner entree. There’s The Prancing Elites, a mom who was a showgirl, a mom with a low class look, a female who crossdressed to lead an army, comments on prom dresses, and a bit more. It all makes for another great day in Dina’s Diner.
