In 1998 TGForum featured an essay by Dallas Denny on the idea of the “transsexual script.” She discussed the Harry Benjamin model of the “perfect” TS and talked about how that standard began to change in the early 1990s. After taking a look at both models Dallas still has questions.
The Artist D believes that you can never tell when a momentary encounter with another person — be it on the street or in their art — will change your life forever. And perhaps you have affected other people simply by your presence in the world. But what’s that got to do with “Too Wong Foo. . .”?
Dee Levy feels it’s a father’s duty to keep his crossdressing hidden from a pre-teen or teenage son. And that the CD should never be sure that he won’t be interrupted while dressing up, or while dressed up, by his son’s unexpected return home. See if you agree with her thesis.
Young Dallas Denny didn’t get much of a girlhood. For the most part she had to imagine being one of the girls. Then in her junior year she got some clothes and makeup and dressed up for an afternoon now and then. Find out what it was like being a trans student.
Is “passing” as a woman a necessary thing? Our “man in a dress” thinks passing as a crossdresser having a great time is a better goal. How did Graham give up passing and just start wearing women’s clothing as his clothing? He tells us today in this post.
Christine Burr has filed another Thailand report. This one reviews the treatment in the foreign press there of ladyboys accused of criminal activities. A dim view should be taken of criminals but should they be excoriated more because they are transgendered? Read Misdemeanours.
Does the LGBT community have its priorities askew when it comes to the quest for gay marriage. As a TG who has had two husbands she wasn’t legally “married” to The Artist D feels qualified to discuss why pushing for marriage rights my be a distraction from a more urgent goal.
Our ex-CD’s wife has a question that may help some CDs understand why your partner is upset (to say the least) that you never told them about your crossdressing till you couldn’t take it anymore and her she had to accept you or else. Would you want that for your daughter?
Linda Jensen continues her series on the former Queen Mary Show Lounge in Los Angeles. Today she is stalking the “admirer” in his natural habitat. Linda profiles the admirers from The Queen as they would have been seen through the eyes of a popular television show from the past.
Sophie Lynne applies the basic laws of physics to the transgendered condition. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. (And we thought that was just a marketing ploy by Kenneth Cole.) Sophie explains that actions result in consequences. But no action means no progress. Find out how she feels about objects in motion.
Thailand’s exotic ladyboys are easily romanticized, as is the profession of prostitution. For some being paid for sexual favors seems like a dream. For the majority of the sex workers in Thailand it’s more of a nightmare. Needing the cash to pay for GRS they have no choice but to be a “hostess.”
At times it is not an easy thing to be a crossdresser anywhere. And right or wrong, my perception from living here, is that the upper Midwest is one of the tougher places for a guy to embrace his feminine side. Faced with that perception I had two options. One would be to try to repress […]
Don’t ask The Artist D what’s the “in” look is for this season. She doesn’t give a damn. She has her own style and it just comes naturally without any adherence to fashion rules or attention to fashion does and don’ts. How about freakish looking surgical enhancements? She has an opinion on that too. Find out in “Baby Ugly.”
Barbra Casbar Siperstein will be posting columns about the fight for transgender rights across the United States. Today she writes about the importance of the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women act with the inclusion of “gender identity.”
Our crossdresser’s wife expert Dee Levy thinks that crossdressers who lie to their spouse by not disclosing that they are crossdressers before the nuptials may be exposing themselves to a lawsuit after the truth comes out and the wife throws him out. Why? Because the trauma may require years of expensive therapy.
Sophie Lynne loves art and literature, and movies with a message. She’s a big fan of Shakespeare. What’s that got to do with being transgendered? Sophie finds that it has everything to do with being transgendered. And today she explains the connection in What’s a Meta For?
Today our correspondent in Thailand discusses how many transgendered people are so dominated by their gender issues that they rush to start hormones or get surgery when they haven’t taken time to make a rational plan on how to proceed. Rational? What’s that?
We welcome a new contributor, Graham Holmes. Graham lives in England and is not at all concerned with “passing” or projecting a femme side. He is happy wearing dresses (and other feminine attire) and is a content man in a dress. Read about what it’s like just doing what you want.
The Artist D! is feeling as if she is ripping in two. Her femme side is an outgoing, artistic woman who loves glamor and all that falls under that label. Her male persona is a drab fella who plods thorough the work day. What’s The Artist D! to do?
We reported that San Francisco may honor Vicki Marlane, a performer from the old school of drag who was a female impersonator from the early ’50s ’til her GRS in the early ’80 when she became a TG performer. Vicki passes away in 2011. David de Alba wrote to share some memories of Vicki.
Last month Dallas Denny’s column was a reprint of her original 1993 Chrysalis article, Transsexualism at Forty. This month Dallas look at the first three of her twelve observations from the original paper to see how they hold up two decades later.
Sophie Lynne is a proud Progressive and she has definite views on which political party is the one that’s doing positive things for LGBT people. In her TGF post today she takes look at President Obama’s inaugural speech and how he expressed support for GLBT people.
TGF’s Internet’s First Superstar, The Artist D, is very concerned about screen time. Not how much time she’s on screen. She’s talking about how much time she spends looking at screens. As a publication presented on a screen we’re not sure we can get behind this piece but go ahead and give Screening a read.
Our TG fiction expert Sophie Lynne takes a look at another Chris Burrows book. This one is “A Tranny’s Nine Wishes.” Does Sophie give it a good review? Not exactly. See what she thinks in “Silver Linings.”
Our correspondent in Thailand asks the question many in the TG community voice: What are we doing being allies of the LGBs? LGBT rights are advancing but does the alliance benefit or hurt TGs? And what rights do TGs really want? See what Christine Burr thinks in: So — what’s the real story?
