Columnist Sophie Lynne runs into a person who gets her upset enough that she feels like stepping up onto her soap box to loudly proclaim why the whole TG community should try to be a community and not look down on any segment of our sisters and brothers.
Time. “Time keeps flowing like a river.” “Life is too short, so why waste precious time?” Insert another song reference here. Time is very precious to a closeted cross dresser as any moment we have as our fem-selves is absolute gold. Makes sense — time is money after all. So extra time as Sophie is […]
Linda recounts a conversation with a friend where she extols the physiological and social benefits of physical fitness for today’s crossdresser. “What do sports have to do with crossdressing?” I was asked when it was announced that the topic of my presentation to the next support group meeting would be ‘Sports, Fitness and the Crossdresser’. […]
Sophie file this before the Christmas holiday. Ho, Ho, and who you callin’ a Ho? It’s Sophie Lynne and it’s Christmas. I guess it’d be more “politically correct” to say it’s (fill in the blank) but let’s face it: here in the US Christmas is everywhere and permeates everything. Can’t avoid it, even by lighting […]
Linda Jensen has to make a big decision and she’s asking for your help. Which will it be? Wig 1, 2 or 3?
Hey everyone! There’s a new girl on TGForum and she’s written her first post. It’s about Thanksgiving. Check out the first contribution from Sophie Lynne. Sophie Lynne So here we are nearing the end of another year. A few days ago we residents of the USA had a holiday: Thanksgiving. The holiday is supposed to […]
I hate transsexuals. Well, that’s not exactly true. Granted, I don’t care for the phenomenon where if you get two TSs together, within minutes the topic goes to hormones, what they’re taking, and at what dosage. No, I don’t hate transsexuals. I hate how they make me feel. And when I say that, I mean […]
Back in March of this year I wrote a TransActive column entitled The Prostitution Proposition in which I explored the pros and cons of “full contact†sexwork. I covered the risks both obvious — arrest, violence, disease — and not so obvious — the possible psychological and social impact — all of this drawn from […]
In consideration of others seated near you as well as our international broadcast audience, please refrain from blowing your vuvuzelas during this month’s issue of Dina’s Diner. GLEN OR GLENDA, IN OR OUTTA THE OFFICE The syndicated Dear Abby advice column is still appearing in newspapers around the country. On June 6, 2010, Abby (now […]
To All Our Loyal Readers: I’ve spent much of my off hours this week at the LA Film Festival, so this article isn’t as robust as I’d like to have presented. (Ed. Note: Christine did speak with Calpernia Addams and includes that interview in this column.) Many if not most important choices come as double-edged […]
For the past few months Linda Jensen has been telling us about her relationship with Martin, a fine gentleman, a professional engineer and an admirer of crossdressers. In this column Linda meets Martin, at an exclusive Toronto hotel. He offers Linda his advice on how a crossdresser can make herself attractive to the (not quite) […]
TransActive: How To Tell Him (or Her) by Christine Beatty Okay, to be perfectly honest I’m all written out. I just sent off my latest novel, Homegirl, to my literary manager and so I don’t feel like writing a damn thing for a few more weeks. However, I don’t want to leave all of you […]
It’s Monday again! And that means we roll out a brand new issue of TGForum. Even though it’s now the 21st century and electronic publishing on the Web means anything we publish hangs around forever (unless JoAnn forgets to pay the bill for the server space) we tend to still relate to the world in […]
“The issue is us versus them. Any us versus any them.â€Â With these words from her groundbreaking play Hidden: A Gender Kate Bornstein summarizes what may be humanity’s greatest downfall: divisiveness. Yet at the same time, drawing the lines also forms the basis of identity politics that can be empowering. In other words, “us versus […]
Being a working musician brings with it a certain degree of behind-the-scenes stress few fans or audience members are ever aware of. When you’re a trans musician, there’s a lot more to deal with than just your write-rehearse-record-tour schedule. Regardless of what genré your music falls into, it’s almost a given that at some time […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies there comes a film such a giant step backward for the transgender community, it disheartens one we may ever achieve social acceptance within the next generation of transwomen. For those of you not acquainted with the stink surrounding the latest cinematic bashing […]
It’s no big secret I worked as a pre-op TS prostitute during my first transition in 1985 and 1986, a fact I raise to illustrate what bigotry and discrimination can do. Every month or so a fellow transwoman, usually one in her mid-twenties or younger, learns I had been a prostitute back then, and then […]
“You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.†— Ancient folk wisdom “Profanity and obscenity entitle people who don’t want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.†— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Those of you who read last month’s TransActive may recall the tiny clique of angry transwomen who […]
This month Miss Kalina Isato talks about why we should all strive to be a ma’am and not a man; she gives us her restroom and dressing room views; tells what it’s like being someone’s muse; expounds on why youth is but a ruse, beauty studies in the news, and much, much more. Speaking of […]
You need a makeover because from time to time we all fall into a rut. And the dirt and scratches do nothing for us. Seriously, I’ve been doing this crossdressing thing for quite some time and in years gone by I’ve done the over-the-top look for drag events or clubbing in NYC but for the […]
Fanatics of every stripe are pretty much a bummer to hang out with after awhile. . . unless you’re a fellow fanatic. They tend to be shrill, angry, single minded, self-righteous, unhinged, unable to absorb reason, unwilling to examine their beliefs, repetitive to the point of agony and they don’t know how to shut the […]
Apparently the Obama Administration solicited artistic contributions for the Christmas tree decorations in its first yuletide season in the White House. One of the contributions included decoupaged Christmas balls with images of Chairman Mao and semi-famous drag personage Hedda Lettuce. The professional Obama haters saw this as yet another signal of national descent into the […]
Christine Beatty’s first idea for her column this month was a lighthearted take on New Year’s resolutions. She had it all planned out but something else came up at the last minute. One of us had dropped out of the community and Christine learned that the dropout had committed suicide. The lighthearted topic had to […]
Kalina talks about the body, the body, and more body, the Barry, the baggy, the hairy, the scruffy, the androgyny, the clublife, and more.
Just in case you’re wondering about the title, this column is not about Walter L. Williams’ 1992 book on sexual diversity in American Indian culture, although I’m sure it’s a fascinating read. No, this month we’re talking about that one topic my mother said never should be discussed at the Thanksgiving dinner table (or under […]
Kalina talks about her art class, Krispy Kreme counter people, Chelsea art galleries, cheap men, cuteness, Clublife, and more.
