Recent Transgender Articles
The Week In Transgenderism 11/17/14
Lypsinka is back! Philadelphia drag performers attempt to set a world record. Elle Fanning portrays a trans teen boy. Miami-Dade County is set to enact trans protections. Mexico City simplifies name and gender change. Australia is urged to treat trans kids differently. Andreja Pejic is in the news. A Thai modeling agency reps trans models. Hijra in Bangladesh celebrate pride. TDOR is this week. Drag queens cavort at Indochine. College drag shows! RuPaul’s makeup man has a photo exhibit. Another photo exhibit documents the East London drag scene. L.A.’s Bad Suns release a music video on gender identity issues. All that and more is in TWIT!
Perpetual Change: Music — Drag rockers Jodi Jolt and The Volt
Pamela DeGroff interviews drag rockers Jodi Jolt and The Volt. The band is from Rhode Island and it performs all around New England. Learn all about them in the interview. Then Pamela does mini reviews of several new music offerings you may want to listen, dance to — or both. We feature tracks from the artists and some video. Check out news from the music segment of entertainment in Perpetual Change.
True Happiness on Holiday
Can trans people really go home for the holidays? They can but do they then limit themselves to the role their family insists on seeing them in? Even if they are “out” to their family do they still have to “tone it down” or be more demure? The holidays always bring stress and if a trans person’s family is just “putting up” with their trans relative can we really expect to have happy holidays? The Artist D has some advice for the approaching holiday season.
Which Patty Keene: The 13-Year-Old Boy or the 16-Year-Old Young Woman?
Linda Jensen records the story of one gorgeous transsexual and finds out that the lady’s first inklings of femininity had less to do with sexual urges or a feeling she should have been born a woman and more to do with a twelve year old boy finding he could pass and be respected as an older teen if he presented as a girl. In Chapter 2 Patty manages to go away to school — as a girl.
Dawn Benedict — TV Private Eye: Chapter 3: A Suspect, of Sorts
In Chapter 1 of “Murder at the Lavender and Leather” TV detective Dawn Benedict is hired to investigate the murder of a woman in the restroom of a popular lesbian bar. The murder victim’s girlfriend hires Benedict since as a crossdresser Benedict has a better chance of blending in with the clientele. In Chapter 2 Benedict starts the investigation and visits The Lavender and Leather. Things didn’t go well. There was another murder and Dawn was outed as a TV. What will happen in this Chapter?
I Remember Her Well
November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every year when November rolls around Linda Jensen thinks of a trans woman she met while on vacation in California. She was an aerospace technician and she told Linda she was on the road to living full-time in her chosen gender role. They stayed in touch now and then but after no communication for awhile Linda saw her friend’s name in the newspaper.
Dr. Sherman Leis on the Rarity of Sex Change Reversal
(Philadelphia, PA) Recently, there has been much controversy in the news surrounding the issue of, “how young is too young for transgender teens to undergo sex change operations?” As more and more transgender people, including teenagers and children are becoming more comfortable outing themselves in today’s society, this question often arises once they begin to […]
The Week In Transgenderism 11/10/14
Loki the Trickster is gender fluid. The trans candidate in Nevada lost. An artist does a show about (possibly) transgender saints. Lea T has an historic new gig. Discovery Life Channel has a TG docu-series coming next year. Starbucks in Canada uses “Drag Race” stars in a commercial. Chelsea Manning files a lawsuit. Why do trans men get pregnant? A trans woman is the 2014 LGBT Engineer of the Year. A trans boy raps about being TG. Malaysia moves toward stopping mistreatment of TGs by the law. All that and much more is waiting for you in this TWIT!
Progesterone for Breast Development?
Dana Bevan is not a medical doctor but she does know what the scientific evidence says about taking progesterone as part of MtF TS hormone therapy with regard to breast development. Clinicians are divided on the subject but there are those MtF TS and doctors who swear it makes a big difference, and public information sources support the MtF TS contentions.
Video Fashion Tip — Hair
Today Victoria Williams has a Video Fashion Tip all about hair. Choosing the best style of hair to flatter your face is important for you overall image. Even if you’re dressed in the finest fashion a hairdo that doesn’t work will lessen your attractiveness and you won’t feel your best.
What To Do While Dressed
For many crossdressers after the ritual of beautification and transformation has been completed the question of “What do I do now?” pops up. Of course going online and looking at TGForum is always a good option to exercise at such times, but perhaps you feel you should do something more since you’ve gone through you makeover process and look so good. Chanelle Nirok has a few suggestions on what to do while dressed.
Sirena Attends the Fair — FanFair 2014
We welcome Sirena Rivera as a TGForum Contributor. Sirena was at Fantasia Fair 2014 last month and she promised to write something for us about her experience there. It took her s few weeks to get settled down from the feelings of liberation and peace that she found there so it’s taken till now for her to share her report with us.
The Red Pill or the Blue Pill
In the movie, The Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo two pills. If he takes the Blue Pill, he goes back to his former life, never knowing anything other than what life was like before. Taking the Red Pill, however, will show him the truth about the world he lives in and he will forever be changed. […]
Earthly Riches, or Riches of the Spirit?
Did you see the lottery this last week? Three hundred and twenty-six million dollars is one heck of a jackpot. The Mega Millions lottery will pay the ridiculous amount of money to one winner. IF that person invests those riches wisely, they will be set for life. It probably comes as no surprise that when […]
TGF User’s Halloween Pix
We put out the call for Halloween photos of TGF users and today we bring you the pictures in our TGF User’s Halloween Pic pictorial. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
The Occasional Woman — Fashions that flatter
Not all fashions look good on all body types. That is the message Lorraine Anderson is spreading in today’s Occasional Woman post. While some styles can be very attractive on one body type when worn by someone with the opposite body type they emphasize all the unattractive aspects. Give Lorraine’s advice a read and do the most for your body type.
The Week In Transgenderism 11/3/14
The Miss International Queen pageant is under way. There’s only one out trans attorney in Dallas County. The High Heel Race happened in D.C. Kye Allums is in a new documentary. Aetna will start covering GRS. Scotland hosts a gender conference. A trans woman is on the ballot in Nevada. Elle Fanning will portray a trans man teen. All that plus a lot more and several TWIT Awards is waiting for you in TWIT!
Wondering About Halloween
Halloween can be a major turning point for trans people. Whether you fall on the crossdressing end of the spectrum or are more toward the transsexual end often times a TG person’s first time out of their closet in feminine attire, or masculine attire for FtMs, is Halloween. It’s the perfect time to try out the identity you’ve been longing to express. This month Sophie Lynne does some wondering about Halloween.
A Christine-Jane Cartoon 11/14
Christine-Jane has been commenting on the crossdressing lifestyle for years. First appearing in trans-magazines and newsletters before there was an Internet, she now comes to TGForum to skewer crossdresser foibles and fears with her pens and pencils. If the ladies in her cartoons seem familiar it’s because they are. We’ve all either met them or been them. Today: The hazards of being too sexy.
How Do You Get a Close Shave?
The first step to looking like a woman is to get rid of your facial hair. Those who are going on along the path to full time female presentation can use lasers and electrolysis to banish their beard forever. Part time ladies who dress on the weekend and fill the male role at other times have to master the art of getting a close shave. Just how do you get a close shave?
The Henri David Halloween Ball
Every year on Halloween night Henri David, a local jeweler in Philadelphia, throws his Halloween Ball. What started as a house party in 1968 now attracts a crowd of over 2000 people in the ballroom of a downtown hotel. Among the many fantastic fantasy costumes you can always find many males in female attire. Some […]
Be Your Own Shoe Designer?
We have to thank TGF reader Jan Brown for letting us know about a shoe website that allows you to design your own shoes. That in itself is wild enough but add to that that they do sizes up to 15 and you have a can’t lose shoe buying experience. The company is located in […]
Angela’s After Halloween Party
The Philadelphia area was loaded with Halloween costume parties all week long but even after the big bash, Henry David’s Halloween Ball, there were still a few hardy TGs who wanted to get into costume one more time. So Angela’s Laptop Lounge obliged with a Saturday night, After Halloween Party on November 1. Here are […]
The Week In Transgenderism 10/27/14
Meet the “queens” of Scotland. A trans woman has won a landmark determination against the Army. A teacher comes out to the whole school. A trans fire fighter is a poster person. Jane Doe is suing. The star of “Transmormon” is happy her church condemns her. Sharon Needles tells all. Miz Cracker offers Halloween drag advice. Rhode Island makes it easier. Geena Rocero spoke at the HRC’s annual dinner. Fallon Fox is making waves. All that and more plus a couple of TWIT Awards is packed into this edition of TWIT!
Dina’s Diner 10/27/14
Ooooo kids, it’s almost Halloween! That’s scary enough but Dina Amberle finds going out for the first time in drag to an event with your family or co-workers to be really, really scary. She what advice she has on what to do for Halloween, along with her thoughts on an opera singer who gave up her career, Jimmy Choo going public and big butts. It’s all part of the delicious mix that can only be found at Dina’s Diner.
Fishnets, Naughty or Nice
They were only worn by can-can dancers in the 1800s but now fishnet hose can be worn for any occasion from a night of passionate romance to a day at the office. The sexy fishnet, whether gartered hose or tights, somehow makes the leg sexier while simultaneously exposing skin and covering it up. Tasi Zuriack explores fishnet hose, from where they’ve been to where they are today.
