Recent Transgender Articles
The Week In Transgenderism 10/22/12
Sharon Needles is a cannibal zombie. StormMiguel Florez is a Manhattan drinking zombie. The Thai airline with TG flight attendants is no longer aloft. The East Aurora school district teased TGs with rights. A drag queen running for City Council in Maine. Xelle has a new video. It’s in TWIT!
Apples and Oranges
Some people scrimp and save, clipping coupons and planning their shopping because they have to. Some do it out of habit or custom. Today The Artist D compares apples and oranges.
Perpetual Change — Michelle Garcia, Part 2
Last month, Perpetual Change posted the first part of our most recent interview with multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist Michelle Garcia. She was first introduced to TGForum readers in 2006. Since that time, Michelle has recorded several CD’s and has an autobiographical film detailing her life and art. Here’s Part 2.
SCC — One Girl’s Adventure: Part 2
Last week Linda reported on the start of a long phone conversation she had with her friend Leah. They were talking about Leah’s trip to Atlanta to attend this year’s Southern Comfort Conference. The conversation continued as Leah recounted to Linda how she spent her days and nights in Atlanta.
Research on the wives of crossdressers: Questionnaire II. Report 3
Richard F. Docter, PhD is a retired college professor and clinical psychologist. Dee A. Levy is the Founder of the website, Crossdresserswives.com. They’ve collaborated on research about the wives of crossdressers. Here is a report on their research.
The Week In Transgenderism 10/15/12
Chaz Bono fund raises for a GOP candidate. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” features all stars. Ron Perlman talks about playing a TS. A Chinese “Idol group” features 200 sexy CDs. Walton Goggins plays a TG call girl on “Sons of Anarchy.” Black Madam goes on trial. Susan Stanton gets a new job. All in TWIT!
Southern Comfort Conference — One Girl’s Adventure
Linda’s friend, Leah, calls her to talk about the great time she had at the world’s most famous and well-attended transgender conference. Leah has so much to say it will take us two weeks to tell it to you.
On Trans Autobiographies
Last month Dallas Denny posted a list of transgender autobiographies. This month she comments on how useful some of the works are in providing real, useful information about transgender issues. Are some autobiographies better than others? Find out what Dalla thinks.
Obama: The Most Transgender-Friendly President Ever– Re-elect Him!
Dallas Denny wants you to know the facts of the Obama Administration’s favorable attitude toward LBGT people. All she has to do is list the actions of the Administration in the area of LGBT rights and protections. It’s quite a list.
David de Alba — Video and Concert News
At 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 11 David de Alba, friend of TGF, will take the stage at The Onyx Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform his show “de Alba’s Garland Forever, David de Alba’s Loving Tribute to Judy Garland.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race Goes All Star
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars premiers on October 22. To get people excited about the competition the show’s producers have put together a new season featuring queens from all the past seasons. To promote the all stars they have released videos introducing the contestants. Shade will be pitched, lips will be glossed. May the best […]
The Week In Transgenderism 10/8/12
It’s transgender news from around the world. The dad in England who’s now a mom. The TS who has gotten insurance to cover her SRS. Sahara Davenport is dead at 27. A Canadian MP is outraged at “transgendered men” in the lady’s room. Jesus and drag queens?
TransVocalizers — Jade London
Canadian performer Jade London does it all. She’s a designer, a singer, a lip sync diva, a pageant winner, and a recording artist. While doing all that she had time to chat with our Pamela DeGroff for the TransVocalizers column.
Season of Dreams
In this post Sophie incorrectly states that our editor Angela Garnder said Halloween is the high holy day for CDs. JoAnn Roberts told Angela that while they were at a Halloween ball and Angela stole it. But Sophie’s right, Halloween is the biggest excuse for dressing up.
The Week In Transgenderism 10/1/12
From around the world and up your street! The finasteride TG is still in the news. The McDonald’s attacker is caught. Young TGs in England get a visit from the police. Lea T in Milan. Kinky Boots opens in Chicago. “trAnnie” creates conflict down under. Dr. Who in a dress. Drag in Vegas. And more!
Dina’s Diner Oct 1, 2012
Dina Amberle brings us a steaming potpourri of tidbits and delicacies she has found in the news. From pop stars embracing weight gain to men growing breasts when they don’t want them, to androgynous male models who model women’s clothing on the runway, Dina cooks it, stirs it and serves it in Dina’s Diner.
I Love That Dress But It’s From China
The rule in shopping since ancient times has always been “Let the buyer beware.” As in wary of a deal that sounds too good. When you can buy merchandise on your computer and have it shipped to you from halfway round the world the old rule is more important than ever.
The Week In Transgenderism 9/24/12
We have news of transgender South American teachers. There’s another big flap brewing over Michelle Kosilek. It’s ladyboys on pachyderms in Thailand. A Peacock is a queen in Missouri. A drag queen says she was forced to serve time in the women’s jail. All that and much more is waiting in TWIT.
Perpetual Change — Michelle Garcia, Part 1
Pamela DeGroff interviews musician, songwriter, singer and actress Michelle Garcia is this edition of Perpetual Change. Garcia, whose musical influences range from Bonnie Raitt to Santana, Frank Zappa, Sheryl Crow and Chrissie Hynde, has been making music her whole life. Meet this musical TG in Perpetual Change.
The Artist D Sounding Off — Resistance is Fertile
This week The Artist D asks the question, “What are we giving up on?” Our society seems to be built upon the thesis that you should never give up. But do we know what it is we really want? If we don’t then what are we giving up or not giving up on? The Artist D takes some time from her vacation to expound.
The Scales of Justice
To some people giving TG prisoners hormones and SRS is humane treatment which avoids “cruel and unusual punishment.” To others it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars and a failure of commonsense. The case of convicted killer Michelle Kosliek has got Dee Levy riled up. See what you think of today’s column.
When Legends Meet
David de Alba, the last member of Finocchio’s cast of fabulous female impersonators to still be performing, is doing it again this November at The Onyx Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show happens on November 11 and it is a tribute to Judy Garland. While he was rehearsing for the show David de Alba, […]
The Week In Transgenderism 9/17/12
A drag performer makes it on to The X Factor. A transwoman in Philadelphia is murdered. Anderson Cooper interviews the person who said an anti=baldness drug made her transgendered. Honey Boo Boo Child may be dueting with RuPaul. An influential critic of poetry is a crossdresser. And more!
A Comprehensive List of Trans Autobiographies
Before the 1990s if you were out and transgendered you didn’t have much of a chance to publish anything like a novel, scientific literature, short stories or even poems. The two niche markets open to the out TG were writing for other TGs in newsletters and magazine. The other was autobiographies.
Tabloids and Men’s Soft Core — Part 6
This is the sixth in our TGF Rerun series examining how we classy transgendered folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids and men’s magazines. Men were the target audience for these publications, and their yellowed yellow journalism tells us how we looked to some guys in the years between 1949 and 1977.
Crossdressing For The Team
Linda recently had dinner with a man who told her of his early years when his mother needed him to help her by wearing women’s clothes. At first to Linda it all sounded too much like a story of forced feminization but in the end she decided it just could be true. What do you think?
