Recent Transgender Articles
The Week In Transgenderism 9/10/12
This week we’ve got the first official in Vietnam. A former male comic is now a female comic. A convicted murderer wins the right to GRS in jail. There were 13 TG delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Buck Angel starts a FtM dating site. Lana Wachowski speaks about transition. And more!
The Most Common Accessory
There’s one accessory that no crossdresser can be with out. It goes with all different styles and almost always shows you to your best advantage. It’s compact, but not a compact. It fits in your purse and uses batteries. No dirty thoughts! Most of us can’t be without it. Find out what it is in Our Ultimate Accessory.
The Week In Transgenderism 9/3/12
RuPaul is getting her own comic book. Janet Mock is speaking to a LGBTQ youth conference. The TG delegate to the Democratic National Convention delivers a sermon. One of us has been elected to the Democratic National Committee. Jennifer Leitham is in a movie. Toyota crosses more gender lines. More!
Earrings on an Elephant — Choosing earrings that flatter your face
Earrings can be an important fashion accessory or they can lead to style doom. To make sure you’re using earrings only for good and not fashion evil do not miss Tasi Zuriack’s essay on the art of wearing earrings. Tasi reveals what the right earrings can do for you.
The Week In Transgenderism 8/227/12
Andrej Pejic has competition on the catwalk. Right wing haters find a new target for their attack ads. Michael Musto reveals the 5 worst types of drag queens. A transman in Virginia is in jail for forgery. He put an “M” on his marriage certificate. Meet Japanese crossdressers. “Real Housewives” keeps it real with a queen.
The Artist D Sounding Off — Women Wear Pants
Today The Artist D talks about femininity, androgyny and masuclinity. Why do we feel feminine when we put on a dress? Is the dress what makes us feminine or does that come from inside? There are women who wear pants and never wear dresses yet they remain feminine. Can you be feminine in pants?
Perpetual Change — Paul Iwancio
Perpetual Change interviews Paul Iwancio, a singer and songwriter from Baltimore, who is an active supporter of transgendered people. Pamela DeGroff featured him in her column in 2005. Now she catches up with Paul and learns about his marriage and new project Ella’s Umbrella. Pam also has other music news.
Hip Hop Hopes
Hip hop and rap are musical genres that have been dominated by macho men who express hatred of gays and transgendered people in their lyrics. Some rappers have advocated shooting gay people. Now Dee Levy sees hope that the rap world is beginning to change toward a more tolerant view of gays and TGs.
The Week In Transgenderism 8/20/12
The TGF staffers spend the week scouring the World Wide Web for anything that remotely resembles TG related news. This week they’ve done it again! There’s news of pageant winning in Canada, TG students getting a break in Philly, and much much more.
No More ‘Fallout Shelter’ For Some
Linda finds a transgender support group where more and more of the members are posting messages affirming success and acceptance when they take their femme persona out in public.
The Real ID Act: A Catastrophe in the Making
In 2005 a Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed into law the Real ID Act of 2005. It is a draconian law that forces everyone with a driver’s license to bring their proof of birth to the DMV to turn that license into a national ID card. It’s a nightmare for all but definitely for TGs.
Tabloids and Men’s Soft Core — Part 5
TGF Rerun: This is the 5th in our series from the late ’90s examining how TG folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids, the progenitors of the supermarket sensational press, and risqué men’s magazines; an innocent genre of porn which was more naughty than raunchy.
The Week In Transgenderism 8/13/12
Liza was onstage with drag queens. The Affordable Care Act will protect TGs needing healthcare. What’s so bad about a boy in a dress? Sean Bean looks sexy in his dress. Ron Pealman, not so good. Half and half photography from NYC. A host of TWIT Awards and a lot more. It’s what we call TWIT!
Happy Together
Many crossdressers spend a long time hiding in their closets. They work on their femme image alone with only their camera and Internet friends. While not demeaning that expression of femininity Sophie Lynne takes some time to explain the benefits of walking out the door for the first time.
TransVocalizers — David de Alba Sings
Pamela DeGroff has covered the legendary performer David de Alba several times. This time it’s different. Pamela is reviewing samples of audio that was provided by friends of David’s. Some of it was recorded at Finnochio’s. And we’re presenting some of the clips here. Pam also reviews new music from Cyndy Lauper.
Work With What You’ve Got
Body types and masculine characteristics can definitely handicap your chances at passing as a woman. We can’t all be Marilyn Monroe. Maybe, if we’re honest and assess our faults and pluses, we can learn to be the best woman we can be by working with what we’ve got.
The Week In Transgenderism 8/6/12
From across the pond and down the road we gather all the transgender related news we can find and we call it The Week In Transgenderism. This week: a play about Lindsay Lohan, Wardrobe freedom at Oxford. The Drag Race All Stars. Chinese crossdressing. Dr. Sherman Leis, and a whole lot more!
What Is Chic?
You’ve heard people say it. “That is so chic.” Or “Tres chic.” What does it really mean? Is it being fashionable? Is it following the latest trends? Is it having style? Whatever “chic” is it’s not an easy quality to explain. That’s where Tasi Zuriack steps in. Today Tasi digs in to answer the question, “What is chic?”
The Week In Transgenderism 7/29/12
A young TG from Ohio has paid over $70,000 to look like Britney Spears. A TG student in England was told to go home and put on a boy’s school uniform. Willam is riled up at a certain chicken chain. There’s a new foreign center for SRS. It’s all in TWIT!
The Artist D Sounding Off — Age is a Numbers Thing
The Artist D is pretty much against all imposed characteristics, those imposed by society that is. And she’s all for people acting their age. She just feels you should act the age you feel not the age society says you are.
Perpetual Change — “A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie” by Baby Dee
Pamela DeGroff is a big booster of musicians who can actually play their instruments. That’s why she’s a big champion of the musician, composer and singer Baby Dee. She reviews Baby Dee’s “A Book of Songs For Anne Marie.”
Crossdressing and No Fault Divorce
Dee Levy feels there’s always someone to blame when a marriage hits the rocks and breaks apart. And she warns that while many states have No Fault Divorce the states that don’t are sure to have crossdresser’s wives saving evidence for the trial.
The Letter
For some reason radical feminists are upset about transsexuals. Are they not really feminists but just a man haters club? Quit possibly. A publisher was set to release a book by a radical feminist. Dallas Denny and and Jamison Green sent the publisher a letter and told them to stop.
Leah Does Chicago
Linda meets a good friend who tells Linda about her adventures going to and being at the 2012 Be All Conference in Chicago. As a result Linda learns an important lesson about the benefits of transgender conferences.
Tabloids & Men’s Soft Core — Part Four
This is the fourth installment of our TGF Rerun series examining how TGs were portrayed in cheap tabloids in past decades. 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. This installment ran in TGF in 1998.
The Week In Transgenderism 7/16/12
Harisu has a video for her new single release. A movie about hijra is pulling big crowds in India. The Episcopal Church authorizes TG priests. There are more documentaries about TGs. A transwoman wants to be Korea’s next Top Model. How is Doc Severinson connected to the TG world? Find out all about it in TWIT!
