Recent Transgender Articles
New Features Debut Today
We’ve added now features to TGForum and made some changes to existing features. To learn what’s new and what is changed or gone be sure to read this post by TGF Publisher JoAnn Roberts. New features include: A new Discussion Board, Photo Galleries, TGF Event List, Real Time Chat. And more!
The Week In Transgenderism – 12/12/11
It’s The Week In Transgenderism! Nikki Araguz is sentenced for theft. A British TS is a real life Barbie. Chrissy Lee Polis, the McDonald’s beating victim reports a stolen purse and is arrested for disturbing the peace. All that and more is in TWIT!
Reflections as 2011 Comes to a Close
Dallas Denny contrasts the treatment of TGs in the ’80s to the way we are treated today. She finds that while we have made an enormous amount of progress as we get closer to the mainstream, we’re not there yet.
Linda Jensen — A Date Recalled
Linda tries to recreate the experiences she had on an earlier visit to Orlando. She finds you can go back to the same places but you have to remember that time brings change.
Julian Eltinge: Mainstream Songstress
By the end of the 20th century drag performances had become mainstream. Films and Broadway shows featuring drag were not considered shocking. But did you know that drag was mainstream at the beginning of the 20th century? Meet Julian Eltinge.
The Week In Transgenderism 12/5/11
An FtM in Texas wins his case. Lea T is on the cover of Brazilian Elle. American Samoa wins for the first time ever with a TG team member. Khloe Kardashian, the moody one, attacks a trans woman. Neil Patrick Harris used the T word. Boy George has turned 50. It’s all in TWIT!
TVocalizers — Year End Music and Gift Guide
It’s time for what has become a year end review of sorts for TVocalizers and Perpetual Change. Think of this as quick re-cap of some of the music by trans artists who have been featured in TGForum throughout the year. It’s Pamela DeGroff’s gift-giving suggestion service.
Mirror at the End
For a part time girl, or a woman who can only be herself for short periods of time, “pumpkin time,” when the makeup and wig must come off and femininity must be packed away till another day, can be the saddest time. At the end of the night there is always a face in the mirror.
TG Books — The Lady of l’Aigle
The Lady of l’Aigle A Novel by Patrick M. Henry A young British sailor, David Blake, is rescued unconscious from the beach at Le Touquet by members of the French Resistance. He never imagines the event will eventually lead to his being accepted as one of the most glamorous female impressionist entertainers in Occupied France. […]
A Dina’s Diner Special — Britney’s 30!
Britney Spears, a woman who some thought would never make it to 30, has reached that milestone birthday. Dina Amberle was moved to provide a Dina’s Diner Special about the big event.
Calling All Writers and Reporters
TGForum has been on the Web for a long while and in that time we have been blessed with a variety of creative content producers. People like Pamela DeGroff and Hebe Dotson have typed their manicures to the bone to give us great articles, and in Hebe’s case, solid TG fiction. Contributions from them and […]
TGF Rerun — Transgenderism In Greek Mythology
In 1997 we brought subscribers Hebe Dotson’s articles on transgenderism in Greek mythology. We run them again as a TGF Rerun. Hebe summarizes several TG-related stories from Greek and Roman mythology. Part 1 covers Achilles, Dionysus, and Procris.
Change Is In The Air
Important news about TGForum ad best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving are both in this post from Editor Angela Gardner. There have been some changes made to TGF and there are more on the way. There is need of your input, so there’s a survey to take.
The Story of a Big Glittery Sweater Wearing Turkey
You’ve seen them. The glittery, Christmas tree embroidered, bejeweled, holiday sweater. People who often seem to display taste through the rest of the year will show up at a holiday gathering in these atrocities. Get tips on better holiday dressing, read The Artist D!
Perpetual Change — Le Sorelle Marinetti
Le Sorelle Marinetti is the subject of Perpetual Change this month. They specialize in 1930s-40s era music that was popular in Italy and the U.S. They even dress the part. Backed by the Orchestra Maniscalchi. Meet Le Sorelle Marinetti in Pam DeGroff’s Perpetual Change.
TGForum User Survey
We need to know what you want and expect from TGForum. To get a better idea of who our readers are and what kind of website they need we have put together a Survey that can be filled our completely anonymously online. Please fill it out as soon as you can!
Make Way For The New Content
We begin our fresh content with The Week In Transgenderism. We search out all the stories and articles with a hint of TG-ness about them and put them all on one page for your convenience. We’ve got the actor who played the male nightclub owner in La Cage on Broadway who’s now playing Albin opposite […]
Transgender Archives: The First Pilgrimage
Keeping our transgender history and making it available for research, study, and just there for young TGs to look at is an important thing. We need to remember where we came from, what we’ve been through and how we became who we are. Dallas Denny visits a GLBT archive.
Lookalike Girlfriend: Man Finds T-Girl Who Looks Like His Wife
Is it right to wear another woman’s clothes without her knowledge? So her husband can take your picture? Linda’s new friend tells about her experiences posing for a man whose sole request is for her to wear his wife’s clothes. His request seemed to fit well with her desire.
Halloween pix, Beauty and the Beach, and more!
It has been a long week since last we published new content. So many things have gone on; how will we ever report on them all? Ah well, it’s the Internet so we can take as much room as we need. We start out today, as always, with our distillation of the TG news that […]
Week at the Beach
Sophie Lynne has been away at at little event called Beauty and the Beach. As soon as she got back to her computer she sent us her account of the event along with some pictures to share with TGF readers.
TVocalizers — Peppermint
Peppermint has become one of New York’s rising drag stars. Not only does she sing in her own voice, she is also an emcee and a hostess for various events, and has appeared in films and on TV. Meet the hottest queen in NYC!
Fantasia Fair 2011 — Epiphany #2
Hebe Dotson hadn’t been out of the house in women’s clothing, at all, until she went to Fantasia Fair last year at the age of 80. This year she went back. She has photos to prove it, and after the Fair she had epiphany #2. Why not dress full time?
Henri David Halloween Ball 2011
It’s the biggest Halloween party on the east coast. It’s being happening every year since 1968. It brings out drag queens, fetishists, crossdressers and straight people who like to wear strange costumes. It’s The Henry David Halloween Ball.
Happy Halloween!
Even though most everyone has celebrated Halloween this past Saturday today is actually Halloween. As you all know, Halloween is a holy day of obligation for crossdressers. It’s the one time of the year you can step out of the house in a sexy nurse outfit and be able to say to anyone who questions […]
What Not To Wear
MtF crossdressers often love to strut their stuff in the sexiest fashions. Who doesn’t love a mid-thigh mini dress with spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline? Same goes for those skyscraper heels the hot girls are wearing. We all love to look sexy and hot, and feel sexy and hot when we slip into those […]
