Recent Transgender Articles
Twenty Years On
Introducing, to those who don’t know her, our newest contributor (who was a contributor ten years ago) a major figure on the TG scene and a really nice person, Dallas Denny.
International Women’s Day
Judi Dench, who plays Q, and Daniel Craig, 007, lend their talents to a public service campaign to observe International Women’s Day (March 8), in a short video. But don’t just watch it and get excited about Bond in drag. Listen to the commentary by Dame Dench, and think about what she’s saying. How does […]
Virtual Personae
Our newest contributor Dallas Denny joins us this week with an article on virtual personae, from the days of text only Compuserve identities to Second Life.
Encounter on 34th Street
Our field correspondent Linda Jensen has filed another report on her activities “out and about.” Linda recounts to a friend how a shopping trip to Macy’s in Manhattan led to her being stopped by a store detective. You will want to read to the end to find out what happened.
And The Statuette Goes To…
Happy last day of February! And welcome to the TGForum Monday Edition! Did anyone notice James Franco in a red gown and blond wig channeling Marilyn Monroe on the Academy Awards last night? Not the height of feminine grace but a game try. Anne Hathaway did a better job in her tuxedo. (And looked fabulous […]
T: A Name I Call Myself
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.
TRANSVOCALIZERS — Foxxjazell
Transvocalizers is about TGs who sing. In today’s column Pamela DeGroff interviews transgender hip hop/hip pop performer Foxxjazell. This southern lady has established a presence on YouTube and other online venues. She chats with Pamela DeGroff about her new single release, facing prejudice and hate within the hip hop community and her plans for the future.
The Monday Lineup
Good day to you gentle readers. Today is Monday and that means we provide a fresh, new TGForum Monday Edition for your perusal. We begin with the compilation of transgender news from across the globe and down your street that we like to call TWIT (standing for The Week In Transgenderism) that is compiled by […]
What Time Is It?
Right. It’s time for TGForum’s Monday Edition. We begin today with The Week In Transgenderism, ably assembled by our News Editor Ronnie Rho. Ronnie has scoured the Web with painstaking attention to detail to procure the finest transgender news in the world and put the links to it all in one place we call TWIT. […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE: StormMiguel Florez “Long Lost Sun”
Last month, Perpetual Change featured an interview with trans musician/singer/songwriter StormMiguel Forez. This month, we feature a review of his latest release, 2010’s Long Lost Sun, his first project since transistioning. (Produced by StormMiguel Florez.) The album is what most reviewers would call minimalistic, or just plain bare bones production. Most of the material is […]
TG Fiction — Crying For Ogre, Part 3
In Part 2 of “Crying For Ogre” the changes in Ogre’s body came on faster and faster. Attempts to cut the long nails that grew out so quickly were met with new growth in minutes. Same for the his hair. And what about the growth that was occurring in his breasts? Hey! Breasts? What was happening to Ogre? Learn more in Crying For Ogre, Part 3.
Gotten a “gender no-match” letter?
A “gender no-match” letter from the Social Security Administration can out a TG employee and cause many problems. If you’ve gotten one of these in the past two years NCTE would like to know. They are working with the SSA to stop these letters.
Welcome to The Monday Edition
It’s that time of the week again, time for the work grind to start, and also time for the TGForum Monday Edition. We begin with The Week In Transgenderism, News Editor Ronnie Rho’s distillation of all the Internet searches she can possibly conduct in a weeks time to find all the TG news in the […]
Public Acceptance: We’re Getting There
Linda recently came across some encouraging examples of her friends’ transgender status making no difference to people in the medical and retail sectors and in fact they have been told to ‘tell their friends.’ Is there something happening out there?
Dragspiration on Screen
Last week we asked what drag images you had seen on television or in the movies while you were young that may have inspired you to move toward making women’s clothing part of your lifestyle. The answers are in!
Monday Edition — January 31, 2011
Good day one and all! The TGForum Monday Edition is here. Among today’s offering you will find a staple of our publication, the delightful confection of news links and pithy comments that we call The Week In Transgenderism. As I’ve mentioned before this compilation of all the news featuring a transgender factor — a T […]
TRANSVOCALIZERS — Dina Sinatra
This month, Transvocalizers features one of our regular TGForum contributors, Dina Amberle. She performs as a piano bar vocalist under the name Dina Sinatra and has established her own circuit of regular venues throughout the greater Philadelphia area. She’s become known for her parodies of Frank Sinatra songs, but also has a vast repertoire of […]
Getting Out For A Few Days
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 […]
Additional Changes in Passport Policies
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department has announced some small but important additional changes to its policy for updating gender on U.S. passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs). The changes make clear that any physician who has treated or evaluated a passport applicant may certify that he or she has had appropriate treatment for […]
Good Monday, Citizens
Welcome to the TGForum Monday Edition. Monday is the day we add new content to TGF and this Monday, January 24, 2011 is no different. We’ve got The Week In Transgenderism for you, handcrafted by our News Editor Ronnie Rho. Miss Rho has squeezed all the stories with crossdressing and TG topics from the media […]
Time For The Monday Edition!
Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Day! The TGForum Monday Edition is on the air, or the Web in this case. Today we spring into the ring with the quick one two punch of News Editor Ronnie Rho’s The Week In Transgenderism. Ronnie has culled the herd of galloping news stories to single out and brand […]
TGF Interview: Amanda, The Bloodthirsty Vixen
It’s the 21st century and transgender people are showing up in all areas of life. There are TG models doing high fashion magazine layouts and walking the runways of the fashion capitals. You’ve got TG tennis players, TG golfers and TG rock and rollers. But so far there’s only one TG professional wrestler. A couple […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — StormMiguel Florez
It’s usually a bit of a challenge to come up with something interesting for my first column of the new year. This year is different, though, for two reasons. First off, I planned ahead months in advance. And secondly, I found StormMiguel Florez. Florez is, in his own words, “…a Mexican American FtM, genderqueer, singer/songwriter, […]
TG Fiction — Crying For Ogre, Part 2
In Crying For Ogre, Part 1 we met frat boy, Rugby player and shameless exploiter of women Andrew “Ogre” Gruber. After meaningless –to him — sex with his girlfriend he tells her she’ll have to walk herself home because he’s just not into her anymore. Distraught and crying the jilted girlfriend voices an appeal to […]
Lobby Day Date Changed
The new date for Lobby Days is March 13-25, 2011 Since the dates for The National Center for Transgender Equality’s annual Policy Conference and Lobby Day were originally set the new Congressional leadership has published a revised calendar, adding a week at home in their districts which falls during the same week as the NCTE […]
Flying En Femme — Know Your Rights
In these troubled times of mad bombers trying to light their shoe or underwear bombs on crowded aircraft the authorities have piled more screening and more intrusion into travelers’ lives into every flight. The Whole Body Imaging technology allows airport screening people to see everything under your clothes. That means your silicone breast forms, your […]
