Recent Transgender Articles
Truth and Consequences: Thoughts on disclosure
Recently, I was engaged in a pleasant daydream on the beach at Cape Cod when I heard a friend from graduate school, now a sports psychologist, talking to my husband about the superstitious practice among baseball players, coaches, and sports announcers of refusing to mention that a pitcher has a no-hitter going in the mid […]
Virginia Prince: The Curmudgeon We Needed by Melanie Yarborough
When I think of Virginia Prince, I’m reminded of the famous Lil Abner cartoonist Al Capp. Al started his career as a figure of the 1930s New Deal Left, lampooning the conservative establishment with biting satire. But he ended his career in the 1970s as a figure of the Nixon Right, attacking hippies and antiwar […]
It’s…
Monday again! Hello loyal readers! Please pause for a moment and remember the many transgender — and non-TG — soldiers who have made the biggest sacrifice in defense of our country. Now, we can get on with today’s Monday Edition of TGF. First up is Ronnie Rho’s This Week In Transgenderism. Miss Rho has toiled […]
This Week in Transgenderism 5/25/09
Denise Brogan-Kator Mayor Stu Rasmussen‘s reality show may not air. Drag queens do their best Kim Kardashian impressions. Microflora showing up in post-op TSs. “Captain Jack” the latest to step into the pumps of Albin in London. Shades of Zarf seen in an American Idol finalist. Tranny Talk TV will stay on the air. Cops […]
Stochastic Musings – One Fish, Two Fish, Read Fish, Bleu Fish
Kalina talks about dining at her favorite restaurant in Philly, trannies who go to lesbian bars, and she defends the use of the word “tranny.” Click “more” to start her musings.
Meeting a British Support Group Changed My Life
Are you somehow part of the transgender community? Are you or have you been part of a support group? It could be a Tri-Ess, Renaissance, or Beaumont Society chapter or perhaps one of the independent support groups that exist in many cities around the world. My town is so small that if we had a […]
Theresa Chapter 38
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri’s SRS was only fifty days away — fifty days to shut down the last traces of her old life and move forward into her new life. Doing this kept her busy for the next 47 days, and now her SRS is only three days […]
Did you just say it’s Monday?
Hey there merry readers! It’s that time again. It’s the Monday Edition of TGForum! We bring up the big guns first as Miss Ronnie Rho whips out a TWIT that will leave you breathless. Or at least well informed about the state of TGs in the news — and why that soldier in Afghanistan was […]
Transvocalizers — Frances UK
There must be something in the Guinness in England. When you start to list all the incredible musicians whose talents have not only influenced our lives but have changed the course of popular music…well, there’s not enough space in an article of this length to make a comprehensive effort. There’s the obvious ones…The Beatles, The […]
Lexy Tranner — Weekend CD 5/18/09
Every now and then a girl has to make a big decision. Big decisions take careful consideration and our Lexy is not one to jump hastily into something new. So after careful consideration of all the pros and cons will Lexie make the right decision? There’s only one way to know how she will decide, […]
Dina’s Diner May 17 2009
Come on in and take a seat at Dina’s Diner. This week the hostess with the mostest has very affordable Pink Plate Special (it used to be blue but you know how the Diner rolls) and she’s serving up extra big slices of pie for dessert. She covers it all from Jennifer Boylan’s op-ed in […]
TG History — Girls Night Out, The Early Support Groups
“I’m Comin’ Up So You Better Get This Party Started” — Pink People love to think of history in terms of “firsts” — the first person to invent something, the first discovery of someplace, the first time something ever happened before. “Firsts” help give each generation its sense of place in the world — and […]
This Week in Transgenderism 5/18/09
Phyllis Randolph Frye States smoothing the paper trail for transitioners. A TS on hunger strike in the UK. Two murder convictions upheld in California. Thailand has a new beauty queen. A Nebraska family encourages their grade school daughter’s transition. A shocking marriage in China, while Tennessee refuses to recognize a union. Jenny Boylan weighs in […]
Mmmmmmonday! Again!
Hi one and all and welcome to the Monday morning edition of TGF. Today we begin with the popular column, This Week In Transgenderism. Miss Rho has pounded the cyber pavement and over heated her modem once again to provide the most news about TGs from all around the world. And you won’t believe what […]
This Week In Transgenderism 5/11/09
Remembering Virginia Prince. Trying to forget about Allen Andrade. Trans-folk find competition at job fairs. A porn star/activist talks with a man who helped make trans-porn readily available. One FtM wins the right to surgery, while another changes her mind and goes after the therapist. A familiar trans-band hits the stage in Minneapolis. Are they […]
Finocchio’s — 10 Years Gone
The world renowned female impersonation club Finocchio’s was a San Francisco landmark for decades. Whenever glamorus drag with high production values was mentioned Finocchio’s was the first place that came to mind. It was possibly the only nightclub dedicated full time to female impersonation and in its heyday Finocchio’s was the place to see and […]
Memories…
Ronnie is probably the only person you know who can drive with one eye firmly on the road ahead, and the other locked on the rear-view mirror. And it’s not because she has Marty Feldman eyes either. It’s a metaphor. (What’s a metaphor? You keep your cows in one, silly.) A quick jaunt down memory […]
Trans pioneer Virginia Prince dies
Virginia Prince, trans pioneer who lead the way in the 1960s has passed away. We present an obiturary written by Lynda Frank. On Saturday May 2nd, 2009 Virginia Prince passed away at the age of 97. For many years the primo leader of the transgender community, her passing is a loss for us all. The […]
Here’s Your Monday TG Bailout
Just as the government bails out Wall Street firms and failing banks, TGForum is here to bail you out … of the doldrums, with all the TG related content you can read. And we do it every Monday. This week we start off our Monday Edition with This Week In Transgenderism. Silly really when most […]
This Week in Transgenderism 5/04/09
Police in the U.K. getting first hand experience working with transgendered individuals. A brutal double murder in the Caribbean. The case against keeping job discrimination legal. Cash money for the TS who sued the Library of Congress, and won. A hospital director puts roadblocks around SRS at his facility. A review of the first 100 […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — Ten Years of Tunes
With the posting of this installment of Perpetual Change, the column is officially ten years old. And quite honestly, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. I never believed I could do this for ten years. Long time readers of Perpetual Change (both of you) will probably note some of the changes that have […]
A Day at Transgender 2009 — The Liberty Conference
Our newest TGF contributor Gina Vizavi heard about the Liberty Conference in Philadelphia and decided that she should go to check it out. Since it was her first time at a big event we asked her to do a report on the Conference. Here are her impressions from A Day at Transgender 2009 — The […]
Theresa — Chapter 37 by Hebe Dotson
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Eddie has taken an unanticipated business trip to New York City, and Terri invites him to enjoy the fine spring Saturday with her and Jessie at the Bronx Zoo. They are having a wonderful time until Mr. & Mrs. Norris arrive on the scene. Mrs. […]
A Day at Transgender 2009 — The Liberty Conference
Our newest TGF contributor Gina Vizavi heard about the Liberty Conference in Philadelphia and decided that she should go to check it out. Since it was her first time at a big event we asked her to do a report on the Conference. Here are her impressions from A Day at Transgender 2009 — The […]
Submitted for your approval — TGF Monday Edition
Good morning TGFers! Those of you who had no problem viewing the Lexy toon last Monday may not be aware of the kerfuffle that’s taken place in the comment box this week. For some people the last panel of the toon, the one with the punch line, was cut off. JoAnn thought that it was […]
