Recent Transgender Articles
Lexy Toon Anti Climax
Since so many people complained about not being able to see the last panel of the Lexy Tranner cartoon last week, and our efforts to make it visible came to naught, we’re running it again. Just click on the Lexy Toon thumbnail to see the whole strip. (If this doesn’t work…)
Stochastic Musings — Fitting rooms, hats, and inspiration
Stochastic Musings Kalina talks about getting “ma’am”‘ed, wigs and hats, inspirational messages, rays of sunshine, and using women’s fitting rooms. There are plenty of lessons to be learned here.
The Transgender Spectrum: Where do I fit? Part two
In last month’s column, I presented the first part of a workshop I gave at the Keystone Conference on the transgender spectum. This month’s column completes my talk with a few more therapy vignettes of people along the transgender spectrum. In closing, I return to Julia Serano’s book, Whipping Girl wherein she gives a compelling […]
All Dressed Up And No Place to Go?
When I was a teenage boy my friends and I used to say that to each other quite a bit. If one of us would show up with a new outfit or even just a clean shirt we would chide him, “Look at him. All dressed up and no place to go!” That phrase stuck […]
It’s Monday! In this hemisphere at least.
Good morning campers! What a lovely day. Well it’s raining outside TGF World Headquarters in suburban Philadelphia but we’ve got our warm, Juicy velour track suits and a pot of hot coffee so we’re snug inside while the rain falls. Today we start the Monday Edition with the handiwork of or News Editor Miss Ronnie […]
Lexy Tranner — Weekend CD
As the gender map changes and many with male biology adopt feminine lifestyles confusion abounds among not just the straight world but here in genderland as well. How do we continue to put people in categories, as we’re programmed to do, when the differences between a trans lady and born lady become less and less? […]
Transvocalizers — Miss Guy
“I don’t like being referred to as ‘she’ necessarily,” said Miss Guy, well known DJ and former lead vocalist for the band Toilet Boys. “I’m happy being a pretty boy. I get mistaken for a girl sometimes. More on the street during the day with no make-up on than I do when I’m painted and […]
The 2009 Easter/Spring Pictorial
It’s here! The Easter Bunny has visited and left us the 2009 Easter/Spring Pictorial. But somewhere along his hoppity hop route he must have had a few photos fall out of his basket. Only three lovely ladies submitted their photos for the Pictorial, and they are Andee, Candy and Ronnie. Fortunately even though only three […]
Theresa, Chapter 36 by Hebe Dotson
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri learns that her friend Chris had already figured out on her own that Terri had once been Alan and wasn’t fazed in the least by having her theory verified. Two days later, Brad, the man she met at a party hosted by a former […]
TG History — TG Myths: IS JAMIE LEE CURTIS INTERSEXED?
“No. Are you?” — Reputedly Marlene Dietrich’s response to a reporter asking if she was really a man. For those of you not immediately familiar with this, go ahead and Google it. We’ll wait. Welcome back. My, but this is one persistent little rumor, so let’s get straight to the facts. First we’ll examine the […]
L. O. L. A.
Last week our Miss Isato wrote about the need for T girls to mature and stop hanging around in the same old venues, wearing the same hair, makeup and clothes and telling the same old stories. Do we really do that? Some of us do. Many of us hang in the same old places because […]
Monday’s just another day — with new stuff on TGF!
Hello, hello loyal readers. It’s time for another edition of Transgender Forum! Today we start off with the fruits of News Editor Ronnie Rho’s labors — This Week In Transgenderism. She’s got a wholesome variety of stories featuring TGs, from the shocking allegations that TGs in India are kidnapping boys and making them work the […]
Transgender Heaven by Cerise Richards
Nestled in the Delaware River Valley, there are two idyllic towns, which have an unusual history of tolerance and diversity. On La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank) there is New Hope, PA, which for the past hundred years has attracted artists to paint its magical scenery. On La Rive Droite, (The Right Bank) there is […]
Perpetual Change
This month, Perpetual Change features two different aspects of the transgender music community. Philadelphia will hosting the first of its kind GLBT Arts Festival in May; and in Chicago, trans musician Jami Bantry has turned open-mic nights into a great opportunity for up-and-coming artists of all kinds.
Es Lunes! Viva TGF!
Hola amigas! Yes, it’s Monday morning and that means — let’s say it all together — it’s time for the TGF Monday Edition! Just typing the Spanish word for Monday reminds me of our Drag Race blogger Luna. While the Race is over I asked if she might consider blogging for us on other subjects […]
This Week in Transgenderism 3/30/09
It’s time to get trans-visible this week. HRC says again: No ENDA without the T. Gainesville voters do the right thing, as New Hampshire lawmakers chicken out. Cancer claims a bright star in Australia. Isis is post-op and is sporting a big rock. Another Hollywood macho man picks up his dress from the cleaners, as […]
The transgender spectrum: where do I fit? Part one
In this and next month’s columns I’ll be covering material from a workshop I gave recently at the Keystone Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My goal was to generate dialogue about the transgender spectrum through presenting a theory and a number of therapy case vignettes that illustrate aspects of the theory. We had a very lively […]
Dina’s Diner March 29, 2009
I didn’t think of it at the time, but January 2009 marked my 20th year of active crossdressing. By active I mean going out to meetings, clubs, events, etc. The first time I ever went out was to attend the January 1989 meeting of the Renaissance TG Association. My association with Renaissance and some of […]
Stochastic Musings — The dishes she ate, the people she dished
Kalina talks about her newest projects, her trip up to NYC, and restaurant meals with friends. There are plenty of lessons to be learned here.
Dear Ann Landers…
What is the protocol here? You have dressed in one of your best femme outfits and headed to a bar like the Queen Mary in Los Angeles or Cleo’s in Montreal. Naturally you are looking and feeling ‘hot’. You attract a lot of attention from the men present. After checking out a few interesting specimens […]
A Film Review: Beautiful Daughters by Gina Vizavi
The Vagina Monologues was written and performed by Eve Ensler in 1996. What began as conversations with her friends about sex, relationships and violence against women evolved into interviews with 200 women on which the “monologues†are based. She wrote the play to “celebrate the vagina.†A host of celebrities have since appeared in The […]
It’s that consarned Monday Edition
Welcome to the Monday Edition! TGF is hot of your monitor again and we’ve got the old, the news, and the funny. The old is a return visit from an old columnist. Ms. Bobbi Swan returns to TGF with a catch up edition of her Maturity column. If you’ve read her stuff here in the […]
Whatever happened to Bobbi Swan?
For many years TGF was graced with material writen by Bobbi Swan. Best known for her Maturity column and her articles on all things related to being a maid Ms. Swan disappeared from this publication and went out to enjoy her life. We’re happy to say she’s still enjoying it and she has sent us […]
It’s Monday Ladies!
It’s been a long weekend. I spent Saturday driving to Harrisburg, Pa., setting up my Laptop Lounge rockin’ rig and then providing the music for The Keystone Conference’s final night on Saturday. Then on Sunday it was drive home and work on TGForum. I’m beat. But, you can read a bit about the conference and […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — Internet Radio Part 2
Pam DeGroff chats with gay musicians and TG allies Robert Urban and Nick Ganato about the state of Internet radio.
Keystone Conference A Success
The TransCentralPA support group hosted their first conference on TG issues last week from the 12th through the 14th. By all standards The Keystone Conference, even in this period of economic downturn, was a big success. Organizers are already planning for the second conference in 2010. Presenters particpating ranged from SRS surgeons like Dr. Sherman […]
