Recent Transgender Articles
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 […]
TG History — TG Urban Legends
“Abraham Lincoln Was a Woman! Shocking Pix Found in White House Basement! Was John Wilkes Booth Her Jilted Lover?” — Weekly World News, January 22, 2002 WAS HITLER INTERSEXED? Let’s face it, if you’re transgendered the last person you’d want counted among your ranks would be Adolph Hitler. Still, this theory has proven weirdly compelling […]
Psst! It’s the Monday Edition of TGF
Hello loyal readers and welcome to the Monday mess…I mean, the Monday Edition of TGForum. I must stop before I promo our offerings for today and make a comment. TGs is everywhere! On the Fox cartoon shows last night King of The Hill featured a scene in a plastic surgeon’s waiting room where one of […]
Dina’s Diner March 8, 2009
Dina’s Diner serves up a healthy selection of organic vegatables, free range chicken and “green” grown coffee — along with interesting items from the news spiced up with Dina Amberle’s cutting commentary. This month she’s got several items on the menu and they’re all sure to please. Take a booth, order a cup of java […]
In Your Easter Bonnet…
The Spring Easter Pictorial We’re closing in on spring and whether or not you observe the Easter holiday, or wear an Easter bonnet, it gives us a perfect excuse to put together a Spring Easter Pictorial. Take a photo of yourself in your Easter outfit. Whether you portray a wholesome lady dressed for church services […]
Tranvocalizers — Nomi Ruiz
The word “fickle” could have been created with the music business in mind. The industry as a whole is notorious for changing everything from formats to genres to hairstyles. Fans can be worse…even brutal at times. Whatever is today’s musical genré du jour will be considered (within about a month…) “classic tracks.” So, anyone who […]
Do you itch to write?
We’ll help you scratch! TGForum is always looking for new writing talent to cover the TG community, and the things that interest the TG community. If you have a way with words and know the subject you want to write about then we’re interested in hearing from you and seeing a sample of your work. […]
Interview with an Icon
By now, you’ve probably heard of Donna Rose. She’s an author, a reluctant activist, and an inspiration to many in the transgendered community. Donna was the first transgendered woman to sit on the board of directors for the infamous Human Rights Campaign. And she’s the first transgendered woman to resign from that board, as well. […]
Invitation to participate in a TG therapy survey.
A young woman studying social work at Smith College School for Social Work is asking for our help completing her thesis. She would like to know about your experiences in therapy. If you would like to learn more about the survey she would like you to fill out read on.
If this is TGF, it must be Monday!
Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and if you’re along the eastern seaboard I hope you didn’t have too much snow to dig out from under. But remember, shoveling snow is good exercise and will help to firm you up so you look lithe and sexy in your Spandex® dress next weekend. […]
Stochastic Musings: Kalina at the DMV
This month, Kalina describes her adventure at the Pennsylvania Department of TRANSportation Photo Center as she gets her new driver’s license photo ID card. Just to show you that I practice what I preach, consider my advice from last month’s column: “I tell the natural look trannies to focus on their eyes more than anything […]
Who Needs Therapy? Part 3: What to expect from therapy
In the final part of this series on psychotherapy, I will say a bit about what to expect from the process, and what is expected from you. Despite the popular joke that everyone has a therapist, my experience is that most people who consult me are first timers, and have very little idea of what […]
What Made Tina So Cross?
Our columnist Linda Jensen brings us a cautionary tale this month. Ladies in the TG community sometimes do things they should probably not do and take chances they probably shouldn’t take. And the Internet can be an incubator for all sorts of thoughts about what might be “hot” or “sexy.” Is that online friend really […]
THERESA, Chapter 35
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Terri goes to a party in the Village with her new best friend, Chris. One of the hosts is a beautiful young woman who (Terri suddenly realizes) is none other than Jim Walters, at one time her fellow student at Littlefield Academy. Terri, not wanting […]
Monday — Let The Games Begin!
Good morning my little Tasty Cakes! It’s a bright and sunny day and TGForum is hot off the press. In this week’s lineup we bring you the ever popular and always comprehensive TWIT Notes. Not to be confused with Cliff Notes, a compilation of different cliffs around the world, TWIT brings you all the news […]
