Recent Transgender Articles
Extra, Extra — More TG News You Can Use
After our TWIT column went to press we found these other pieces of useful information laying amidst the scattered press releases, store fliers and sale coupons that we call a desk. We’ve scrapped them together and present them here. Info on Lobby Days, and how to participate in a creative photography project make up this […]
Perpetual Change By Pamela DeGroff 3/17/08
Donna Austin (plus some odds and ends) The interesting thing about doing this column on what I’ve begun calling “transgender representations in popular music,” is that I no longer know where it will lead me. By saying that, I don’t mean that there isn’t a clear vision for each installment. No, it’s just that over […]
How I Learned To Dance (Like A Woman)
I promised Cheryl back on February 18th that I’d talk a little about the notion of the GG succorer — that is, a natal-born woman who takes a burgeoning trans-woman under her wing and teaches her the ways of womanhood. So Cheryl, this one’s for you… Primarily, I think the notion of the female mentor […]
The Ones That Got Away
Lexy Tranner’s last cartoon got me thinking: not about women or mates, but about dresses. How many great ones have we missed out on, because they weren’t quite right? They just didn’t fit perfectly, so we toss them.
Ninja Beauty Secrets, Part 8
Lip Lining This month we’re going to learn some basic and advanced lip lining techniques and determine where and when to use them.
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
In this installment of Dina’s Digital Diner Dina covers two items that cover the polar extremes of femininity—and good taste.
Theresa Part 22 By Hebe Dotson
The Story So Far (TGF subscribers can read earlier installments): Alan has assumed the almost full-time identity of Theresa “Terri†Sayers, single mother. Terri has found a day job in a department store and has begun to take female hormones. At last, her luck takes a turn for the better as her agent sends her […]
This Week in Transgenderism!
A Gary, Indiana teen sues over her prom dress. Another murder of a transgendered teen. New England T’s plan to march on their own. And GLBT leaders continue to shout for an inclusive vote in Congress. It’s a special, double-issue of TWIT Notes! Why? Because it’s cold outside, and there’s no end in sight to […]
Hate Crime — An Op Ed
There are times when I’m so stunned by the inhumanity of my fellow humans that I have to rouse myself and speak. We have enough of a negative, criminal nature happening on planet Earth every day (Africa and Kosovo are just two examples) that if we weren’t able to tune it out and distance it […]
Letter To The Editor — Some Respect From The Shopping Channels!
A TGF member asks, “Why can’t we get some respect from the shopping channels?” And she asks us to take a survey of our members on the topic. So, here we present her plea and invite you to let her know how you feel about the shopping channels feeling “free to ridicule crossdressers.” Read and […]
Tomb of the Unknown Transgender
In Detroit recently, police found the body of a man in female attire, in a vacant lot. He had been shot in the head. So far, police have not released the name of the victim, at the request of the family. Now, the head of the National Center for Transgender Equality has joined area media […]
The Great Divide
We always speak of community. It’s a great word as it conveys a comforting idea of people living and working together in harmony with one another. I mean, after all we share the common bond of a desire to express a gender identity contrary to our biological sex. But just as in all communities, harmony […]
Letter From The Editor
We have a jam packed Monday edition of TGForum today—five new posts and articles for your entertainment and information. Some of you are looking down below this post and saying, “But Angela, I only see three stories on the page and then the Archives links. There’s this story where you’re quoting me, and then a […]
The Lost Ladies of Flight 72
Little did the plane load of laughing and smiling TG ladies know that when they boarded Flight 72 for a good time in LadyLike Land—the flight would end in disaster! Flight 72 would disappear from the radar screens without a trace and they would become—lost! But seriously, LadyLike’s regular feature Mirror-Mirror was made up of […]
TWIT Notes
Three more high-profile murders rock the TG community. An Algerian TS won’t get kicked out of Europe. And another county enacts transgendered protection laws. All this and more inside this edition of This Week in Transgenderism!
Reaction To Corinne Scott’s Review Of “A Woman’s Passion”
In the February 11th edition of TGF our blogger Corinne Scott reviewed a work of TG fiction. The review was the result of Corinne’s lamentation in a prior blog that no TG fiction was really good writing; the TG elements tend to get in the way of the story in many cases. The novel she […]
Oops, A Mistook
Sarah’s post on legwear wasn’t all there when I posted it very early this morning. (Perhaps that’s because I wasn’t all there.) In any event, the missing portions have been reattached and the full post is now available with all of her leg tips intact. If you’ve read it already please go back to read […]
Dear Readers, Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s Valentine’s Day and and we want all TGF members to be our Valentines!
A Woman’s Passion — A Review (and then some)
Last month, I challenged someone–anyone–to point me towards some decent TG fiction. Cheryl Sanders picked up the gauntlet, offering up her own novel, A Woman’s Passion for my criticism. Brave indeed, considering the low regard I have for TG fiction in general. So how did it fare?
Letter To TGF: What If?
Dear TGF, I joined the TGForum about a month ago and seeing all the wonderful individuals made me think of something that happened in my life years ago: We all have had moments in our lives were a decision we made changed our entire life. I had one of those moments while I was in […]
(Facial) Hair Care
I shaved this week. Not a big deal, normally, but I’d been growing a beard since mid-December. I know, I know: a hideous image. But there was method in my madness. A beard is scratchy, and incompatible with dressing up. (Unless one is doing skag drag.) But a beard can be a great motivator and […]
Ninja Beauty Secrets, Part 7
This month we’re going to learn some basic and advanced blush techniques and determine where and when to use them.
Dina’s Digital Diner — Crossdressing An Addictive Behavior?
This month the Digital Diner gets serious. Is crossdressing addictive? Is it possible to give it up? Would you want to give it up? Is it a compulsion? And where can a crossdresser get a good tuna salad sandwich? OK, not the last one but Dina Amberle takes on the rest of these questions in […]
TG Senior Study Needs You
Miss Lynda Frank, who is 78 herself, is currently conducting a study on what happens to us “gender variant†people when we start getting old. (And we’re all going in that direction, ladies.) “By soliciting a large number of stories from as many people as possible we may be able to figure out what’s in […]
This Week in Transgenderism 1/28/08
More TG’s are getting involved in politics. A Persian Gulf country is still locking up gender variants. And a purse snatcher’s reign of terror is ended. All this and more in this edition of TWIT Notes! Would you believe there’s a transgendered candidate for President? And no, we’re not talking about Guiliani. This time. Bennie […]
Lexy Tranner Telling The Girlfriend Part 2
In the last thrilling chapter of Lexy Tranner, Weekend CD Lexy took a bold step and came out to her girlfriend. It seemed to go well and Lexy felt at the time that she had hit the “jackpot”. But how will it go in this month’s strip? Will problems arise? Will there be trouble in […]
