Recent Transgender Articles
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 […]
TWIT Notes Sparks Correspondence On HRC And ENDA
TGF member Regina Leigh was reading the January 21st TWIT Notes and found that the article by Richard Rosendall in Bay Windows of New England (which criticized Meredith Bacon’s criticism of HRC for their decision on ENDA) so provocative that she was moved to send Mister Rosendall an email. Since she copied us on it […]
The LadyLike Profile — Olivia Connors
One of the most prestigious of all things TG for many years gone by was to be picked as a LadyLike Profile girl. Over the years many ladies told their stories to LadyLike and we shared them with the readers. Since the untimely demise of LadyLike magazine we have begun to present some of the […]
“Just” — A Four Letter Word
Sometimes those of us in “the community” can be pretty insensitive towards one another. I know that’s not news to anyone, but it comes out in ways that are pretty subtle sometimes. One of them I’ve seen a couple of times recently in comments posted to other’s blogs is the phrase “just a crossdresser.” It […]
LadyLike’s Current Queen –Simply Edie, by Vicky Vogue
This is a LadyLike magazine bonus! Since the articles and features for LL 72 where all done when CDS ceased publication that content is available for TGF readers. So, without any further ado here is Vicky Vogue’s Current Queen interview with New York City performer Simply Edie. Simply Edie is the moniker of a queen […]
TV’s on TV
More specifically: why aren’t there more? Our cable provider, Time-Warner recently added Logo, the GLBT network to our lineup. They did so without any fanfare, but that’s understandable, considering the Bible-belt style political atmosphere here in southwest Ohio.
Fictionmaniacal
I had a conversation with a friend when the first Fantastic Four movie came out. He was a big time comic book fan, and was really into the old Silver Age Jack Kirby/Stan Lee stuff. Anyway, he was going on and on about how awesome the movie was and I was like, “What, you can’t […]
GLBT Archives Seeks Donations
The Williams-Nichols Archive and Library for GLBT Studies at the University of Louisville is one of the largest collections of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender materials in the country. Located in the Special Collections division of Ekstrom Library on the university’s main campus just south of downtown, it’s open to students, professors, researchers, as well […]
NJ Passes Gender Protection Law
January 7, 2008 Today, the New Jersey General Assembly passed A4591/S2975 by a large majority of 65-10. This follows action last week in the state Senate where the bill passed unanimously 35-0. The law that passed will now go to Governor Corzine’s desk for his expected signature.
Ninja Beauty Secrets, part 6
Ninja Beauty Secrets, part 6 “Shadow Warrior, Part Two” This month we”™re going to look at eye shadow looks for deep-set eyes, or eyes with eyelids. The majority of the Western world has eyes with eyelids; some Caucasian groups exhibit lidless eyes like Asians and thus the techniques from article 4 would apply to them. […]
Social Nausea
An interesting thing happened on the way to my second social capital article. Namely, a little introspection. You see, I had this whole thing plotted out. I could use the concept of social capital to prove the age-old argument that crossdressers and transsexuals really are different kinds of people. It’s not hard really. By reverse […]
Welcome Our New TG History Columnist
Michelle Moore has been writing about transgender history for many moons. She started doing bits on our history for the Renaissance newsletter and then, when that publication became the magazine, Transgender Community News, she expanded her little items into long articles. She dug out facts about transgendered individuals who were out there making an impact […]
Another One Bites The Dust
Here we are at the end of 2007. Most publications feel that the end of a year is the perfect time to do a recap of that year. In keeping with the tradition we present a look back at TGF in 2007. At the beginning of the year TGF was in disarray. Content was getting […]
Happy Holidays from JoAnn & Astra
Astra and I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday (whatever your beliefs) and a safe and prosperous New Year. We worked hard this year at TGF and we’re going to work harder next year! We have lots of changes planned for 2008 which we think will make TGF a much nicer place to […]
