Recent Transgender Articles
Trans News Now 6/3/24
The trans woman who owns the Miss Universe pageant says trans women can be in the contest but aren’t allowed to win. A ballot initiative in California which would require teachers to notify parents if their child changes name or pronoun gender at school failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. A Maryland appeals court decision says the district may prevent schools from notifying parents that their child has changed gender pronouns or name at school. A senator introduces a bill to counter the Biden administration’s new rule that the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination against transgender people as discrimination on the basis of sex. Agenda PAC identifies ten anti-LGBTQ Republican members of Congress they aim to defeat in November. Karla Sofia Gascon is the first transgender woman to win the Best Actress award at the Cannes International Festival. A right-wing blogger named Summer Bushnell is ordered to pay $1,100,000 to drag performer Eric Posey, for defamation. A support group in India helps families that show respect for their LGBTQ children and siblings. That’s just a bit of the news waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Yippee- it’s Pride!
The GOP has a plan they are ready to put into effect as soon as they get a president who will back them and help implement the plan. Sophie Lynne outlines what that means for transgender people and wonders if the LGB segment of LGBTQ will be prepared to fight for trans peoples right to exist, or just continue to celebrate PRIDE while transgender people are GOP targets.
Transform Day Makeup to Night Makeup
Our professional makeup artist Gina Jet Ortiz says not all makeup is appropriate everywhere and learning what should and should not be done is an essential part of gaining makeup experience. Day makeup is more subdued, while night makeup is dark and more intense. You don’t have to start all over to go from day to night. You can “intensify” the makeup you’re already wearing. Gina Jet tells you how.
Twit Awards for the Week 6/3/24
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Trans News Now 5/27/24
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Vance Aherns is a transgender woman who is running for the Florida state Senate. She would replace […]
Dina’s Diner 5/27/24
The staff at Dina’s Diner work for tips. So when you visit and find the service exemplary be sure to use the Like feature or the Comment area to tip the hard working staff. Today’s special at the Diner is liver and onions but don’t let that prevent you from stopping by. Other tasty treats, like why Kazakhstan bans lace panties, several beauty tips for masculine faces, and bras for big-chested ladies are all on offer today. Settle in to your favorite booth with a cup of java or some herbal tea and spend some time in Dina’s Diner.
Trans in Film & Video 5/27/24
What are transgender actors up to in film and video? The breakout hit at Cannes 2024 is a Mexican film about a mobster who wants to disappear and become a woman. It’s a musical. It’s a drag but a fighting drag queen game shuts down. Trans characters on TV went from 32 characters last year down this year to 24. I Saw the TV Glow is scaring people and resonating with trans viewers. Don’t miss any of Transgender Film & Video!
Trans Spirituality – Memorial Day Special
Rabbah Dr. Rona Matlow urges you to remember the transgender soldiers, many who died while they were still in the closet, on Memorial Day.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/27/24
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Trans New Now 5/20/24
The first transgender woman to capture the title of Miss Valley Isle U.S.A. pushes back against hate. A Southern California school district pays $360,000 in a settlement to a fired teacher who would not treat trans students as the school rules said. Kappa Kappa Gamma goes to court over admission of a trans woman to the sorority. New York has almost 5000 citizens using X as their gender marker on state issued ID. Mass shooters are mostly male so why does the right-wing lie machine keeps saying the shooters are transgender? A former poster child for the Ku Klux Klan has released a memoir in which they come out as transgender. The 2024 Eisner Award nominees for excellence in comic art and graphic novels have officially been released and there are a lot of LGBTQ characters. Drag Race queen Pearl feels something about her triggers people. A Catholic diocesan hermit in Kentucky has come out as transgender. David de Alba will appear in a documentary on The History of Drag on CNN. A new law in Peru classifies trans people as mentally ill so they would be guaranteed medical care, but it backfired when protestors marched to demand the law be rescinded because they’re not mentally ill. That’s just a taste of the transgender news you’ll find in Trans News Now!
Shelley Anne in Oklahoma
Shelley Anne has mentioned HeartlandTG (HTG), an Oklahoma City- (OKC) based transgender group that likes to throw weekend parties that bring people from all over the world to their events. Today Shelley Anne shares her Top 10 list of things that stood out to her about the early May event.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/20/24
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
TLDEF Has Two Positions to Fill
TGForum received a press release from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announcing that the organization has two job openings.
Trans News Now 5/13/24
Ireland’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest is nonbinary. The Boy Scouts of America are becoming Scouting America. Sexologist Milton Diamond passes away at 90. The Supreme Court has a request to take up the case against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Rosemary Ketchum is the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia. Legislators in Mississippi pass an anti-transgender bathroom bill. The political action organization MoveOn organizes a Drag Queen Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. in June. China’s first publicly recognized transgender dancer Jin Xing remarries the love of her life. Target announces that Pride merchandise will not be sold at roughly half its stores. J.K. Rowling is asked to tone down her transphobic social media posts by X owner Elon Musk. Transgender children in England may be forced to detransition. Nonbinary singer Nemo wins The Eurovision Song Contest. There’s all that and more waiting for your attention in Trans News Now!
The Occasional Woman: Spring!
As Lorraine would put it, spring has sprung! For the variations in weather this season she recommends lighting up your life by wearing colorful clothes. A bright colored trench coat, turquoise or perhaps teal. A light jacket in red or yellow. Don’t forget to bring a statement cashmere scarf and maybe some gloves. Then you’re prepared!
TransTainment! 5/13/24
Welcome to the column that tracks all the transgender people in entertainment, TransTainment! Today news about a new award for trans and nonbinary opera singers. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 is in pre-production. A transgender actress is the first trans woman to land a leading role in a Bollywood movie. A video interview with David de Alba, and more!
Twit Awards for the Week 5/13/24
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Trans News Now 5/6/24
Honey Mahogany is the new head of San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decides the states must cover gender-affirming medical care as a part of Medicaid. The Biden administration introduces a new rule under the Affordable Care Act that forbids discrimination against transgender people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues a new guidance which protects against being misgendered or denied the use of a restroom consistent with your gender identity at work. The Biden administration requires that LGBTQ and intersex foster children be placed in supportive homes only. The city council for Austin, Texas, approves a resolution offering local protections for gender-affirming care patients. Nine states with Republican state attorneys general have filed a suit challenging the Biden administration’s new rule on the definition of “discrimination on the basis of sex.” Tennessee, is sued over its long-standing policy of not changing the sex listed on birth certificates. Gwen Smith, the woman who started Transgender Day Of Remembrance, has been trying to update her records for over 30 years. The Human Rights Campaign has an article titled, “Seven Things About Transgender People You Didn’t Know.” A drag queen will be a torchbearer at the Olympic Games in Paris. A transgender activist in Hong Kong receives an identity card with his correct gender. Nicole Maines writes a memoir. In ancient Rome the Cult of Cybele’s male followers wore feminine clothing and acted like women.There’s all that and more waiting for your attention in Trans News Now!
Should You Be Using Primer?
The question is, should you be using primer? We’re not talking about a base coat you used when you repainted the bathroom. We’re talking about using a primer before you apply foundation to the canvas of your face. Primers can make a big difference, smoothing fine lines, filling pores, and mattifying for a more fab look. Gina Jet Ortiz explains the differences between the many primer products available and helps you figure out what works for you.
Nostalgic Endings
Sophie Lynne graduated from Penn State University in 1989. And she hasn’t gotten over leaving PSU. It’s sometimes called Happy Valley and local myth maintains there is a psychic barrier making it hard to ever leave. That may be true and at some quantum level students get entangled with the place. Even if they can manage to leave after graduation Happy Valley calls them back. Sophie is proof. She went back to do graduate work. She passed the tests to become an ABD (All but her dissertation) and contemplates the approaching end to her life at Penn State.
Batman and Robin – the Drag-namic Duo
Comic books in the ’40s thru the ’60s would now and then see the hero disguised as a woman to catch the villain, or the villain disguised as a woman to beat the hero. Brittany Rose covered the comics crossdressing scene back in the 1990s. In this post we reach back into the TGF Archives to rerun her review of a few instances between 1943 and ’46 that saw Batman, Rovin, Catwoman, and The Joker in drag. Click on the comic to see a larger view.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/6/24
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Trans News Now 4/29/24
Kim Petras cancels shows for the summer over “halth issues”. Maine passes a law to shield provers who give teens gender-affirmative care. Jinkx Monsoon is transitioning. The Tennessee legislature passes a law which would punish adults for “kidnapping” their children to take them out of state for trans care. A new study finds that forced outing of LGBTQ students leads to higher rates of depression. A new study finds that transgender females who are going through hormone therapy may have a disadvantage over cisgender female athletes. Elliot Page produces an LGBTQ young adult romance set in outer space. The 2024 Music City Open disk golf tournament in Nashville has a bomb scare for featuring a transgender competitor. Laverne Cox is added to the Shoulders of Heroes exhibition of the Stonewall National Museum. A sequel to The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is on its way. A poetry contest in Russia bans transgender poets. A new study finds that 38% of transgender minors in the U.S. live in a state where they are denied access to gender-affirming medical care. Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind got a congratulatory call from the president of Taiwan. Planning your vacation? You may want to see the list of the friendliest cities for LGBTQ travelers. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Dina’s Diner 4/29/24
Welcome to Dina’s Diner! I am you hostess, Dina. Chef Dina has some marvelous victuals in the oven including domestic crossdressers who clean and bake cookies, a saucy French Maid for spice, tight hip hugger jeans, and a dash of Marisa Tomei. Then she offers a wonderful side dish that uses the high heel shoe dangle to top of your meal. Don’t forget to visit cashier Dina to pay your check.
Trans Spirituality – Passover 24 Edition
As trans people, we face a similar Exodus when we transition. We are in bondage in our birth sex, facing myriad forms of oppression, internally and externally. If we are fortunate enough to transition, and have adequate support, we can cast off many of the chains of that bondage and move “across the sea” to a new life of freedom as our true selves.
Trans In Film and Video 4/29/24
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene to let you know what transgender actors, actresses and others are up to in film and video. Today it’s Baby Reindeer’s trans girlfriend, Dev Patel’s hijras in Monkey Man, Jinkx Monsoon in Little House of Horrors, and more!
