Recent Transgender Articles
Voice Training #13 Consonants!
Sabrina Symington continues her series of voice training videos that give you the vocal tools to sound in a way that matches your look. Whether you crossdress now and then or live fulltime in your preferred gender speaking as a woman can boost your confidence when you interact with members of the general public. Sabrina has a lot to say on the subject of sounding like you look.
Trans Spirituality 7/26/21
Rabbah Rona Matlow points out that many people who consider themselves to be Christians fail to follow the words of Jesus. He said to love God first and after that love your neighbor as you love yourself. So many find justification in the Bible to allow them to hate, senselessly. Listen to what the Rabbah advises.
Retro Rerun: Female Masks in Comic Books
In the 1990s Brittany Rose was TGForum’s comic book expert. She revealed the numerous times that male protagonists adopted female disguise (looking at you Jimmy Olsen) in or to defeat villains. And when male villains used female disguise as part of their nefarious plots to take over the world. Or at least steal a lot of money. This Retro Rerun is from June of 1998 and is about the amazing way that latex masks can completely transform a man into a beautiful woman. Key thing to know, they can’t. Except in the comic book world.
The Week In Trans 7/19/21
First up it’s all the news from the transgender community in a feature we call The Week In Trans! What’s going on? Mj Rodriguez is nominated for an Emmy. GLAAD finds that major motion pictures don’t have much, as in none, transgender representation. A new documentary looks at LGBTQ+ people who have survived hate crimes. A teacher fired for dead naming a student loses his lawsuit against the school. Legislators in Louisiana are determined to over ride the governor’s veto of the bill banning trans girls in sports. The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference will be online this month. Alaska’s Medicaid program now covers transgender health needs. This past Wednesday was International Non-Binary Persons Day. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina are required to cover facial feminization surgery and voice therapy. Out has a list of 28 people who came out as non-binary this year. A trans woman from Nicaragua has been released from ICE custody after two years. Among new proposed emojis is one of a pregnant man. There’s all that and a couple of tons more news that affects the trans community waiting for you in TWIT!
Julie’s Weekend With (Mostly) Cis People
Our girl out and about, Julie Slowinski, hit the streets of Chicago for a weekend of crossdressed fun and she shares all the details with you. From the art museum to live jazz and of course dining and sipping ladylike libations, Julie lets you in on her fun.
How Admirers Come to Be
Linda goes back through her memory and emails to find and lay out what she has learned about those men commonly called admirers and how they are drawn to admiring t-girls/ crossdressers/trannies.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, page 38
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. This evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them, a cat named Box, wanted her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Looking to avoid a confrontation she retreats to the ladies room but Box is waiting for her but Jack steps in to defend her by punching Box in the face. What happens next?
Trans Film & Video 7/19/21
Mj Rodriguez in nominated for an Emmy! Carmen Carrera wants more roles for transgender actors. Josie Totah and Zión Moreno have roles in reboots of older shows and their characters just happen to be trans. Does Loki in the show of the same name have transgender tendencies? Spike Lee uses trans actors in a promotional spot for bitcoin.
Retro Rerun: Self-Esteem
Our Retro Rerun comes for 1996. Julie Freeman was a significant other who was active in the transgender community for many years, particularly with the significant others and couples groups. She wrote this article about the importance of self-esteem, the self-esteem of the crossdresser’s partner.
The Week In Trans 7/12/21
What’s new in transgender news? A German trans woman is running for a seat in parliament. States keep moving on anti-trans bills. RuPaul reveals who seems to be an unlikely fan of Drag Race. Stress from discrimination causes more heart problems among transgender folks. A trans woman has won the title Miss South Africa. Pose star Angelica Ross works outside show biz to “curate courage.” The actor who portrays Princess Diana on The Crown is nonbinary and promotes a brand of binders. Megan Fox’s son gets harassed at school for wearing dresses. Spain has passed its new Transgender Equality Law. An LGBTQ history museum is being planned for New York City. There’s all that and much more waiting for you in TWIT!
The Way It Used To Be
How many times has your desire to wear women’s clothing made you anxious and obsessed? How often have you seen a woman wearing a certain shoe, or a dress that you can’t stop thinking about? Many of us have been there. Sometimes to the point at which the attraction to feminine clothing interferes with our daily lives. Kandi Robbins has been there. Done that. Today she writes about what it was like suppressing her feminine desires when she was in the closet.
Moments When Gender Is Determined
Dana Bevan looks into the early research going on to determine when children begin to learn about gender and find what their gender is. Science is making a beginning to investigate this area and is the research is benefited by the rise of more transgender children who are supported by their families.
Tell Shelley Anne: An Interview With Fiona Mallratte
Shelley Anne interviews the artist whose graphic novel 1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona is serialized on TGForum, Fiona Mallratte. Find out how she got her name, explore her body of work in the alt comics world and get her advice on how to make a career in art.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, page 37
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. This evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them, a cat named Box, wanted her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Looking to avoid a confrontation she retreats to the ladies room and runs into Nikki and they spent some intimate time in one of the stalls. But Box is in the club and he’s looking for her.
Love Grew Where the Tears Had Fallen
Chrissy Gann writes about the loving relationship she has with her partner. It is not alway easy and there is sometime conflict but in the end they compliment each other. Chrissy knows that if she hadn’t come out and transitioned she would have never met her partner.
Retro Rerun: Holding a Position
Our Retro Rerun today is from March of 1999. It was written by TGForum subscriber Stephanie K. Thomas after Ms. Thomas attended her first major transgender event, Fall Harvest in Minneapolis in November of 1998. Stephanie learned a couple of things at that event. For one thing she found she loved to dance the night away as Stephanie, and two, she realized that all her life she had needed to know the gender of anyone she interacted with. After meeting a variety of gender and sexual identities at the Fall Harvest she decided to abandon that position.
The Week In Trans 7/5/21
First up it’s all the news you need! So much in fact that you may want to break it up into two or three reading sessions. There’s a lot going on in the transgender community. What do we know? Gavin Grimm has won his case, again, when the Supreme Court did not take it up. A trans woman in the new Miss Nevada. The U. S. State Department introduces a neutral gender marker on passports. The White House supports expanded rights for trans people. More movement on anti trans legislation continues. California is fixing the language in its laws to be gender neutral. Arkansa holds a 500 person Pride march. Pete Buttigieg tells viewers of The Late Show that trans rights are important. Pennsylvania makes it easier to do a name change. Furniture from the set of Pose is donated to a place for homeless trans youth. Spain is reforming its laws regarding trans people. Some other nations go in the opposite direction. There’s all that and a few TWIT Awards waiting for your perusal in TWIT!
TransTainment 7/4/21
Time for another look at transgender people in the arts and entertainment! Those starring in today’s production include the new Miss Nevada, a version of The Brady Bunch that puts drag queens in the show, Mj Rodriquez sings, India’s first transgender model wants to act, and the TRANScendent Sounds Festival 2021 is online for your your viewing and listening pleasure. Don’t miss all the TransTainment news!
Friends and What Happens After
Sophie Lynne lost a friend a few days ago, someone who was very active in her local support organization and was very comfortable relating to the world from a feminine place. But she was not out to her family, meaning a friend from the trans community had to go to her home and clean out all hints that a woman was living there. Sophie’s friend will be laid to rest as a male and her friends from the community won’t even know that name. Sophie writes about how that feels.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, page 36
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. Trying to just relax for the evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them wants her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Looking to avoid a confrontation she retreats to the ladies room and runs into someone she knows. Someone she knows very well.
Emerging from the Chrysalis
Christy Lewis feels as if she has been enclosed in a chrysalis, slowly transforming into the beautiful butterfly she was meant to be, and now she has broken through the confining wall. Now she’s living her life as she always wanted, being “out” to all her friends and coworkers.
Katie Ward Passes Away
Katie Ward, a member of the TransCentralPA support group and one of the many women who put effort into producing the annual Keystone Conference, passed away in June. Her friend Jennifer Latham wrote the following tribute to Katie and has allowed us to share it here. My good friend Katie Ward, passed away on Monday, […]
My Life as Savannah: High School
Summer ends and Savannah must “go home to Atlanta”. Kenny has to return from wherever he was and go to high school. Fred is away at a private school and Savannah’s sister is away at college. It’s not an exciting time for Savannah.
The Week In Trans 6/28/21
The Army and Navy have announced their plans to allow transgender people to serve. The V.A. is making gender confirmation surgery available to vets. States continue to introduce and pass laws restricting trans people in school sports and limiting medical care for trans kids. Several governors have said they will veto those bills if they land on their desks. The Department of Education will enforce Title IX to protect trans kids from discrimination. President Biden has designated the site of the Pulse nightclub as a national monument. The State Department has a Special Envoy for LGBTQ+ rights. Trans runner CeCe Telfer will not compete in the Olympics. A transgender woman is kayaking around Iceland against the current. Indya Moore stars in a new film. Hungary is so bad on civil rights for LGBTQ+ people that it may have to defend its high handed laws in court. There’s all that and more plus several TWIT Awards waiting for your perusal in TWIT!
Dina’s Diner, June 28, 2021
The kitchen down at Dina’s Diner has been busy whipping up new dishes. Today Chef Dina has assembled all fresh, organic ingredients like wigs on kids, the return of high heeled ladies who are back at work, a Black female aviation pioneer, and the Mark Eden method of increasing bust size and molded them into a delightfully tasty treat that we call Dina’s Diner. Don’t miss Chef Dina’s delight!
Voice Training #12
Sabrina Symington continues her series of voice training videos that give you the vocal tools to sound in a way that matches your look. Whether you crossdress now and then or live fulltime in your preferred gender speaking as a woman can boost your confidence when you interact with members of the general public. Sabrina has a lot to say on the subject of sounding like you look.
