Recent Transgender Articles
A Sabrina Symington Bria Cartoon
Sabrina Symington’s cartoon avatar has some thoughts on her transgender journey that she wants to share with you.
Crossdressing, Sex and Covid-19 , part 1
A friend asks Linda about safe-sex in a world where even passing close to someone apparently can lead to serious illness and maybe death. Is it even anywhere near possible to engage in intimate activity, or to just find someone willing to get it on during the pandemic? Linda discusses the issue with her pal Mary in Crossdressing, Sex and Covid-19 , part 1.
Male Celebrities Doll Up
For the past few years we’ve been running our Drag in Cinema feature. This month we forego the need for “cinema” using drag and present a slideshow of actors from film and TV whose work required them to appear in drag. Among them are Dr. Strange and Captain America, Captain Kirk, and a former Doctor Who. See who these ladies actually are in our Male Celebrities Doll Up feature.
Life Insurance
Sophie Marie needed to update her life insurance coverage. She had concerns that her change in gender status would negatively affect how the company measured their risk. Would they give her male rates, female rates? After some research she found that each company has a different policy on transgender people. And, she was going to have to go for a physical. How would that go? Read on!
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona page 6
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
Book Review: blond(e) BOY, Red LIPSTICK
blond(e) BOY, Red LIPSTICKby Geoff Bunn Review by Elizbaeth Batignolles This one came to my attention through the recommendation of a translator friend with good taste in literature. Set in London and Birmingham in the 1980s, blond(e) BOY, red LIPSTICK is a transgender romance, the first I’ve ever read. I was intrigued to find out […]
The Week In Trans 11/30/20
First up it’s all the trans related news we could find in the feature we call The Week In Trans! What’s happening? Sarah McBride shuts down a social media troll in no uncertain terms. President Trump’s trans military ban has eroded our military’s ability to wage war. A trans woman drives from Maine to Florida to steal a man’s wife. Violence against trans people persists. The funeral home that fired Aimee Stephens is nearing a settlement with her estate. U.K. businesses are urged to include the gender-neutral title Mx on forms. The Transgender Film Center is giving grants to trans filmmakers. RuPaul does a limited series on YouTube for the holidays. A long list of female celebrities have signed an open letter decrying discrimination against trans women. Legendary drag queens have taken their holiday show online. Finland may be changing the rules on transgender citizens. A court in Hungary has asked for a review of the law that would have erased trans and non-binary people. There’s all that and a lot more waiting for you in TWIT!
Be Confident
The saying goes, “Let a smile be your umbrella.” While it’s not normal to go around smiling all the time the smile is a tool in women’s tool kit that they use to deal with social situations. It certainly works much better than not making eye contact, staring at the floor while you mumble something. Today Kandi elaborates on one of her important rules — be confident. That means when you go to an event don’t be shy. Don’t act like you’re nervous or worried that people might “read” you. Just look them in the eye, smile and say hello. Of course during the pandemic you have to convey the smile using only your eyes, but once we get through with the virus be sure to utilize those pearly whites.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona page 5
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
A Trio of Genetic Studies Relevant to Transgender Causation
Dr. Dana Bevan had some time recently to sit down and read through the backlog of scientific papers she had accumulated. Among them she found three papers that dealt with genetic factors that may actually have direct implications for transgender folks and why we are who we are.
Two Girls In love?
Chrissy Gann is in a relationship with and woman and she and her partner have an affection for lesbian romance movies. Today Chrissy shares a list of her favorite films that feature two women falling in love. You might think that there wouldn’t be that many films depicting women who pursue the “love that dare not speak its name” but you will think again after you see Chrissy’s list of her favorite lesbian films.
I Bought a Breastplate
Pauline Estelle reviews the breastplate she bought. No, she isn’t preparing for participation as a knight at a Renaissance Faire. She wanted to know how wearing a silicone or latex set of breast that could be exposed more to show cleavage, and a bit more, would feel. She found one online and here is her review.
An Interview with Mae Krell
Mae Krell is a nonbinary indie singer-songwriter who entered the live music business at 15. They started Tongue Tied Mag, an online publication that features photography, interviews, and anything related to music. As a photographer this is how Mae got started in the music industry. There was young Mae, photographing live music, most notably shooting the Governor’s Ball for Rolling Stone magazine at the age of 17. Shelley Anne interviews Mae in this edition of Tell Shelley Anne.
They Called Me She. . .
Charee took coming out as her true self in small steps. But one small step led to another and soon she found herself completely out. Then two month ago a custom home builder friend of hers called to ask if she was available to work on a job. When she reported to work she was introduced as Char. Read on to find out how it went from there.
The Week In Trans 11/23/20
First we bring you all the news with a transgender slant in the feature we call The Week In Trans! What’s new? A transgender Republican woman wins an election in California. The North Carolina restroom law expires on December 1. There have been a number of trans politicians elected around the world. The list of deceased trans women grew as the Transgender Day of Remembrance came and went. Several trans people made the Out 100 list. IBM formally apologized to Lynn Conway for firing her 52 years ago. Dr. Rachel Levine may be the next Surgeon General. CNN reports that one in ten trans people self prescribe hormones. More trans and non-binary characters appear on TV. A nonbinary version of The Flash called Kid Quick comes to the comics. Sam Smith talks about being ridiculed when they came out as non-binary. Billy Porter will direct a trans teen love story. One of the Real Housewives of Orange County learns on the show that her 14-year-old son is a drag queen. There is all that and a whole lot more news waiting for you in TWIT!
Hindsight: 2020
Christy Lewis takes a look back at her personal progress during 2020. She manages to find the good things that happened for her among the negative things that dominated the nightly news. She even got to try on some wedding dresses and learned how to change her own wiper blades. Catch up with the rest of her 2020 experiences in Hindsight: 2020.
Bullies Lose
When Joe Biden won the election Sophie paused for a momentary sigh of relief. Then the reality of having to live with the current president in office for two more months and there is a load of people on the right who believe Biden did not win, that the Democrats rigged the election and there may well be trouble from the right wing militia groups who back 45. Read her other thoughts about the right wing bullies.
Chapter 4 — Sunday
With his father away at work much of the time Kenny’s mother and sister encourage him to dress as Savannah more and more. His mother tells him how much she enjoys having a younger daughter and his sister continues to teach him feminine ways. Being a girl for mom and his sister isn’t a great burden and he’s beginning to enjoy it. Today father meets Savannah, and she learns that the three women of the house are going to church on Sunday. What do you think will happen?
1956 Sweet Sweet Little Ramona page 4
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
The Katherine – Pincessas de la Noche – Virtual or Real
Our Columbian correspondent, Katherine Diaz, files a report on how the worldwide pandemic has affected the crossdressing and drag communities in her nation. She also announces a virtual present to the world that will happen in December. Read on to learn just what it will be.
Abstract from: Passing on a Date: A Crossdressing Adventure
Author Alan Barrie shares two chapters from his book about the adventures of a lovely young crossdresser who plans a three-day weekend in Chicago spent entirely en femme. She’s ready for three days of girly fun but she gets more than she expected. Like being seated in the Amtrak dining car with a handsome man. Or lingering over a three-hour lunch with him on the train. She also didn’t expect that he would ask her out to dinner while she was in Chicago. And that the first date would lead to a second date, and more.
The Week In Trans 11/16/20
Do you need all the transgender news? If so here it comes in The Week In Trans! Today we learn that a trans woman who was thrown out by her family has taken the crown in a beauty pageant. The Biden administration has plans to stop the military ban, do away with religious based discrimination against trans people, and Biden has brought a trans woman on board to help craft policies. A trans woman is a new Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. Other trans candidates did well in their campaigns. Violence against trans women of color continues. The 2020 Stonewall Riot happened. Two new documentaries follow trans children. A trans woman makes the cover of Playboy Mexico. Transphobia is rampant in the U.K. Norway adds protection for transgender people to its hate crime laws. There’s all that and more plus a couple of TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
Dina’s Diner 11/16/20
A COMPETITION FOR OUR MINDS Newsweek magazine had a point-counterpoint debate about transgender athletes in the online edition on October 20, 2020. The opposing debaters were to answer Newsweek’s question Do Transgender Athletes Threaten Women’s Sports? Taking the “yes” position was Abigail Shrier and taking the “no” pro-trans position was Juliet Jacques. It’s a debate […]
1956 Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, page 3
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
Transgender People Got Elected
Many people have considered the past few years to be dark times politically for transgender Americans. With the administration banning us from serving in the Armed Forces, to proposed rules to allow discrimination in emergency shelters and health care, to “bathroom bills” popping up in state legislatures from coast to coast, it seemed like elected […]
Time to Do the Work
Joe Biden won the Presidential election and Kamala Harris is the Vice President – Elect. People are celebrating, because Biden mentioned trans people in one of his speeches. This means we can all breathe a sigh of relief and assume the war is over, right? Not so fast! In Pirke Avot – The Teachings of […]
