Recent Transgender Articles
Op-Ed: Plain Janes and Glam Dolls
Angela Gardner has a theory that the fascination of glamor is the reason many male bodied people present themselves to the world as glamorous females. Glamor is not just for female bodied people but for both sexes. Glam Dolls are all about expressing themselves a fab, sexy, feminine people no matter what they have between their legs. Viva the Glam Dolls! The opposite of the Glam Doll is the Plain Jane. This op-ed doesn’t discuss them very much.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, page 8
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 Week In Trans 12/14/20
Welcome to The Week In Trans! Today we learn that a former male jockey wants to win a race after transition. Massachusetts postpones elective surgeries due to the pandemic. SCOTUS refuses to hear a case about schools accepting student’s gender identities. President Elect Biden is expected to lift the trans military ban after he is sworn in. A Trump supporting drag performer gets harassed by Trump supporters at the D.C. rally. Violence against trans women continues. NYC’s loitering law may be rescinded and no longer used to harass trans women. Michigan’s anti-discrimination policy does not cover sexual orientation but does cover gender identity. Cher admits she was upset when her daughter came out as a trans man. The first transgender character to appear on network TV was George Jefferson’s Navy buddy who transitioned in The Jeffersons. RuPaul’s Drag Race has a trans man drag queen this season. The theory that Mona Lisa is Leonardo in drag has turned up again but this time researchers will attempt to prove it. There’s all that news and a lot more plus several TWIT Awards handed out in this edition of TWIT.
Dina’s Diner 12/14/20
Time for another dining experience par excellence at Dina’s Diner. Dina Amberle collects only the finest natural ingrediants and blends them carefully into the tasty dishes she serves up to her loyal customer base. And while you enjoy the intellectual delights she has carefully prepared you need not worry about infections as Dina’s Diner is in the virtual world. Today she has specials including the appearance of trans faces in advertising, Instagrams boys who dress like girls, the son in drag on a reality show, and Agnes Moorehead. Grab a booth and a cup of coffee, tea if you prefer and prepare to be satisfied at Dina’s Diner.
Trans Spirituality – Light up the Nights – Special Edition
Rabbah Rona goes into the reasons that many of the world’s holidays happen in the darkest times of winter. Ze points to ancient pre-biblical texts that instruct people to light up these dark times. But ze points out, not everyone, like trans people who are alone on the holidays, can push back the darkness.
Letter to the Child
Today Claire Hall sends a letter to her ten-year-old-self. Does she tell little Claire to invest in certain stocks or place bets on teams that have won the World Series? No, she just has advice she would have loved to get when she was ten and feeling like she was the only person in the world who had a boy body but knew she was a girl. See what thoughts Claire would send to her young self it was possible.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona page 7
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.
Femme Voice Training #5
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.
Julian Eltinge, The Crinoline Girl
Digging into the TGForum Archives we found a post from 1997 by Ms Bob & Carol Kleinmaier on the early 20th century female impersonator Julian Eltinge. He appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway and in movies, both silent and the talkies. There hasn’t been a female impersonator as popular or famous until the arrival of RuPaul on the drag scene. Julian Eltinge, The Crinoline Girl is our Retro Rerun and is illustrated with photos that did not appear in the original post.
TransTainment 12/14/20
It’s TransTainment time! From online Christmas drag to and 11-hour drag marathon for New Year’s Eve, we’ve got all the news. RuPaul’s queens will be working overtime with online streaming events. Courtney Act stars in a live on stage play in London, and it’s been 50 years since the performance art theater group The Cockettes came into being in San Francisco. Find out all about it in this month’s TransTainment.
Registered But Not Activated?
There are around 70 people who at some point in the last few months signed up for a TGForum account but they languish in isolation, unable to login and create a profile because they have not followed up and activated their accounts. When you register for TGForum you should receive an activation email. That’s so […]
The Week In Trans 12/7/20
Links in TWIT 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. Dr. Rachel Levine won the Pink News Award for Frontline Hero. In her acceptance speech, she said, “It does […]
Super Awesome Shopping Day
For a married crossdresser whose wife is aware but the children don’t know dad has a much softer side it can be hard to get out and have dress up fun. Especially during a pandemic that has many of a crossdresser’s usual haunts shutdown, either early or completely. Julie Slowinski is one such lady who has to plan painstakingly and in advance to have a few hours of fun. This month she tells us about a simple shopping day followed by dinner. This outing didn’t take a lot of planning, and she got to try on some cute dresses. Check out her Super Awesome Shopping Day.
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.
