Recent Transgender Articles
The Week In Trans April 20, 2020
Time for the most comprehensive collection of trans related news in the galaxy — The Week In Trans! Today we learn star of Pose Indya Moore raises money for black trans people suffering because of the epidemic. Virginia’s governor signs the Virginia Values Act which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s civil rights law. Idaho’s anti-trans laws are being challenged in court. There’s news about the trans military ban. Some trans students suffer in home schooling. Nicole Maines gives an interview. Pride events are canceled over concerns about Covid-19. The virus is also affecting people’s ability to get HRT. Poland may jail teachers who include LGBT in their courses. There’s all that and a lot more from the trans world in TWIT! Along with a few well deserved TWIT Awards.
Ask Amanita
Do you have a gender question and don’t know where to turn? If so Ask Amanita! Amanita is a gender counselor who offers counseling to trans people around the world online. We’re happy to have her available here on TGForum. Today Amanita answers a question how to cope as an isolated trans person in a quarantined world.
Trans Role Models and Breakthroughs
Kristine Holt starts to recognize people throughout the ages who are seen as role models for transgender people. Along the way she gets caught up in not just the individuals who have helped transgender people win recognition but list many of the events that occurred because of trans people’s effort to be seen and accepted. She starts off in 204 BC and follows our progress up to 2015.
Retro Rerun: Book Reviews — Day Of Confession & The Golden Globe
Our Retro Rerun today is Book Chat from TGForum in 1998 by Elizabeth Parker. She reviewed two books back then that had gender switching featured. The first is a thriller titled Day of Confession and the other is a science fiction novel by John Varley titled The Golden Globe. Varley is known to feature characters who change gender like we change our pantyhose and The Golden Globe does not disappoint. LEarn more about both books from Elizabeth’s reviews.
Personality and Being Transgender
For the past eight months or so Dana Bevan has been intensely studying the literature on transgender personalities and pathological personality disorders because of experiences she described in a previous post on narcissism. Do pathological disorders of personality contribute to transgender causation and, if so, which ones?
Sabrina Symington’s “She” Episode 27
Kay finds herself running through endless, dark corridors with the sound of pursuit behind her. Where can she find sanctuary? Where can she find Nat? How can she hide? Why bother? It all looks the same. She’s running through what could be a maze and there’s no escape. The demented surgeon will have her soon.
The Week In Trans 4/13/20
In TWIT Today we learn the story of the Orthodox rabbi who transitioned will be coming to the screen. Virginia has a non-binary driver’s license option. Joe Biden’s anti-violence plan for women includes federal funding for local efforts to help transgender communities. Arizona introduces a ban on trans women in high school sports. The Idaho governor seems to not be familiar with the anti-trans bills he signed into law. Former gubernatorial candidate in Vermont, Christine Halquist, tests positive for Coronavirus. A Navy lieutenant sues to stay in the service after transitioning. The president’s new press secretary believes trans women in the ladies’ room are a threat to children. A trans teen girl traveling with her mother is groped by the TSA after a false positive scanner reading. COVID-19 hits trans people hard. Tiger King’s Saff Saffrey speak out. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights awards monetary compensation to a trans woman raped by police in Peru. There’s that and much more, along with several TWIT Awards, waiting for you in TWIT!
The Occasional Woman — Spring Wardrobe Refresh
Time on your hands because of the lockdown? The Occasional Woman, Lorraine Anderson, says it’s now the right time to spend some effort clearing out your closet. Most of us normally switch out our closet contents at this time of year putting the winter stuff in storage while we bring out the spring and summer attire. Often we do it quickly because we are busy women with places and to go and people to see. This spring we have nowhere to go so we can take some time to do a deep clean on things that should have to go away. Evaluate whether you really need four red, sleeveless tops and get those you don’t want anymore in bags and ready to go. Lorraine has helpful hints on how to determine what to toss.
Insomnia
It’s late and Sophie is trying to get to sleep. Through the thoughts buzzing around in her brain she hears a voice. The voice denies her reality and the conversation is not anywhere close to a delightful session of witty banter. The voice is downright nasty at times. Will Sophie silence that mean voice and get the rest she needs? Read “Insomnia” and find out.
Another Batch of Isolated Beauties
If you’re all alone at home, and are all dressed up wishing you could go out and share your look with the world be aware that we are still posting Isolated Beauties photos. Since the large number of submissions has fallen off we are posting new photos in new posts. If more ladies send us […]
Sabrina Symington’s “She” Episode 26
Kay ran for the door as the mad surgeon/torturer vowed to hunt her down and use his instruments on her body for a long, long time. Where can she hide? How can she escape the fate the maniac has planned for her? Today she finds herself running through endless, dark corridors with the sound of pursuit behind her. Where can she find sanctuary? Where can she find Nat?
Princesses of the Night: Differences
It has been several weeks since our lives forcibly changed making us take the virtual path as the most relevant at the moment, and feel a slight reflection on what our lives were before. Before this, my artistic life ran from bar to bar or from cultural place to cultural place. Now, it goes from […]
Am I Trans Enough?
Christine Burr is with us this week with a new post. She has been pondering questions about the nature of her transgender identity. Why write a book about the questions she is grappling with? For one thing getting it all down on paper helped her get some clarity. She defines what she sees as the three different varieties of male bodied people who crossdress. There’s the part time crossdresser who is content to wear some lingerie, or other femme attire, the ones who dress fully and form social relationships, spending more time every month as their femme self, and those who go full time. Christine wonders where she fits and, as the title of her book reads, “Am I Trans Enough?”
Drag in Cinema: The 1980s
After presenting all of the Drag in Cinema articles from the TGForum Archives we continue to move the series along. Today we look at the use of drag characters in films from the 1980s. From Victor/Victoria to Torch Song Trilogy, these films had an impact on movie audiences. Dustin Hoffman’s character finds the only way he can land an acting job is to cross the gender border and audition as a woman. Along the way he learns things about being a man. Torch Song Trilogy took a four hour play and turned it into a two hour film that educated a straight audience about the life of a drag performer. Read on for more about drag in the cinema of the ’80s.
Transgenderality: A Critique of Patriarchal Institutions
New Contributor Kristina Leigh is working on a series of essays about transgender issues. Today we present her first work, including copious footnotes, titled Transgenderality: A Critique of Patriarchal Institutions. Part of her thesis is “A reinterpretation of gender is not only necessary in the postmodern age; it is inevitable. Society and its institutions will catch up with transgenderality eventually. The fraudulence of sexism and phallocentricity has already been exposed; transgenderality has been one of the critiques.”
The Week In Trans 4/6/20
Today we learn that last Tuesday was Transgender Day of Visibility and even though we are isolating the day caught the attention of the press. Non-binary activist and consultant Rex Wilde opens a consulting firm for business on how to treat trans employees. The matriarch of the Latinx trans community has passed away. More violence against trans women has occurred. Danica Roem confronts a fellow legislator for defending an ignorant teacher. TLDEF issues a guide to your rights in the age of COVID-19. Pennsylvania’s transgender Physician General is guiding the fight against the virus in that state. The only likable character on Tiger King is misgendered. Drag queens Aja and Honey Davenport drop a new single. Fans of David de Alba will enjoy his new video blog. Lot’s of TWIT Awards wrap things up in TWIT!
Dina’s Diner April 6, 2020
We’re happy to inform you that while many eateries are shutdown during the Covid-19 outbreak there is one place that never closes. We call it Dina’s Diner and since it exists in the digital virtual world it’s always open, 24/7, 365! Today Dina cooks up another delicious menu of items including dating while trans, South Korea’s growing acceptance of transgender people, the first trans news anchor, the appeal of actress Valerie Perrine, and the greatness of big hair. Stop in at the Diner and eat your fill.
Sabrina Symington’s “She” Episode 25
in Episode 24 we saw the bizarre vivisectionist fight off his caged victims as one of them freed Kay from her restraints. She ran for the door as the mad surgeon/torturer vowed to hunt her down and use his instruments on her body for a long, long time. Where can she hide? How can she escape the fate the maniac has planned for her? And, what did he mean an episode or so ago about “presenting the two of you to the masters”? Ready for Episode 25?
What does it mean to be gender nonconforming during a pandemic?
Many of us are impacted by the virus induced lockdown. While some of us whine and moan about how we can’t get out to our favorite watering hole for a few happy hour cocktails en femme, or are bummed out that we can’t wear a flirty dress at a nightclub there are many under the transgender umbrella who are facing real tribulations as the lockdown continues. Claire Hall uses her blog today to remind us of the far reaching consequences of the effort to shutdown the virus.
Trans Spirituality
First let me introduce myself. I’m Rabbah Rona Matlow. I’m an AFAB NB trans woman, and I use ze/hir pronouns. Rabbah in the modern context means woman rabbi. I use ze/hir deliberately rather than they/them to engage people in discussions and learning because I believe that religion, science and sociology all clearly show that the […]
TransTainment: Trans comics, Katy Keene and Space Art
Today it’s a frothy mix of songs in honor of the Transgender Day of Visibility, the drag queen from the CW show “Katy Keene”, transgender comedians — and space art. That’s right. A transgender artist’s work is orbiting the Earth right now. It’s all the showbiz and arts news in the feature we call TransTainment! With trans artists, performers, and musicians and themes featuring trans people.
The Cedar Chests, Chapter 7
One day Mary Jo suggested she and Claire should attend the gala of the Kentucky lady’s association. Which would require a couple of different outfits. The cedar chests supplied one beautiful vintage gown but shopping for a cocktail dress and four inch heels would have to happen. After seeing that Claire would need to enhance her waistline to look really good in the vintage gown MJ insists that Claire begin corset training to achieve an hourglass figure. The cedar chests had an adequate stock of vintage whale bone garments. We join the couple as MJ is at work lacing Claire into her corset.
Two New Isolated Beauties
Isolated Beauties got a flurry of photos sent in but last week we only added three. It seems that many of our ladies are in situations in which they can’t dress up for a photo shoot. No doubt due to family situations. Today we only have two new Isolated Beauties to add, and one of them is me.
The Week In Trans 3/30/20
What’s been in the news? Legendary New York drag performer Mona Foot has passed away from COVID-19. The Transgender Day of Visibility will find many of us out of sight. A former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant has landed a Pantene television commercial. The Justice Department chimes in on the side of the people who want to keep trans girls from competing in high school sports. The virus out break is causing people’s GCS to be delayed. Marvel Comics has revealed a transgender doctor in The Immortal Hulk #32. A cast member of Orange Is The New Black got closer to her trans sister after working with Laverne Cox. Drag queens are taking their shows online. A troll attacked model and activist Munroe Bergdorf on social media and she did not hit back but calmly gave him information. There’s all that and a load of TWIT Awards to be handed out in this edition of TWIT!
In the COVID Closet
In this time of social distancing and self isolating our normal routines are suddenly gone. Dressing up and going out to dinner, happy hour or a club is no longe possible, or from a health standpoint practical. What do crossdressers who depend on a certain schedule and life circumstances to squeeze in those opportunities to dress up do when they have to stay in their homes with family members who are not aware of their “hobby”? Julie Slowinski had some fun planned during an upcoming work trip out of town. A trip that has been cancled. How is she coping?
Wow! That Was Close!
Many part time ladies who are not “out” to everyone have found themselves in situations in which they run into someone who knows them from their male life. You’re en femme, walking on the street, and up ahead you see your neighbor, co-worker or your child’s teacher. OMG! Linda recalls attending a support group meeting for “closeted crossdressers” where members took turns revealing the close calls they had that could have left them outed to the world.
