Recent Transgender Articles
“Memento” Day in Chicago
Julie Slowinski treated herself to a solo Julie day. She started with a nail appointment, then took in some art, tried on corsets and did a pub, or club crawl. She caught some jazz, a drag show and more. She tells the tale of her day in the style of the ’90s film Momento, going from the end of the evening until the start of her day. Don’t miss this tale of a part-time princess!
You Are Getting Old When. . . .
A common truth in all people’s lives is that eventually they get older. Today Linda Jensen blogs about aging and takes a moment to look at her memories of the good times she’s had while being Linda. She offers a sort of memory test that will let you situate yourself on the transgender timeline by bringing up places, publications and online addresses which either mean something to you or don’t spark a memory. For example, how many remember Paradise in the Poconos? Take a sashay down memory lane with Linda Jensen.
Sabrina Symington’s “She” Episode 20
Our heroine Kay found herself in a dark, strange corridor. She began to explore slowly and a dim glow led her a room equipped with a chair like you would find in a dentist’s office but this chair had restraints. Saws, knifes and other implements were arrayed on a table in front of the chair and as she noticed that there were “people,” mutilated and altered people, behind bars on the side of the room she was grabbed from behind and lost consciousness. Find out what she wakes to in this episode.
Mr. Johnson
Welcome our new Contributor Jaelle Terrell. Jaelle has submitted some trans fiction for your entertainment. It’s the story of a trans woman who had given up on romance. She was content with her life after transition but thought that no one would be interested in a woman like her. That all changed starting on the day she was late to meet a friend and ran into, literally, Mr. Johnson.
A Light Hearted Bria Cartoon from Sabrina Symington
Sabrina Symington, aware that her current graphic novel project, She, might be generating too much tension people who are closely following the heroine Kay as she searches for her lost Natalie, has sent us a Bria cartoon that is positive, fun, and up lifting. Look at it before you go further into the twisted horror of the graphic novel, as a soothing counterpoint to all the suspense. Enjoy!
The Week In Trans, 2/24/20
Hey kids! What time is it? Time for New Content on TGForum.com! We lead off with our usual, fantastic condensation of all the transgender related news that we call The Week In Trans! Two trans candidate run for the state legislature in North Carolina. The number of transgender murders rises. Mike Bloomberg makes remarks about transgender restroom use that come back to bite him. The LDS ministerial handbook encourages transgender members to participate but in their birth gender. Legislatures continue to try and limit transgender athletes. Schools are still trying to deal with trans student’s restroom rights. Former Vermont gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist endorses Bernie Sanders. Drag performers talk about starting a drag union. Despite losing in Britain the Labour Party continues to support transgender rights. A Brazilian Carnival dancer is the first transgender woman to lead the drummers for a top samba school. There’s all that and more than a bit more in TWIT! Don’t miss it!
Domestic Relations & The Trans Parent or A Tale of Two Families
Today Kristine Holt steps back from how transgender people are dealt with by our system of laws and tells some stories of how coming out as transgender can affect families. She begins with her own story of what happened when she told her spouse about he need to transition and then tells of other outcomes through a fictional account base on fact, and a true story in which the principals passed away several years ago.
A Brief History of Lingerie
Initially, when people wore clothing beneath their outer garments they called it underwear. Due to changes in societal mores, and where sexuality is concerned underwear is now called lingerie and it has become provocative. Among primitive tribes and in more sophisticated societies crude or more subtle loin cloths were worn. Civilizations around the Mediterranean tended […]
Ask Amanita, “Was I a man?”
Dear Amanita, When I hear other trans women talk and write about their past, I often wonder: Did I used to be a boy or have I always been a girl? I have only found out that I’m a woman five years ago. Does this mean, I used to be a man? Or have I […]
Sabrina Symington’s “She” Episode 19
Our heroine had screwed up her courage, entered the bedroom and suddenly found herself locked in. Then the lights went out, the carpet underfoot transformed into cold concrete and she knew she was no longer in the bedroom. A dim glow of light led her down corridors that she had never seen before and eventually she found the light was coming from a room. In today’s episode she learns just what horror is in that room.
Retro Rerun: Jailed for Crossdressing in Public
Our Retro Rerun today comes from the TGForum Archives from 1998. TGF reader Robin Jean Peters wrote a piece titled We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby. She told our readers that no matter how oppressed they felt about the social stigma of crossdressing in 1998 it was way, way worse forty years before that. In 1958 she made the mistake of getting out of her car to just walk around the block and hear her high heels clicking on the pavement. Robin tells you what happened and why she found things to be much better for crossdressers in 1998.
The Week In Trans 2/17/20
Time for The Week In Trans! Today we learn about the dinner honoring trans advocated in Washington, D.C. Statistics show transgender people are more likely to be poor. The anti-transgender bill in South Dakota dies in committee. Ohio legislators have caught the fever and introduced a bill to ban treatment for trans kids. A trans woman athlete qualifies for the Olympics. A lawsuit is filed to stop trans high school athletes from competition–and is quickly undermined when a cisgender girl beats her trans opponent in a track meet. Trans wrestler Nyla Rose wins a AEW match. Dwayne Wade identifies his youngest child as his daughter Zaya. Not throwing shade, but Miss RuPaul Charles did not do that makeover on “Chad” on SNL. Who did? Find out by reading today’s TWIT!
The Occasional Woman on Facebook “Fashion Experts”
Don’t believe everything word of fashion advice that you get on the internet. Today our fashion expert, Lorraine Anderson, proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, argues that many of the internet and Facebook “fashion experts” don’t always know what they’re talking about. Especially when they’re trying to cite rules for what women over fifty can wear and look well in. Read on for Lorraine’s evaluation of short hair styles, shoulder pads, mom jeans and other fashion mistakes.
Transgender at Penn State?
Penn State University grad student and TGForum contributor Sophie Lynne goes in search of her transgender brothers and sisters at the university’s main campus in Happy Valley. Looking at the number of students enrolled in both the undergrad and graduate programs at Penn State Sophie extrapolates that there should be over 250. Where do they hang out? What do they do for fun? Sophie lets you know what she found out about the transgender community at Penn State in today’s post.
Drag In Cinema: More From the ’70s
The New Drag In Cinema feature kicks off with coverage of few films from the 1970s that were not covered in the old Drag In Cinema column. From well known iconic films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the original French production of La Cage aux Folles, to lesser known films that featured drag, even a Soviet made-for-TV movie based on Charlie’s Aunt, you’ll find the today in our new Drag In Cinema column.
In Praise of Classic Bras Worn in a Room of My Own
Our newest Contributor is Brooke Preston. Miss Preston today presents a story that we are sure many of you can relate to. It’s all about how excited she was to be home alone with her mother’s corsets, bras, dresses and heels. How she was terrified that her mother might notice a cosmetics item or piece of jewelry slightly out of place the next time she was in her bedroom sitting at her vanity. Now Brooke is all grown up and she can indulge her passion for feminine finery any time she wants. Today she, while immaculately attired in the height of femme attire, writes about the thrill of it all.
Princesses of the Night — Di Modelare
I want to highlight the talent of many Drag artists who attended this great fashion show event I organized called Di-Modelare. I have few words to express the talent that was observed that day, from the deepest and most romantic to the most eclectically invigorating and transcendental. It was a fashion event embodied in nine […]
The Week In Trans 2/10/20
Time for The Week In Trans! What do we learn today? A fashion photographer poses a group of trans women dressed in Alexander McQueen for a fashion shoot. Attempts to outlaw treatment for trans kids gets mainstream press. Jazz Jennings’ mother attends a hearing on one of the bills. A trans woman runs for the Kentucky legislature. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Murkowski introduce a bill to strengthen hate crime penalties. A 2016 statement about trans women in public restrooms puts the heat on Michael Bloomberg. A park in Brooklyn is named for Marsha P. Johnson. A trans student sues his school when lack of restroom access exacerbates his kidney problem. There’s all that, and more news concerning trans people from all around the world waiting for you in TWIT! And don’t forget copious TWIT Awards!
Dina’s Diner 2/10/20
Are you ready for some delicious dishes straight from the kitchen of Dina’s Diner? Today’s Specials are sure to please! First Dina serves up a 13-year-old who puts a different spin on the youth drag queen scene. This young drag queen is a cisgender girl! The next entree served with a side of laughs is devoted to playwright and actor Charles Busch. Then Dina offers a palate refresher in the form of BroadwayCon and the fans who wear fishnets. Then it’s on to two delectable desserts. One is the modern advances in beauty technology that allows J.Lo at 50 to be so hot, and the other is the way your bangs can define what kind of woman you are. Don’t miss all the tasty treats down at Dina’s Diner!
It’s — TransTainment!
TransTainment fills you in on happenings in the arts and entertainment involving transgender actors, drag queens, and transgender driven stories and songs. Today we look at a new play by Charles Busch, learn about a new film starring Jazz Jennings, are introduced to the person who was the USA’s first drag queen, learn about Billy Porter’s appearance on Sesame Street, and discuss RuPaul’s appearance on SNL. TransTainment is the TWIT of showbiz and the arts!
The War Against Transgender People
With legislation being introduced in state legislatures around the country that is aimed at taking away transgender people’s right it seems like we are in a war. Why the sudden interest in state capitals over doctor prescribed puberty blockers? What is behind bills that would jail doctors who provided care to trans patients, and with the effort to remove protections from anti-discrimination laws? Claire Hall has some thoughts on the subject.
Sabrina’s Symington’s “She” Episodes 16 — 18
Last episode after getting her nerve up spurred on by anger our heroine decided to storm the castle, or rather, open that scary bedroom door and see what was inside. Which proved to be nothing that wasn’t there before. In despair she threw herself on the floor and cried into the carpet. But. . . suddenly the floor wasn’t carpeted. It was concrete, and the air felt different. She wasn’t in the bedroom anymore but where the hell was she? Could she be in the same place Natalie went? View Chapters 16 through 18 in a special bonus presentation of “She.”
San Diego Imperial Court Holds XLVIII Coronation
Melanie Yarborough of Sand Diego’s Neutral Corner reports on San Diego’s Imperial Court’s 48th Annual Coronation. The Imperial Court system has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for many charities and causes. It was originally founded in San Francisco in 1965 by José Julio Sarria. The San Diego chapter of the Imperial Court was founded half a decade later in 1971. Last weekend the San Diego Court welcomed its new emperor and empress. Melanie has all the details.
The Cedar Chests, Chapter 5
“Claire” and her wife Mary Jo spent a couple of days in the city having a girlfriend weekend. Claire passed beautifully and the two girls got up to some sexy activities in places like a movie theater and the dressing room at the big department store. They even had some men buy them drinks at the hotel bar but discouraged their advances by uttering the “L” word. This chapter finds them heading on back to the farm where Claire continues to remain dressed in her femme finery.
The Week In Trans 2/3/20
It’s The Week In Trans! What tasty tidbits of trans related news do we have for you today? Drag queens were featured in a Super Bowl commercial. The City of Brotherly love loves its drag queens. Two guys start to harass two trans women. It does not go well for the guys. We’ve got the video of the beat down. A trans woman of color heads the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs in Philly. South Dakota legislators want to punish doctors for treating trans kids. A conservative groups seems to be writing these sort of bills. Virginia passes trans friendly legislation. Danica Roem gets a tattoo. Bernie Sanders gets an endorsement from an anti-trans radio host. Elizabeth Warren tells a nine-year-old trans boy he can interview her pick for Secretary of Education. A man tries to pick up a trans journalist in NYC and spits on and slaps her when he realizes she is trans. He’s in custody. There’s all that plus plenty more in this edition of TWIT
Julie Does Burlesque
Julie Slowinski volunteered to be the dollar girl at a drag show, during Pinkfest. That’s the assistant who gathers the dollar bills fans of the drag queens toss on stage. Once she got a taste of showbiz and being on stage she was hooked. She decided she’d participate in a drag show. The only problem? She didn’t dance. So she took a beginning class in burlesque thinking she would learn how to dance. That lead her into doing a burlesque routine on stage in front of a big crowd. Read on for her part time princess tale. With photos of her burlesque costume, of course.
