Recent Transgender Articles
Tips on Applying Makeup
Pauline Estelle shares her tips on how to get a good result from your makeup application. She outlines her steps to a beautiful look, from preparing her skin to applying lipstick that will last all day. Pauline the methods she finds best for her but you are encouraged to experiment and build on her tips to find what works best for you. Ready to start your lesson? Dive into Pauline’s blog and get ready to learn.
“Narcissistic” Manipulation Tactics
Narcissists prey on other people using manipulative techniques to get praise for themselves and delight at causing their prey to suffer. Transgender people should be aware of these tactics because transgender people, like most people, look to others for understanding and empathy but transgender people are especially vulnerable since tolerance and understanding are not always easy to come by. Today Dr. Dana Bevan shares her research into narcissism and how to deal with them at all levels.
A Transgender History Quiz
We dive into the TGForum Archives and pull out a Transgender History Quiz from 1996. It was put together by Dr. Barbara Anderson for a local California support group’s newsletter and then presented on TGForum. See if you know the answers to the quiz.
The Week In Trans 9/30/19
It’s The Week In Trans! What do we learn today? Mattel creates a line of gender-neutral dolls. There is a Transgender March in Washington, D.C. Angelica Ross runs afoul of “Bernie Bros.” A trans man loses his bid to be listed as the father of his child since he gave birth. Suspects are arrested in two of the trans woman murders. A trans woman in Britain is Avon’s first trans Avon Lady. Ben Carson’s comments perceived to be anti-transgender stir up more press reports. There is a Drag Queen gamer group called Stream Queens. A trans man boxer is signed by Everlast to an endorsement deal. Fans of Mile High Comics monthly Drag for All Ages event have a unique way of blocking out protestors. Alexandra Billings joins the cast of Wicked on Broadway. Utah holds its first transgender pride event. We have all those stories and few TWIT Awards to hand out in TWIT!
T & A
The only constant in our universe is constant change. Sophie Lynne has moved to central Pennsylvania to attend graduate school at the Pennsylvania State University. Now she is near to her beloved Nittany Lion and attending classes with people much younger than her. Moving back after so many years away has shown her how the place has changed. The Old College Diner is gone. High rise apartment buildings have sprouted everywhere, and many of the businesses that were there 30 years ago are long gone. Come along on Sophie’s journey to an old place from her past life that is now shiny and new.
Burn the Ship!
Lynda Martini is not a lady to just hang out at home and watch television. No, she’s a woman with a plan and that plan includes consuming her namesake cocktail in various venues in the Philadelphia area. Coincidentally while she has this soothing beverage she is likely to meet people, both old friends and new ones. Jump into today’s blog and get caught up with her social whirl from last week. You not only find out what she means by “burn the ship” but you get some details on what she considers to be her first official date.
Princesses of the Night — Diary of a Crossdresser — Just Outside
Our correspondent in Columbia, Katherine Diaz, has submitted a blog and video and we present the original Spanish text as well as a somewhat inadequate translation into English by a machine. Google Translate. We surmise from Googles efforts that the blog concerns the progress of research into transgender issues as they relate to “queer theory” in Latin America. If you have questions you can contact Katherine through TGF.
Accessorize Summer Outfits for Fall Wear
The Occasional Woman’s Lorraine Anderson has tips for taking your summer outfits into the fall season. Her secret? Colorful accessories that add style to a simple summer dress. Do you have a nice fitting white dress that you want to keep wearing as the leaves begin to fall? Add a colorful jacket, an orange purse, or a red belt and viola! Your summer dress fits into the new season. Read on and learn more!
OZMA and/or My Lost Youth
Back in the late 1990s TGForum contributor Hebe Dotson wrote about a transgender plot twist in one of Frank L. Baum’s Oz books. The twist happens many chapters into The Marvelous Land of Oz. Some of the familiar characters are present and the action takes place after the Wizard has headed back to Kansas. Dorothy and Toto have also left Oz but the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow team up with a boy named Tip and a being Tip has accidentally created named Jack Pumpkinhead. Because his head is a pumpkin.
The Week In Trans 9/23/19
The question is, what did we know and when did we know it? The answer is, when we compiled this edition of The Week In Trans and published it for your information. Today we learn that an Indonesian singer comes out as trans. Dr. Penny Whetton, a transgender climate scientist passes away suddenly. Some call Danica Roem’s bid for re-election the “most important election this year.” A trans woman runs for assembly in New Jersey as a Republican. A trans man sues a hospital for refusing to perform a hysterectomy. A credit union is formed that’s just for us. Violence toward trans women continues to make the news. Caitlyn Jenner is roasted on Comedy Central. Jennifer Finney Boylan tells us why pickles are a symbol for our community. There’s all that and much more waiting for you in TWIT!
Dina’s Diner 9/23/19
Dina Amberle was in the kitchen early in the morning baking up some treats for her patrons at Dina’s Diner. Among the treats she offers today are such delectables as the gay Mexican luchador, an in-depth look at opera singers who have risked losing their voices in order to transition, the attraction of soccer socks, and how to get thigh high stockings the are a perfect fit. No matter what size you are. There are all of those delicacies and more waiting for you at Dina’s Diner. Bon appétit!
A Hate Crime Brings Out Love
Violence against trans women isn’t just something that happens somewhere else. It can happen anywhere. Claire Hall learned that recently when a newly transitioning woman used the restroom facility at a park in Oregon and was attacked by another woman’s husband. The assailant beat her severely just because she was in the lady’s restroom with his wife. But out of this horrible hate crime came a wave of love that may be helpful in stopping this kind of violence.
TransTainment! Trans @ The Emmys, and More!
TransTainment is our brand new arts and entertainment column. Every four weeks we will update you with the latest news about transgender people working in film, music and the arts. Today we cover the transgender winners and loser at the 2019 Emmy Awards. We look at a remake of 1996 cult favorite The Craft, and have a report on how Caitlyn Jenner got caught in the flames at Alec Baldwin’s Comedy Central Roast. Pictures! More news! Don’t miss TransTainment!
The Week In Trans 9/16/19
Time for all the transgender news we could find — It’s The Week In Trans! Today we learn that London holds its first ever Trans Pride parade. The state politician who wrote the bathroom bill in North Carolina is elected to congress. The attorney general of Indiana blocks gender changes on licenses that has been approved by their legislature. A group of trans Ohioans files a lawsuit for a statewide method of changing gender on IDs. The state of New Jersey agrees to transfer a trans prisoner to a women’s prison but the guards union says “Hold it.” Secretary of State Mike Pomeo implies in a speech that some rights are not valid. Bee Love Slater is the latest victim of murder. Want to know if a business is trans friendly? There’s an app for that. A trans barista tosses a conservative customer out of the coffee shop and loses her job. Trans people who have had to experience conversion therapy are more likely to commit suicide. Singer Sam Smith goes gender neutral. There’s all that and a ton more trans news in TWIT!
Memories of Pinkfest 2017 — A Girl’s First Time Out in Daylight
Pinkfest is an annual Chicago conference that has no conference component, just a schedule of social meetups for attendees. There is no keynote address or awards banquet. Just like minded people getting together to have fun. Pinkfest 2017 was our new contributor Julie Slowinski’s first time out en femme during the daytime for an extended agenda of crossdressing fun. Today she reports what she did and how she felt on that day.
Trans Media Arts — Trans Actors, Artists, and More!
Our entertainment and arts writer Amanda F. Steele dips her toes in the ocean of trans people and trans themes in the arts. Today she has info on several books, a film, and a pop singer who has adopted gender neutral pronouns. But that’s not all! Give Trans Media Arts a read and keep up with trans people and characters in the arts and entertainment.
The Return of Craig’s List Dating? Part 2
Linda and her friend Fiona were two of many t-girls who were disappointed when Craig’s List closed down their Personals section cutting them off from access to a broad and deep ‘dating pool.’ They both agreed it had left a vacuum in their lives. However it seems Fiona has found a ‘work around’ and last we heard she was on her way to Montreal, Canada to give it a try.
A Sabrina Symington Cartoon
Welcome to our gender support group meeting. Please say your name and pronoun preference as we go around the circle. Sabrina Symington has drawn a cartoon that tells us all why we’re here.
Transgender Rock: The 1970s, David Bowie and Glam Rock
Back in 1996 Aleisha Michelle Emerson contributed some columns to TGForum that explored the transgender side of rock and roll. She began the columns in the 1950s and covered up to 1970 with her first column which we brought back last month. Today we present her column on the influence of David Bowie and the Glam Rock of the ’70s.
The Week In Trans 9/9/19
What’s new in the transgender world? Today we learn that a New York City drag performer runs for City Council. Presidential candidate Julián Castro sits down with Mara Keisling to discuss his transgender policies. A trans woman is granted permanent residency in Japan because she is married to a Japanese man. RuPaul’s Drag Race Live! icomes to Las Vegas for a long run at the Flamingo. A Pa. representative wants to block gender neutral driver’s licenses. Malik Yoba of Empire defends partnering with a trans woman. A YouTube gamer is dumped over comments he made to a trans woman. The 17th transgender murder has happened in Maryland. Drag queens are starting younger everyday. Trans women are still pumping industrial grade silicone even though it can kill them. Willam Belli debuts a makeup line called Coverboy. Indya Moore makes a fashion statement about trans murder victims. There’s all that and a lot more along with a few tasty TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
Quiet Night in Charm City
Join Abbey the Cabbie on the mean streets of Charm City. She’s a lady cab driver behind the wheel of her Road King hack. All night she makes the rounds and picks up fares to make some cash. She’d like to give up driving and concentrate on her first love, detective work. She knows she has what it takes to be a good gumshoe but it just don’t seem that she’s gonna get a break. It’s a man’s world. So around the town she goes. Every night out on the streets in her cab. It might drive some people to drink but not Abbey. No. No drinking and driving. That’s rule one.
News From the USPATH Convention
Dana Bevan has been at the US Professional Association for Transgender Health convention is Washington, D.C. and she has filed a report about what happened over the weekend. First she runs over some history about where transgender health advocacy began. Turns out it was at the kitchen table of trans activism pioneer Louise Lawrence. Learn some history and get the current news from USPATH’s convention from Dana.
Emily: The Dance and Summer
This is the last chapter of the story of Emily. She was a curious boy who wanted to learn more about being a girl. Then she became more popular and gained more good friends than her previous identity as Robert ever had. Many thanks to Ashli Kleier for sharing Emily’s story with TGForum’s readers. Now, on to the final chapter of Emily, The Dance and Summer.
What’s In a Name?
Would a rose smell as sweet if it was called a transvestite, a crossdresser, or a transgender person? That’s silly of course but despite the many labels we’ve had for the transgender community all of us knew, some very early and some much later, that we needed something more than living every day in the gender assigned by our birth genitals. Pauline Estelle looks at the many labels from a crossdresser perspective and has an anser to the question, What’s in a Name?
Retro Rerun: Choosing Your Hair
Our Retro Rerun how-to article is from the TGF Archives of September 1997. The late Roberta Angela Dee, whose advice is like wisdom of the ancients, wrote about the importance of good hair. Some crossdressers keep a ratty old wig in the trunk of their car and plop it on at the hotel were they prepared for a night out. They don’t seem to notice that it bears little resemblance to a cared for coiffure. Take Roberta’s advice on hair piece selection and you will look more authentic when you’re out and about. Consign that ratty old wig to the dumpster.
The Week In Trans 9/2/19
Time once again for all the transgender related news you can handle. It’s The Week In Trans! Today we learn that the trans woman accused of hacking Capital One is being housed in a male prison. A court has ruled that Idaho has to pay for a prisoner’s gender confirmation. The National Center for Transgender Equality has gotten bomb threats. Suspects have been arrested in the deaths of a few trans women. Federal funding cut from Planned Parenthood affects trans people. A recent study shows young people are more receptive to trans people in the restroom. The first trans woman to run cross-country at the University of Montana sparks controversy. A new book will show you how to create a Drag Queen Brunch. Trans model Teddy Quinlivan is the new face of Chanel Beauty. Britain’s estrogen shortage is affecting trans women. There’s all that and more, plus a few TWIT Awards awaiting you in this edition of TWIT!
