Sam, Play That Old Monday Edition One More Time

High ho happy readers! It’s time again for our Monday morning staple, The TGForum Monday Edition. Today we begin with the hard work of our stalwart News Editor, Miss Ronnie Rho as she brings us The Week In Transgenderism. Ronnie has searched and searched the tubes of the Interweb for all the stories that relate in any way to transgender issues and individuals and she presents them in this thing called TWIT. She’s got links to stories on things like a new theory on in vitro hormonal baths linked to transsexuality; A university in India accepting applications from TG students; Candace Cayne is back; RuPaul has another new show; Outrage over an ignored letter in a public health report, and much more. It’s a tight fit but it’s all right there in TWIT!

There’s a TV show on the Web, and running in many markets around the world, that’s produced in China (don’t worry there’s no lead in it) and it covers sex in China. What? Aren’t they prudish in China? We’ve got the evidence to show you they’re not as up tight as you might have assumed as we bring you an episode of Sexy Beijing that features the crossdressing queen of Beijing. Don’t miss Gender Bending in Beijing.

Speaking of sexy Asians, it’s that time — time for Kalina Isato’s Stochastic Musings column. This month she talks about how she transitioned at work, what she wore, what she had for lunch, who stopped by the office to check her out, and a whole lot more. Did I mention there are pictures? Check out the story of a TS  in transition. Don’t skip Stochastic Musings.

Pamela DeGroff, the hardest working music writer in the biz, has filed another Transvocalizers column. This column is an interview with former porn star, current singer and TG activist, Meghan Chavalier. Ms. Chavalier has several recordings available on which she sings in her own voice. That’s what you need to get included in Transvocalizers. She is also the moving force behind Stopping The Hate a website devoted to human rights for TGs. Meghan Chavalier is an interesting person and, need we mention, there are several hot photos of her in the interview. To round out the column Pamela includes some reviews of recent CD releases by artists who while not TG are just plain good. Don’t miss Transvocalizers.

That’s our offering for this week. Before I sign off and let you get on to the important activity of reading of TGF I’d like to take a moment to tell you about Fall Ball 2010. You’ve been seeing a banner ad for the event on many of the pages of TGF. If you haven’t clicked the ad and visited the info page here’s, as they say, the deal.

While I was the Executive Director of Renaissance in the last century I produced several dress up, sit down dinner events for that organization. Early this year I realized I missed the activity involved in planning and presenting a really upscale evening of crossdressing and I searched the calendar for a date that would work for such an event. September 25th was the best date to be found so that’s when Fall Ball 2010 will happen. It’s in King of Prussia, Pa. at the Clarion Parkridge Hotel and it features a two hour open bar, cocktail hour, sit down three course dinner, the comedy of Roque (Roxy) Wilson, the Almost Cher Show, and then dancing to the music of Philly DJ K-Tel. It is $125 a ticket and they are available on my Laptop Lounge website with a major credit card. The hotel will give attendees a reduced room rate and makeup artist Amanda Richards will be there to make her services available. Portraits by Miranda will also be setup to capture the beauty of you in your best gown or sparkling cocktail dress in a professionally shot photo. (Their services are not included in the ticket price.) If you’ve got the weekend free come to King of Prussia, shop all day in the largest mall on the east coast and then party the night away in your feminine finery. And Kalina Isato will be there so you might just get a chance to meet her.

That’s enough of a sales pitch! Start reading your Monday Edition.

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