Many crossdressers spend a long time hiding in their closets. They work on their femme image alone with only their camera and Internet friends. While not demeaning that expression of femininity Sophie Lynne takes some time to explain the benefits of walking out the door for the first time.
Dee Levy feels there’s always someone to blame when a marriage hits the rocks and breaks apart. And she warns that while many states have No Fault Divorce the states that don’t are sure to have crossdresser’s wives saving evidence for the trial.
One day a crossdresser, who has been in the closet for his entire marriage, can’t keep it inside anymore and tells his wife he has something to confess. That’s the theme of a new book by Karen Adler. Our Tasidevil took some time to read the book and provides us with a review.
Sophie Lynne is worked up. She’s so worked up she’s climbed back up onto that soapbox. She’s decided to take on a tendency of the transgender community to start to concentrate on the spaces between us rather than paying attention to our common plight. It’s the tyranny of labels! See what Sophie has to say.
Dee Levy is on a mission to make sure what happened to her marriage to a closeted crossdresser doesn’t happen to other people. Her one major principle is honesty. If you are lying to your spouse about who you are how can you have a real relationship? Dee offers crossdressers a chance for a new start in today’s column.
Tasi Zuriack has sent in a book review. She has read My Next Husband Will Be Normal — A St. John Adventure by Rae Ellen Lee. Ms. Lee and her husband had moved to St. John in the Virgin Islands to lead a laid back life running a canvas goods shop. Then her husband began to explore his transgender issue. Get Tasi’s take on the story and read her review.
In her essay today Sophie Lynne addresses the elephant that’s on her back — lying about things related to her TG needs. She’s already decided that she needs to come clean to family and friends. Today she investigates how they may feel after being lied to — by lying to you.
We hear from crossdressers all the time about problems with their spouses or life partners. Many are hiding it from their significant other. Some have told their spouse they just have to put up with it. We welcome a new contributor to TGF who will discuss things from the spouse’s point of view. Welcome Dee A. Levy.
For a part time girl, or a woman who can only be herself for short periods of time, “pumpkin time,” when the makeup and wig must come off and femininity must be packed away till another day, can be the saddest time. At the end of the night there is always a face in the mirror.
Angela’s article on being “read” over the years sparked a discussion in a t-girl chat room group. Linda Jensen reports on what was said and then provides an article she wrote for TGF fifteen years ago. It’s still relevant for those who are concerned with passing.
In her many years in heels Angela Gardner has been around the block a few times, and somewhere on the block there has been someone who had to mention that she was a he. How many times and in how many ways has Angela been “read”? Hard to say but here are just a few of the ways.
Sophie Lynne always looks forward to her third Saturday of the month Sophie Time. She gets to dress up, dance, drink and party as her true self. Why would she ever want to miss all that femme fun? She wouldn’t but she did. Read on and learn why.
