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Linda’s friend Mary had questions about how safe it is to have sexual relations with people she had met online during the Covid pandemic. The best advice Linda could find all said no sex with anyone outside your own household is safe. Meeting a part time lover in a hotel room for an evening of erotic pleasure could also introduce the virus into another human body. But some of the advice from a prestigious institution seems to say crossdressing might be one way to avoid infection.
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Today’s Retro Rerun is from the TGForum Archives for 1998. The late Roberta Angela Dee shared a story with TGForum users from her early days identifying as a crossdressing male. She went on the transition and wrote many posts for TGF. In this story she writes about the thrill she would get stopping at a convenience store and buying a soda. Only to have the thrill disappear when she couldn’t start her car.
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Kandi offers the advice today the TGF has counseled for years: Don’t be afraid to be visible. Don’t take chances and go to places that might be dangerous, but don’t worry about what the general public thinks. If you act nervous and shy people will wonder what’s wrong with you. Be confident and proud. Get more of Kandi’s suggestions on how to enjoy your time out and about. And there are photos from Kandi’s own adventures.
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Shelley Anne interviews Mariette Pathy Allen, a photographer, author, activist, film collaborator and world traveler who has spent decades documenting the lives of the many people who fall under the umbrella term transgender. Ms. Allen first met members of the heterosexual crossdressing community in 1978. That led to many photos of that segment of the trans world and led her to explore crossdressing and the differently gendered in other cultures.
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Today Pauline Estelle takes a look at online fashion site Venus. She finds a large variety of styles in sizes from small to plus that are mostly under $40. If you prefer shopping online Pauline feels that you might enjoy visiting Venus.
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Today our fashion expert Lorraine Anderson, seamstress at the custom clothing maker The Occasional Woman, talks about outerwear. Jackets and coats that will work for you. Enhancing your feminine image while keeping you warm in the dark day of winter.
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Beauty pageants that have no female contestants are not just held by the queens in the gay community. High schools around the nation have a tradition of holding women-less beauty pageants. These pageants can be as elaborate as any of the ones featuring female contestants but those hoping to win the crown are all teen boys. Today we have photos of 12 of the best, most feminine and beautiful contestants who have dolled up to win.
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Angela Gardner has a theory that the fascination of glamor is the reason many male bodied people present themselves to the world as glamorous females. Glamor is not just for female bodied people but for both sexes. Glam Dolls are all about expressing themselves a fab, sexy, feminine people no matter what they have between their legs. Viva the Glam Dolls! The opposite of the Glam Doll is the Plain Jane. This op-ed doesn’t discuss them very much.
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Time for another dining experience par excellence at Dina’s Diner. Dina Amberle collects only the finest natural ingrediants and blends them carefully into the tasty dishes she serves up to her loyal customer base. And while you enjoy the intellectual delights she has carefully prepared you need not worry about infections as Dina’s Diner is in the virtual world. Today she has specials including the appearance of trans faces in advertising, Instagrams boys who dress like girls, the son in drag on a reality show, and Agnes Moorehead. Grab a booth and a cup of coffee, tea if you prefer and prepare to be satisfied at Dina’s Diner.
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Sabrina Symington continues her series of voice training videos that give you the vocal tools to sound in a way that matches your look. Whether you crossdress now and then or live fulltime in your preferred gender speaking as a woman can boost your confidence when you interact with members of the general public. Sabrina has a lot to say on the subject of sounding like you look.
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For a married crossdresser whose wife is aware but the children don’t know dad has a much softer side it can be hard to get out and have dress up fun. Especially during a pandemic that has many of a crossdresser’s usual haunts shutdown, either early or completely. Julie Slowinski is one such lady who has to plan painstakingly and in advance to have a few hours of fun. This month she tells us about a simple shopping day followed by dinner. This outing didn’t take a lot of planning, and she got to try on some cute dresses. Check out her Super Awesome Shopping Day.
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A friend asks Linda about safe-sex in a world where even passing close to someone apparently can lead to serious illness and maybe death. Is it even anywhere near possible to engage in intimate activity, or to just find someone willing to get it on during the pandemic? Linda discusses the issue with her pal Mary in Crossdressing, Sex and Covid-19 , part 1.
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For the past few years we’ve been running our Drag in Cinema feature. This month we forego the need for “cinema” using drag and present a slideshow of actors from film and TV whose work required them to appear in drag. Among them are Dr. Strange and Captain America, Captain Kirk, and a former Doctor Who. See who these ladies actually are in our Male Celebrities Doll Up feature.
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The saying goes, “Let a smile be your umbrella.” While it’s not normal to go around smiling all the time the smile is a tool in women’s tool kit that they use to deal with social situations. It certainly works much better than not making eye contact, staring at the floor while you mumble something. Today Kandi elaborates on one of her important rules — be confident. That means when you go to an event don’t be shy. Don’t act like you’re nervous or worried that people might “read” you. Just look them in the eye, smile and say hello. Of course during the pandemic you have to convey the smile using only your eyes, but once we get through with the virus be sure to utilize those pearly whites.
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Pauline Estelle reviews the breastplate she bought. No, she isn’t preparing for participation as a knight at a Renaissance Faire. She wanted to know how wearing a silicone or latex set of breast that could be exposed more to show cleavage, and a bit more, would feel. She found one online and here is her review.
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With his father away at work much of the time Kenny’s mother and sister encourage him to dress as Savannah more and more. His mother tells him how much she enjoys having a younger daughter and his sister continues to teach him feminine ways. Being a girl for mom and his sister isn’t a great burden and he’s beginning to enjoy it. Today father meets Savannah, and she learns that the three women of the house are going to church on Sunday. What do you think will happen?
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Our Columbian correspondent, Katherine Diaz, files a report on how the worldwide pandemic has affected the crossdressing and drag communities in her nation. She also announces a virtual present to the world that will happen in December. Read on to learn just what it will be.
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Author Alan Barrie shares two chapters from his book about the adventures of a lovely young crossdresser who plans a three-day weekend in Chicago spent entirely en femme. She’s ready for three days of girly fun but she gets more than she expected. Like being seated in the Amtrak dining car with a handsome man. Or lingering over a three-hour lunch with him on the train. She also didn’t expect that he would ask her out to dinner while she was in Chicago. And that the first date would lead to a second date, and more.
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A COMPETITION FOR OUR MINDS Newsweek magazine had a point-counterpoint debate about transgender athletes in the online edition on October 20, 2020. The opposing debaters were to answer Newsweek’s question Do Transgender Athletes Threaten Women’s Sports? Taking the “yes” position was Abigail Shrier and taking the “no” pro-trans position was Juliet Jacques. It’s a debate […]
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Sabrina Symington continues her series of voice training videos that give you the vocal tools to sound in a way that matches your look. Whether you crossdress now and then or live fulltime in your preferred gender speaking as a woman can boost your confidence when you interact with members of the general public. Sabrina has a lot to say on the subject of sounding like you look.
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Julie Slowinski is a girl who loves to get out and about. The pandemic has curtailed her crossdressing fun just like it has for most fun, but, after suffering with only one or two masked, socially distanced outings she heard from a friend who thought it might be the time to patronize a French restaurant they both like. So the planning began. Crossdressers should be put in charge of logistics for major projects. You’ll see why when you check out the amount of planning it took to get Julie out and about in Wicker Park.
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Back in the last century Linda loved Halloween. In those days it was the crossdressers’ national holiday. Linda loved to go out en femme and she loved to get dressed up in costumes. That was until 2001 when Linda came up with a costume that turned out to be A Really Bad Idea!
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Time marches on and the young crossdresser becomes a middle age crossdresser and then a senior crossdresser. With all the experience senior crossdressers have accumulated none of them want to just give up and stop dressing. Pauline Estelle declares you don’t have to. But it’s best to make some adjustments to your look. No one is fooled by mutton dressed up as lamb. Read on for Pauline’s suggestions.
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Alt-comix cartoonist Steven Lafler has giving TGForum the chance to publish his newest work, “1956 Sweet Sweet Little Ramona.” The story is about Ramón, a.k.a. Ramona who hails from Texas and is a young trans women looking to be herself in the atmosphere of 1950s New York City. It ain’t easy! She descends into working the streets to support herself while she dreams of becoming a fashion model. This is her story we are presenting with a new page every week. (BTW, if you want to correspond with the cartoonist on TGF she’s known as Fiona Mallratte.)
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The ubiquitous trench coat is found in all lengths, colors, and with subtle embellishments. Lorraine Anderson, the lady behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service praises the benefits of having at least one or two trench coats in your closet this fall. The trench coat has come a long way from its beginnings in The Great War. Then it was essential survival clothing. Now it is a classic fashion icon. See how adding a trench coat could improve your look this fall.
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The eyes have it! Or rather the eyeglasses. Today Christy Lewis writes about how the right pair of eyeglasses can boost your femme image. Whether you choose the cats-eye frame, the wayfarer, or aviators glasses can accentuate the feminine and eradicate the masculine.
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