Ah, shoes. Some women don’t care about shoes. Their loss. For those of you who do like to prance around in footwear that makes you feel pretty and special, don’t miss Lorraine Anderson’s post on The Shoes Every Girl Needs. She highlights five styles that need to be in your closet. As long as you are a shoe loving kind of girl. If not try to find joy in your flip flops.
Today Sophie has listed some behaviors that out you as fast as wearing a sign reading “I am crossdressed.” Heed her advice on these few simple modifications in the areas of walking talking and basic interaction with others and you may avoid hearing whispers saying “I think that’s a man.”
Julie’s pal Niki was coming through Chicago on her way to a gettogether in Detroit so it presented a great opportunity for Julie to slip into her new black and white mini skirt and show Niki the town. First up on the girl’s night out was Chinatown where Niki and Julie met up with Coleen, Lana and Rubi for dinner. Then it’s off to find some live music. Read this Part-time Princess tale and find out what they wore, where they went, what they did, and who’s Reggie?
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.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. After a crazy night at a couple of jazz clubs Ramona and the department store buyers part ways. Jack praises Ramona’s good looks and his pal points out that Ramona is a transvestite. Jack doesn’t seem to mind. Will he honor his pledge to introduce her to the fashion buyer? He’s meeting with the fashion buyer today.
Linda Jensen has known her fair share of admirers and some of them have pointed out a few things they don’t admire about some crossdressers. Linda sums it up in this post and shares the wisdom she gained while dating all those guys.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. After a crazy night at a couple of jazz clubs Ramona and the department store buyers part ways. Jack praises Ramona’s good looks and his pal points out that Ramona is a transvestite. Jack doesn’t seem to mind. Will he honor his pledge to introduce her to the fashion buyer?
This post originally appeared on TGForum in December of 1997. It is by former contributor Jami Ward and is her answer to people who asked her what being transgender felt like. What’s it feel like to have brown eyes? After thinking it over for some time Jami came up with an answer she shared with TGF readers.
Kandi attends an art exhibit opening and after having fun there decides to extend her Kandi time by stopping at a local watering hole she has visited before. Will her visit there be more fun or not? We don’t want to give away too much in this teaser but, yes. She has a lot of fun meeting new people and accepting compliments from strangers.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. Last night, taking a break from working on the street, she got mixed up with some department store buyers and one of them, after getting punched in the face for attempting to protect Ramona from a dude named Box, promised to put in a good word for her with the buyer who handles women’s fashion.
Lorraine Anderson, owner of The Occasional Woman custom clothing and alterations operation in suburban Philadelphia investigates the “must have” summer trends. She looks at bucket hats, square toed sandals, and other fashion items deemed by the fashion cognoscenti as totally in and lets you know what she thinks of that assessment.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. This evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them, a cat named Box, wanted her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. When Box decides she’s not doing the assignment he goes looking for her. Another buyer, Jack, steps in to defend her but it’s Ramona who puts Box out of commission with the pointy toe of her high heeled shoe. What’s next? Read on.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. This evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them, a cat named Box, wanted her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Looking to avoid a confrontation she retreats to the ladies room but Box is waiting for her. Jack steps in to defend her by punching Box in the face but Box retaliates and makes Jack’s nose bleed. Who will protect Ramona? What happens next?
In the 1990s Brittany Rose was TGForum’s comic book expert. She revealed the numerous times that male protagonists adopted female disguise (looking at you Jimmy Olsen) in or to defeat villains. And when male villains used female disguise as part of their nefarious plots to take over the world. Or at least steal a lot of money. This Retro Rerun is from June of 1998 and is about the amazing way that latex masks can completely transform a man into a beautiful woman. Key thing to know, they can’t. Except in the comic book world.
Our girl out and about, Julie Slowinski, hit the streets of Chicago for a weekend of crossdressed fun and she shares all the details with you. From the art museum to live jazz and of course dining and sipping ladylike libations, Julie lets you in on her fun.
Linda goes back through her memory and emails to find and lay out what she has learned about those men commonly called admirers and how they are drawn to admiring t-girls/ crossdressers/trannies.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. This evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them, a cat named Box, wanted her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Looking to avoid a confrontation she retreats to the ladies room but Box is waiting for her but Jack steps in to defend her by punching Box in the face. What happens next?
Our Retro Rerun comes for 1996. Julie Freeman was a significant other who was active in the transgender community for many years, particularly with the significant others and couples groups. She wrote this article about the importance of self-esteem, the self-esteem of the crossdresser’s partner.
How many times has your desire to wear women’s clothing made you anxious and obsessed? How often have you seen a woman wearing a certain shoe, or a dress that you can’t stop thinking about? Many of us have been there. Sometimes to the point at which the attraction to feminine clothing interferes with our daily lives. Kandi Robbins has been there. Done that. Today she writes about what it was like suppressing her feminine desires when she was in the closet.
Shelley Anne interviews the artist whose graphic novel 1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona is serialized on TGForum, Fiona Mallratte. Find out how she got her name, explore her body of work in the alt comics world and get her advice on how to make a career in art.
Our Retro Rerun today is from March of 1999. It was written by TGForum subscriber Stephanie K. Thomas after Ms. Thomas attended her first major transgender event, Fall Harvest in Minneapolis in November of 1998. Stephanie learned a couple of things at that event. For one thing she found she loved to dance the night away as Stephanie, and two, she realized that all her life she had needed to know the gender of anyone she interacted with. After meeting a variety of gender and sexual identities at the Fall Harvest she decided to abandon that position.
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.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. Trying to just relax for the evening Ramona has gotten mixed up with some fashion buyers and one of them wants her to act nice to another buyer to his benefit. Ramona spots the other buyer coming in and decides it’s time to powder her nose in the restroom. But there she runs into someone she knows.
Back in the early days of TGForum Cindy Martin would put together pictorials of photos TG users sent in. (Side note: We’re working on a way to bring back the pictorials with 21st century tech.) This pictorial is from 1999 and it’s titled Friends. See if you can spot the current TGForum editor and a contributor among the friends pictured.
About a week before the “Womanish” outing I attended a zoom meeting hosted by TG Detroit. My friend Niki happened to be there, so I said hi to her in the chat box. Turns out she was planning to be in Chicago the week after the Womanish weekend. After the zoom meeting, we talked some […]
Linda’s friend Lin, once new to the crossdressing scene, had made great strides in improving her feminine appearance and deportment. However, she still felt an uncertainty about how attractive she would be to men. She had to find out. Linda tells us what happened.
