In 2001 legendary female impersonator and celebrity interviewer David de Alba sat down with impersonator Jimmy James for a “David de Alba On…” interview. Since that time James has moved beyond female impersonation with costume, hair and makeup to work on a music career that utilizes his vocal impersonation skills. He has released several albums since 2001 and has had a hit single with “Fashionista.” Read what he had to say to David de Alba in 2001.
Many thanks to David de Alba for sharing this interview he did with noted female impersonator Gypsy, a.k.a. James Haake. Haake was an actor and female illusionist who appeared in several films in and out of drag, starred in La Cage, and was one of the main attractions of The Carnival Cabaret in Lake Tahoe. How did a boy from Montclair, New Jersey make it to Hollywood and some of the most prestigious drag venues? The answers are in the David de Alba interview with Gyspsy.
A TG navy vet has had her records updated. More graduation gown controversy. (Why do they still make grads wear those?) A libertarian think tank honors a TG economist. A transwoman in Hong Kong will be allowed to marry. Dr. Michele Angello has a book coming out. And more in TWIT!
Female impersonator Kenny Kerr has passed away. There’s a TG on the long list for Parliament in Britain. Rock Center featured a story on Jennifer Finney Boylan. A FtM student is placed in the prom queen race by his principle. More drag on campus. Jenna Talackova gets a reality show. And more!
A Korean TS stars in “Drag Queen.” A Vietnamese TS wears a dress made of condoms. Drag broke out all over the universities of America last week. A Pakistani TS is running for office. A crossdressing performance artist will go for a record number of dresses worn at once. It’s all in TWIT!
Today we’ve got a TG character in a mainstream comic book. We learn that California is making sure TGs get health care coverage and Philadelphia is making sure TGs have all the rights they are entitled to. New ripples from the Fallon Fox story appear. There’s a list of 100 top TGs. And more!
Drag icon Vicki Rene interviewed The Cuban Legend David de Alba back in 2003. The interview was posted on Vicki’s website but when she passed away it disappeared from the web. Thanks to the devotion of one of David’s friends who found a copy and gave it to David we can present The Lost Interview.
Kate Bornstein has lung cancer. A Bollywood star appears in TV spots in drag. GLAAD expands their mission to include TGs. Sheldon makes a big bang as Frank-N-Furter. The Arizona legislature is scared of men in dresses in the lady’s room. College boys do drag in Texas. All that and more is waiting in TWIT!
Willam Belli has released a CD with the parody songs that have made waves on the Internet for the past several months. Chow Down (At Chick-fil-A), Love You Like a Big Schlong and other tunes are featured on The Wreckoning. TGF music writer, Pam DeGroff, reviews the release.
Our music reporter Pamela DeGroff has snagged an interview with Willam Belli and that’s the main feature of today’s TransVocalizers column. Pam also has music news, video clips and mini-reviews of new music. Check it out!
We reported that San Francisco may honor Vicki Marlane, a performer from the old school of drag who was a female impersonator from the early ’50s ’til her GRS in the early ’80 when she became a TG performer. Vicki passes away in 2011. David de Alba wrote to share some memories of Vicki.
Season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race is under way and episode 2 hits the air tonight at 9 (EST). We’ve got a sneak peek for you right here on TGF. Get More: Watch RuPaul’s Drag Race Full Episodes, RuPaul, Logo TV
The queens who brought us the Chick-fil-A parody video done to the Wilson Phillips song “Hold On,” have turned out another parody video. This time it’s to the hit song by Alicia Keys, “This Girl is on Fire.”
Are you a queen in need of a ride in the city by the bay? If so you’re in luck. There’s a pay-what-can car service just for queens, gays, lesbians and gender rebels. It’s the Homobile.
Willam Belli is one of the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” glamazons. He appeared on the fourth season of “Drag Race” and has been on the show “Nip/Tuck” portraying transsexual Cherry Peck. Willam sat down to talk with us about his career, drag, and the advantages of a good breast form.
The Henri David Halloween Ball has been appearing in Philadelphia, Pa. since 1968, like clockwork, every Halloween. Between 9 and 10 p.m. the creatures of fantasy, legend and myth begin to gather in a center city hotel and at midnight the costume contest begins. Our own Sophie Lynne was there and files this report.
The Henry David Halloween Ball is a Philadelphia tradition going back to 1968 when Henry David needed a venue in which to wear his imaginative and larger than life costumes. It started as a house party and now fills a ballroom. Photos from the 2012 Henry David Halloween Ball.
Some of the contestants on the current season of RuPaul’s Drag Race discuss how they came out and started doing drag. (Requires Flash Player.) Watch RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race Full Episodes – Logo TV
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars premiers on October 22. To get people excited about the competition the show’s producers have put together a new season featuring queens from all the past seasons. To promote the all stars they have released videos introducing the contestants. Shade will be pitched, lips will be glossed. May the best […]
From around the world and up your street! The finasteride TG is still in the news. The McDonald’s attacker is caught. Young TGs in England get a visit from the police. Lea T in Milan. Kinky Boots opens in Chicago. “trAnnie” creates conflict down under. Dr. Who in a dress. Drag in Vegas. And more!
This is the fourth installment of our TGF Rerun series examining how TGs were portrayed in cheap tabloids in past decades. Men were the target audience for these publications, and their yellowed yellow journalism tells us how we looked to some guys in the years between 1949 and 1977. This installment ran in TGF in 1998.
This is the third installment of our series examining how we classy transgendered folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids, the progenitors of today’s supermarket sensational press, and risqué men’s magazines; an innocent genre of porn which was more naughty than raunchy.
Trauma Flintstone is one of those people most of us envy-she’s multi-talented, and just doesn’t seem to ever have any “down time” in her career. She’s one of the best known drag entertainers in San Francisco, and also finds time to function as a composer, arranger, musician, cabaret singer and performance artist. As an actor, […]
Today we bring you Part Two of our TGF Rerun — Tabloids & Men’s Soft Core Mags. Ms Bob did extensive research into how TGs were presented in those magazines between 1949 and 1977. In Part Two she shows how TGs were linked to the commies.
TransVocalizers presents the legendary performer Jackie Beat. Ms. Beat was our first TVocalizers feature in 2008 and Pamela DeGroff has caught up with her to learn what’s been going on in Beat world. Turns out that she’s been up to a lot. Read TVocalizers and learn what’s she’s been up to.
Our attention was captured by Glee last week when we learned that the show introduced a TG character. Unique is her name and she made her debut performing the song “Boogie Shoes.” Unique and her male persona Wade, are portrayed by Alex Newell. Watch her performance in a video clip.
