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Set the Way Back Machine for last week! We bring you all the news about transgender people and issues in The Week In Trans! Today we learn that an Indian woman has won Miss World Diversity for the third time. The Department of Justice is suspending justice for transgender people. Protections for trans people in health coverage is threatened as the administration seeks to remove those protections from the ACA. The administration is also hard at work changing the rules requiring federal contractors to not discriminate against LGBTQ employees. Sense a theme? More trans women have been murdered and one suspect in one case has turned himself in. California institutes a retroactive change of names and genders on student records. IMDb will remove the dead-name of any performers who request it. Janet Mock is interviewed on Fresh Air. Over 7200 drivers licenses have “X” as the holder’s gender. There’s a video interview of the first drag queen to hold elected office in the U.S. Mj Rodriguez won an award for her performance on Pose. There’s all that, and it’s just the tip of the trans news iceberg you’ll find in TWIT! Along with a few TWIT Awards, of course.
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In 2018 Craig’s List closed down their immensely popular but controversial dating service. A phone call from an old friend helped Linda discover that in some places folks are using a simple work-around provided by Craig’s List itself.
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Amanda F. Steele covers the arts and entertainment beat. Armed only with her trusty laptop computer she dives deep into the waters of film, TV, art and music to compile the blog we dedicate to transgender artists, actors, musicians and more that we call Trans Media Arts. Today Amanda has the scoop on Caitlyn Jenner’s desire for another child, Janet Mock’s ascendence because of Pose, Nicole Maines statement that Women Rule the World, and more! Don’t miss a moment of Trans Media Arts!
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Our newest contributor is Chicago-land lady Julie Slowinski. A few weeks ago Julie met up with our contributor Lynda Martini and they shared an adventurous evening in Philadelphia. We learned that in addition to being a fan of heavy metal karaoke Julie is a girl who loves to get out and about en femme and have some fun. But then, girls just wanna, don’t they? She will be blogging for us on TGForum and sharing her adventures. Read her introductory blog and say hello in the comment section.
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Why can’t people understand that LGBTQ people aren’t a threat? They’re people just like everyone else and they have many of the same needs that aren’t blotted out by the one thing that makes them different that the majority of humans. Today Sabrina Symington has penned another cartoon that offers commentary on the real agenda of the LGBT movement.
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Back in 1996 Aleisha Michelle Emerson contributed some columns to TGForum that explored the transgender side of rock and roll. She began the columns in the 1950s and covered up to 1970 with her first column. We unlocked the vault and ventured down into the dusty Archives of TGForum past to bring you that first column. Today she looks at The Beatles, Little Richard, The Who and The Kinks.
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New Content is here! First up is The Week In Trans! What do we learn on this sunny summer day? Danica Roem is campaigning for reelection and she is opposed by anti-LGBTQ groups. Leaked emails show the Department of Education fast tracking an investigation into cisgender girls’ complaint about trans girls on their team. New HUD regulations will hurt trans people seeking housing. Have you had your Bone Mineral Density tests? News flash: People who pass in their preferred gender are treated better. Drag queens in San Francisco are forming a union. More trans women of color have been murdered. One suspect is in custody in one case. No one tried to help a trans woman who was beaten by 7 teens. Gavin Grimm has won his case. More about the transgender angel hired by Victoria’s Secret. Geena Rocero makes her debut in Playboy. The first transgender reality show star dies in mysterious circumstances. There’s all that and a few TWIT Award waiting for you now in TWIT!
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After a long sojourn in California Amanda is back on the East Coast. She stopped in her home town in Western Pennsylvania and then went on to Baltimore where she has lodgings with a friend and drives for Lyft. While she was in California she felt that the area she was in was beautiful but there was something wrong. She had anxiety attacks that were crippling. She felt that it might help to return to the east. Now she is in Baltimore and while things have improved she is still subject to anxiety. She wonders if California was only partly to blame for her condition and if perhaps it is her estrogen that is the culprit.
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Are transgender people the spandrels of humanity? A spandrel is a space created in architecture by the active elements of a structure that have on purpose on their own. Spandrels occur in the space between the upper corner of a rectangular arch and its oblique brace. Dr. Dana Bevan takes the spandrel concept and applies it to transgender people. Her blog today is speculation on this subject. Read her thoughts and see if you agree that transgender people may have no purpose in the evolution of our species. Or, they might.
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Pauline Estelle goes under cover, well, under our outer garments, to blog about the things we wear under our dresses. There is a remarkable variety of lingerie women can wear. Either it has a purpose, such as molding a body needing a little help to reach the popular conception of an attractive shape, or to add spice to romantic encounters. Some say that just wearing lingerie can make you feel better and more sexy. Pauline explores the foundation and night time garments that she enjoys. See if you are a fan of those items as well.
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The summer of being Emily was coming to a close and Emily realized she didn’t want to be Robert ever again. With the support of her mother and sister she saw a doctor to begin hormone therapy and came out to all of her girlfriends and their parents. The die was cast, she would return to school as Emily and see what happened. Would anyone miss Robert? How would she be accepted by the other students who didn’t know her like her friends? So far her story has been positive with acceptance and support from everyone. What lies ahead during the school year?
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Elizabeth Parker wrote book reviews for TGForum back in the ‘90s. While some of the books she covered are no longer in print and in some cases contain dated characterizations of trans people it’s interesting to see which tales still hold up. Today we dig into the Archives and rejuvenate Elizabeth Parker’s reviews of a book by Dean R. Koontz, a M.A.S.H. influenced work but the crossdressing nurse is much prettier than Klinger, and a murder mystery by John Leslie.
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Time for all the transgender related news we could find! It’s The Week In Trans! Today we learn that Laverne Cox was picked by Megan Markle to be featured on the cover of British Vogue. Three dozen member of the House of Representatives sign a letter to ICE protesting treatment of trans prisoners. The World Health Organization has changed its classification of gender incongruence. If you want to change your name and gender on your driver’s license in Alabama get sterilized first. The woman who hacked Capital One is transgender. Mario Lopez made ignorant statements about trans issues and wasn’t save by the bell. A trans woman weight lifter wins two gold medals and a silver in the Pacific Games. They came with a load of blow back about her gender status. Marvel Studios is searching for a trans woman to appear in an upcoming film. Pose rewrites the history of the fight against AIDS, but in a good way. Sade’s son has had confirmation surgery. Victoria’s Secret hires their first transgender Angel. See photos for the 2019 China Drag Queen Contest. There’s all that and more plus a few TWIT Awards in this edition of TWIT!
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Who wears the pants in your family? Anyone who feels like it. In the early days of fashion a woman in trousers was scandalous. But then, along came World War II and many women had to go to work in the factories and mines. Wearing dresses was uncomfortable in the plant and frilly frippery could be unsafe around machinery. So women started wearing trousers. After the war trousers on ladies stuck around and today there are many different styles of pants for women to choose from. Some show a lot of leg and other kinds cover the legs completely. From shorts to loose fitting tropical prints, Lorraine Anderson writes about the pants that may be a fit for you.
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Like many in the trans community, when Sophie’s need to express her feminine nature finally pushed her to begin exploration of her desires she found that the box in the basement labelled “boxed games” was no longer going to hold the things related to becoming Sophie. For one thing she felt a constant concern that the box would, for some unexplained reason, be opened by someone she didn’t want learning what was inside, and for another thing her latest purchase, a large pair of silicone breast forms, would not even fit inside the box. So she took the next step — renting a storage space. Today she writes about bidding that space goodbye, as she moves on in life.
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A few weeks ago Lynda Martini got a message from someone on Facebook proposing that they get together when this out-of-town girl was in Philly for a conference. Lynda thought “What’s this?” but after corresponding with this lady from Chicago she agreed to go out on the town with her. It turns out the out-of-towner had done her research and found several places outside the usual gayborhood haunts were two ladies could have some fun. Read about their adventures, from playing pool in a dive bar to visiting a heavy metal karaoke bar.
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Many crossdressers give up dressing in the summer months due to family obligations, cookouts, trips, etc. where shave legs or arms would be noticed and commented on. For some though putting aside feminine dressing is unthinkable. If you’re one of those who simply must enjoy the pleasure of summer femme fashion then Pauline Estelle has a few tips on how to be comfortable and show off your feminine side in the summer months.
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Katherine Diaz is our correspondent in Bogota, Columbia. She considers her crossdressing, as many of us might, as an art. To emulate a woman in all ways takes dedication and several skills. Katherine has been working on improving her skills and is performing on stage in various shows around the city. She has also been chosen to represent the crossdressing and trans community in meetings with the Secretary of Culture, Recreation and Sports, a city agency that promotes “interculturality.” As always, she provides a video and a blog which is in both English and Spanish.
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Time for The Week In Trans! Today we learn that one of the youngest transgender confirmation surgeries was performed on a 17-year-old. A federal judge has approved a settlement over North Carolina’s bathroom bill. Gavin Grimm’s case is finally going to trial. Billboards in Detroit are featuring pro-transgender messages. Indiana will change a person’s name without notification to the public. More queens from Drag Race get their own shows. Three presidential candidates have added their pronouns to their official profiles. Isis King is in the film When They See Us. Scientists have developed an artificial uterus that may allow trans women to get pregnant. More films are released featuring transgender themes. There’s all that a lot more plus several TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
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Dina’s Diner offer monthly specials of the latest dishes to catch Dina Amberle’s attention. She quickly checks out the recipe then tosses together a delightful repast that is sure to satisfy. Among the all natural organic ingredients she uses for today’s special we find Mr. Dan’s drag shows in Silver Lake, California, the feminized music idols who have the Communist Party in China upset, a portion of the original “tease but don’t please” girl Doris Day, a dollop of a Broadway performer hanging up her fishnets, and some spices including Melania Trump, and Damien Hurley. Get down to Dina’s Diner and take your seat in a spacious booth or sit at the counter. You’ll be glad you did.
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Claire Hall counts herself as lucky as she was able to transition from male to female, keep her job and most of her friends and associates. But she realizes that it’s not that easy for many people and while transition might be the difference between living and dying, transition might also be a death sentence for some. For others it could at least lead to a more miserable existence. It all leads her to ask is being transgender a blessing or a curse?
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Way back in 1998 TGForum contributor Hebe Dotson wrote an article that imagined what someone in 1899 would prognosticate about the nature of things in the coming 20th century. We pulled it out of the Archives, dusted it off to be our Retro Rerun. Today we present part two of A Tale of Two Centuries in which Hebe attempts to gaze into the 21st century from 1998. Now that we have a few years of this century under our belts lets see how she did with her predictions.
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It’s a special day that comes but once a year. It’s not Christmas or Easter, or National Talk Like a Pirate Day. We’re talking about National Lipstick Day! How did we all develop such an attraction to ruby red lips? Angela Gardner did a little research on the subject and learns that painting the lips to enhance attraction has been going on for thousands of years. Ancient Sumerians did their lips with crushed gemstones like some kind of antediluvian drag queens. More recently actresses, and actors, in the early cinema and theater used lip coloring to make themselves more present on stage or screen. Take a quick trip back in time for the history of the sexiest cosmetic on this National Lipstick Day!
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Back in 1998 Elizabeth Parker was our book reviewer at TGForum. Her column was called Book Chat. Today we go down into the archives and blow the dust off one of her columns in which she reviews three mystery books that feature crossdressing in one way or another. All three books are still in print, or back in ebook format, and are available on Amazon and from other online book sellers.
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Time for all the transgender news! What do we learn today in TWIT? Phyllis Frye will speak at the Health, Labor and Employment Institute in Wisconsin. A man has been arrested in the murder of Zoe Spears. Massachusetts welcomes trans people into its National Guard. The Tinder app seems to be discriminating against trans people. Sarah McBride is featured in a story on CBS News. News outlets are reporting on the problems faced by transgender sex workers. The College of William and Mary has a “trans locker” where students can get free clothing. Berkeley, California eliminates manholes in favor of “maintenance holes.” There’s a new YouTube video featuring David de Alba. The first out trans woman on Big Brother says CBS made her do it. It’s hard for trans people to access healthcare. Apple has new emojis but no transgender ones. How could we tell? There’s all that news and a lot more, along with some TWIT Awards, waiting for you in TWIT!
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Dr. Dana Bevan writes today about a trend that is a threat to transgender people around the world. It’s called intersectionalism and it is a tool used by the patriarchal male hierarchy to create oppression. Transgender people are all outcasts and outlaws from the larger culture, intersectionalism is just a new trap to be avoided. Trendy intersectionalism probably will not go away for a couple of decades, so we will have to learn how to deal with it. Dana explains what it is and how it is relevant to you.
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