It’s a pictorial feature on the 45th Annual Henri David Halloween Ball. The event happens in Philadelphia, Pa. and every year a couple thousand people (or more) get rigged out in costumes that range from banal to absolutely amazing. When people say that you can see anything at a Henri David Ball they mean everything. Check out the photos and see what we mean.
Today Dee Levy of Crossdresserswives.com comments on and decries the fact that many times transgendered women are refused breast health care simply because they are transgendered. A recent story we featured in The Week In Transgenderism told of a TG woman who has been living a female life for many years but she was turned away when she sought a mammogram at Planned Parenthood.
The katoey, or ladyboys, of Thailand, like most TGs, have a hard life. While there is a place in the Thai culture for the katoey it’s not necessarily something that is welcomed or treated with respect. As too often happens around the world the ladyboys get involved in criminal activities since they are denied a way to legitimately support themselves. Our correspondent in Thailand has filed another report on misbehavior by katoey.
The other girls were all wear jeans and leggings but Nikki arrived for their fun evening in five inch heels, a mid thigh mini with a blue blouse topped by a silver jacket. Was she “overdressed”? Read her tale of dinner at the brew house (a sure sign things are trending toward casual) and then on to the The Moose Lounge in Allentown. We ask, can a girl be a bit more dressed up and still have fun with the jeans and leggings crowd? Read Overdressed? and find out.
Friend of TGForum, David de Alba, has an extensive and comprehensive collection of interviews he has conducted with famous stars of female impersonation. From time to time with Mr. De Alba’s kind permission we bring you one of his interviews. Today we bring you his late 2000 interview with British impersonation royalty Danny La Rue. Mr. La Rue was a star of all media from the 1960’s through the 2000s. He passed away in 2009. Enjoy a trip back in time to the glamor and beauty of Danny La Rue, courtesy of David de Alba.
Dr. Sherman Leis talks about treating TG teens. Because transgender teens are in the middle of experiencing puberty, transitioning strategy for them is not the same as for adult TGs. Special protocols are necessary for teens to delay normal early pubertal changes, and then to add hormones appropriate to their true mental and emotional gender in order for them to experience a puberty congruent with their desired gender.
In this Perpetual Change column Pamela DeGroff interviews Ryan Cassata. Cassata is a singer/songwriter and transman activist who appears at high schools, colleges and on television to promote anti-bullying. Cassata is a talented young musician as well and he discusses his activism and his music in this interview. Pamela also has some transgender music news about Justin Vivian Bond, Beth Isbell and a new fund raising CD project that features music from several TG performers including Wayne County, Lipstick Conspiracy, Ricky Riot and Rev. Yolanda. As if that’s not enough she then gives you some mini-CD reviews.
Are you bored with the contents of your closet? Chances are you have tons of clothes you never wear. It just might be time to break out of your fashion prison and go ahead and wear some of those items that have been languishing in your closet. Tasi Zuriack gives you some guidance on how to wear some of those unworn pieces and new ways to wear your old standards. Breakout of your fashion slump and Change Your Look!
Our TG politics correspondent Babs Casbar Siperstein thinks that the timing might just be right for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. After languishing for years and years could this be the right time? Without Federal protections in employment transgendered people can be fired just for being transgendered. In 33 states TGs have no protection under the law if their employer fires them for being TG or if someone refuses to hire them for that reason. With the election of Cory Booker to the Senate Babs feels his positive voice for ENDA will tip the scales and we will see movement in the Senate.
It’s moving into autumn and what does a woman who has a predilection for hot latex outfits, paddles and whips start to think about? In the case of RachelX she starts to have thoughts about something smooth and creamy and oh so delicious. Ice cream! While most of us are thinking about hot cocoa RachelX was seduced by a pint of Hagen Daz, or maybe it was Breyer’s. In any case that got her thinking back to ice cream treats of the past.
It’s a Catie Doodle! Catie Maye is a heterosexual crossdresser of over forty years, who has written a book that destroys the myths surrounding crossdressing. It’s titled Men Can Wear Dresses and the book and her company Transgender Doodle Limited, she hopes to raise awareness and dispel the negative mythology surrounding crossdressing.
©1995, 2013 by Dallas Denny Source: Denny, Dallas. (1995, November). FTM Conference a Huge Success! AEGIS News, No. 1, V. 5, p. 1. Here’s a bit of history for TGForum readers… Thumbnail Photo: Illustration of Jack Bee Garland, taken from the cover of Louis Graydon Sullivan’s biography. Garland was a female-bodied man who lived in […]
Today’s Video Fashion Tip cautions those who may be dressing on the down low” to not be foolish enough to borrow your significant other’s clothes. Girls, you need to buy your own clothes! And our video fashion maven Victoria Williams has hints and tips on how to accomplish that so you have your own feminine attire and don’t need to take chances. What happens if you soil that skirt or rip that dress? If it’s yours to begin with you only have minor garment problems to deal with.
Today Dr. Dana Bevan doesn’t blind you with science. She takes you on a scientific trip through the brain and points out the differences that can be found using sophisticated instruments between the brains of non-TG/TS people and those of TG/TS people. Research on deceased TG/TS brains pointed toward differences in brain structure and today’s modern magnetic resonance imaging is finding even more. Read Beyond the BNST to first of all find out what the BNST is and then learn why it’s looking more and more as if we’re born this way.
Linda Jensen brings us stories of her adventures and adventures in crossdressing that feature her friends. She has written a script for a short film that she can’t tell us is about her, about one of her friends or an amalgamation of several people’s erotic CD adventures. As they used to say on an old television show, “the names have been changed” but this time to protect the participants. Read on and discover the nature of “Sara’s” birthday surprises. Hint: One of them is not a cake.
Sophie Lynne just went through an hellacious month. She was banned from her home, lost a good friend to suicide and felt herself sinking into an abyss of darkness and despair. Caught between two identities and losing important anchors in her life she found herself slipping toward the same darkness that claimed her friend. It’s a darkness that calls far too many trangendered people. But Sophie has posted her column for today. What brought her away from the darkness?
Christine-Jane has been commenting on the crossdressing lifestyle for years. First appearing in trans-magazines and newsletters before there was an Internet, she now comes to TGForum to skewer corssdresser foibles and fears with her pens and pencils. If the ladies in her cartoons seem familiar it’s because they are. We’ve all either met them or been them. See if her subject today look familiar.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is from 2013. The agency was casting for Barney’s spring 2014 ad campaign. There is no indication that the agency is still interested in seeing TG models. TGForum was contacted last week by a casting agency in New York that is looking for transgendered models for an ad campaign for a […]
Today Pam DeGroff’s TVocalizer is the multi-talented Kokumo. She’s a songwriter, singer, actress and political and social activist who is a champion for the rights of black transwomen. She owns a media production company and has released an extended play CD to be followed next year by her second EP. If Sylvester and Grace Jones had gotten together and had a child that would be Kokumo. Meet her and get TG music news and some mini-CD reviews in TransVocalizers.
Camille Brandon and her MeetUp pals had a great night out. First they went to the MAC counter at a department store and got makeovers. Then they hit a diner for dinner and ended up at Orlando’s hottest LGBT nightspot — The Parliament House. Parliament was definitely in session after the girls arrived. Get all the news about what happened that night in Camille’s Out & About report.
David de Alba, legendary female impersonator who performed for years at Finocchio’s in San Francisco has received honors and accolades throughout his 48-year-career. Recently we learned that he will be getting another honor at his next show at The Onyx Theatre in Las Vegas on November 24 — this time from his Spanish speaking fans. […]
French women are generally considered the most “stylishly chic” in the world. But why is that? Surely they haven’t cornered the market on beauty and style. How is it that they look so fashionable without appearing that they’re trying too hard? The answer is stay “simple and unique” which, along with a strong touch of […]
A news story in the New Jersey newspaper the Star Ledger has mis-gendered a murder victim. Another transgender murder victim. Babs Casbar Siperstein is upset by the coverage and the refusal by the paper to correct it’s mistake. Or is it a mistake? Babs looks closely and detects what could possibly be transphobia.
Female impersonation legend David de Alba is not only a wonderful performer. His status in the world of female impersonation has given him access to all of the FI greats. David features many of those interviews on his own website and has kindly consented to let TGForum share selected interviews with the readers of TGForum. Today we bring you a David de Alba interview with another legend, Jim Bailey.
An incident earlier this year, one that many in the TG community would have gritted their teeth over and silently fumed, provoked Our Man in a Dress, Graham Holmes, to take action. After being pushed aside in at the payment window by a man who took the opportunity to insult Graham with an anti-gay slur when he made a mild protest, Graham decided to take it to the law. He filed and report, at first just so the police would have it as a hate crime statistic. Then the police convinced Graham to deal with it as a hate crime. Read on and find out what happened next.
Nikki Nicole is a charming woman who you will find out and about almost every weekend in the Philadelphia region. She classifies herself as an “unconventional girl.” Unconventional or not she is loaded with comments and advice on all aspects of crossdressing. We are happy to have her join our TGForum contributors and look forward to featuring her insights well into the future. Today Nikki comments on makeup. In particular, how to avoid over application without having “makeup withdrawal.”
