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.
History is happening all the time and those who take the time to preserve their part of it do a service to future generations by letting them know where they came from. The TG community has a long, rich history but much of it disappeared into the mists of time. Dallas Denny tells us how to preserve our history.
The legendary cartoons of Christine-Jane have appeared in many transgender community publications in years gone by. They are part of our TG history and now they have found a home here on TGForum. Her work is a glimpse into the world of crossdressing in days gone by.
Sophie Lynne applies the basic laws of physics to the transgendered condition. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. (And we thought that was just a marketing ploy by Kenneth Cole.) Sophie explains that actions result in consequences. But no action means no progress. Find out how she feels about objects in motion.
Philly’s Mummers have a contest for drag participants. In NYC they’re looking for the next top queen. The TS MMA fighter is still in the news. Maryland nixes TG rights bill. Drag on campus. A TG comedy series is on the air. Screamin’ Hot Shoes. Yohio loses. All that and more is in TWIT!
Have you flirted with perfume? Wanted to get the scent of a woman? One of the top feminine arts is the utilization of scents to enhance your femme image. Too many leap into the vast pool of perfumes and come up smelling as if they had actually dived into a pool of perfume. Tasi Zuriack is your guide to finding your scent.
Sophie Lynne attended the 5th Annual Keystone Conference this past weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She has filed a report on the event and on two people she met there.
Thailand’s exotic ladyboys are easily romanticized, as is the profession of prostitution. For some being paid for sexual favors seems like a dream. For the majority of the sex workers in Thailand it’s more of a nightmare. Needing the cash to pay for GRS they have no choice but to be a “hostess.”
Eddie Izzard gets an award from atheists. Sean Bean is nominated for his drag role. A Turkish actress is now an actor. A female mixed martial arts fighter used to me a man. More about the notorious Boulton & Park. Photo exhibits featuring TGs. A TG golfer. A new documentary about Divine. And more!
The Rev. Yolanda Roger Anthony Mapes not only has one of the longest names in the music business, she has a new CD with a long name. It’s called “Rev. Yolanda’s Country Gospel Kirtan Vol. 1: God Is” and our TG music columnist Pamela DeGroff has a review for you. Also some mini-reviews of new music.
Don’t ask The Artist D what’s the “in” look is for this season. She doesn’t give a damn. She has her own style and it just comes naturally without any adherence to fashion rules or attention to fashion does and don’ts. How about freakish looking surgical enhancements? She has an opinion on that too. Find out in “Baby Ugly.”
Barbra Casbar Siperstein will be posting columns about the fight for transgender rights across the United States. Today she writes about the importance of the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women act with the inclusion of “gender identity.”
Fascination with shiny, latex clothing lead Rachel on a path that earned her a place in a community with status and respect. Her latex fetish introduced her to the NYC fetish scene and she’s found a home as RachelX. Read her story of Fetish, Latex, Submission, Service.
Our crossdresser’s wife expert Dee Levy thinks that crossdressers who lie to their spouse by not disclosing that they are crossdressers before the nuptials may be exposing themselves to a lawsuit after the truth comes out and the wife throws him out. Why? Because the trauma may require years of expensive therapy.
Massachusetts schools are letting TG students use the bathroom and people are up in arms. Students in Mississippi are upset about a TG girl’s “special” rights. A frat held a fundraiser for their FtM brother’s top surgery. Buffalo is bursting with drag theater. What’s it like married to a drag queen? All that and more is in TWIT!
Dallas Denny wrote a paper 20 years ago. Forty years had passed since Christine Jorgensen’s return to the U.S. after SRS in Denmark, so Dallas called the piece Transsexualism at Forty. Now her paper is 20-years-old and transsexualism is 60. Here’s part II of her update.
Linda is recalling her experiences at the Queen Mary nightclub in Los Angeles. In its day the Queen Mary was the destination of choice for crossdressers. This month Linda recalls meeting a person named Sandi Hart, someone who had been a great influence on Linda’s early development. Videos from “The Queen” also!
The Web offers a place to explore other roles and connect in ways you can’t in real life.. One TG lady from Thailand made a Web connection and then he said he was coming to meet her in Thailand. He had no idea she wasn’t born a female. Learn what happened when she told him the truth.
Miss Gay and Miss Transsexual have been crowned in Australia. Irish TGs may be getting some respect from health care providers. London police abused a sick TG in the street. There are controversies about TGs competing on “Drag Race” and in The Imperial Court. All that and more in TWIT!
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!
Sophie Lynne loves art and literature, and movies with a message. She’s a big fan of Shakespeare. What’s that got to do with being transgendered? Sophie finds that it has everything to do with being transgendered. And today she explains the connection in What’s a Meta For?
The Co-Chairs of First Event 2013 have sent us a report on how that event unfolded in January 23-27 in Peabody, Massachusetts. With a keynote address from Amanda Simpson, a wedding, fashion show, cabaret and dance party — and more — the convention was a great success.
Our correspondent from Costa Rica, Georgia Tg, has sent us an Out & About report from her trip to the first LGBT night at a local nightspot. Learn how the night went when the Brasilia Bar and Disco opened the doors and the dance floor to the LGBT crowd for the first time.
The legendary Christine-Jane, whose cartoons have appeared in transgender community publications for many years, is now a contributor to TGForum with her funny and insightful cartoons about the crossdressing life.
It’s all the TG news in the world! It’s The Week In Transgenderism with stories about Marisa Richmond; Mike & Molly in trouble with GLAAD; the rising star of Laverne Cox; Aged TGs in Jakarta will get a home; Aunt Barbara is the Tupperware queen; Isis King is in fashion. And more!
