Richard F. Docter, PhD is a retired college professor and clinical psychologist. Dee A. Levy is the Founder of the website, Crossdresserswives.com. They’ve collaborated on research about the wives of crossdressers. Here is a report on their research.
Chaz Bono fund raises for a GOP candidate. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” features all stars. Ron Perlman talks about playing a TS. A Chinese “Idol group” features 200 sexy CDs. Walton Goggins plays a TG call girl on “Sons of Anarchy.” Black Madam goes on trial. Susan Stanton gets a new job. All in TWIT!
Linda’s friend, Leah, calls her to talk about the great time she had at the world’s most famous and well-attended transgender conference. Leah has so much to say it will take us two weeks to tell it to you.
Last month Dallas Denny posted a list of transgender autobiographies. This month she comments on how useful some of the works are in providing real, useful information about transgender issues. Are some autobiographies better than others? Find out what Dalla thinks.
Dallas Denny wants you to know the facts of the Obama Administration’s favorable attitude toward LBGT people. All she has to do is list the actions of the Administration in the area of LGBT rights and protections. It’s quite a list.
At 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 11 David de Alba, friend of TGF, will take the stage at The Onyx Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform his show “de Alba’s Garland Forever, David de Alba’s Loving Tribute to Judy Garland.”
It’s transgender news from around the world. The dad in England who’s now a mom. The TS who has gotten insurance to cover her SRS. Sahara Davenport is dead at 27. A Canadian MP is outraged at “transgendered men” in the lady’s room. Jesus and drag queens?
Canadian performer Jade London does it all. She’s a designer, a singer, a lip sync diva, a pageant winner, and a recording artist. While doing all that she had time to chat with our Pamela DeGroff for the TransVocalizers column.
In this post Sophie incorrectly states that our editor Angela Garnder said Halloween is the high holy day for CDs. JoAnn Roberts told Angela that while they were at a Halloween ball and Angela stole it. But Sophie’s right, Halloween is the biggest excuse for dressing up.
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!
Dina Amberle brings us a steaming potpourri of tidbits and delicacies she has found in the news. From pop stars embracing weight gain to men growing breasts when they don’t want them, to androgynous male models who model women’s clothing on the runway, Dina cooks it, stirs it and serves it in Dina’s Diner.
The rule in shopping since ancient times has always been “Let the buyer beware.” As in wary of a deal that sounds too good. When you can buy merchandise on your computer and have it shipped to you from halfway round the world the old rule is more important than ever.
We have news of transgender South American teachers. There’s another big flap brewing over Michelle Kosilek. It’s ladyboys on pachyderms in Thailand. A Peacock is a queen in Missouri. A drag queen says she was forced to serve time in the women’s jail. All that and much more is waiting in TWIT.
Pamela DeGroff interviews musician, songwriter, singer and actress Michelle Garcia is this edition of Perpetual Change. Garcia, whose musical influences range from Bonnie Raitt to Santana, Frank Zappa, Sheryl Crow and Chrissie Hynde, has been making music her whole life. Meet this musical TG in Perpetual Change.
This week The Artist D asks the question, “What are we giving up on?” Our society seems to be built upon the thesis that you should never give up. But do we know what it is we really want? If we don’t then what are we giving up or not giving up on? The Artist D takes some time from her vacation to expound.
To some people giving TG prisoners hormones and SRS is humane treatment which avoids “cruel and unusual punishment.” To others it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars and a failure of commonsense. The case of convicted killer Michelle Kosliek has got Dee Levy riled up. See what you think of today’s column.
A drag performer makes it on to The X Factor. A transwoman in Philadelphia is murdered. Anderson Cooper interviews the person who said an anti=baldness drug made her transgendered. Honey Boo Boo Child may be dueting with RuPaul. An influential critic of poetry is a crossdresser. And more!
Before the 1990s if you were out and transgendered you didn’t have much of a chance to publish anything like a novel, scientific literature, short stories or even poems. The two niche markets open to the out TG were writing for other TGs in newsletters and magazine. The other was autobiographies.
This is the sixth in our TGF Rerun series examining how we classy transgendered folks were portrayed in cheap tabloids and men’s magazines. 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.
Linda recently had dinner with a man who told her of his early years when his mother needed him to help her by wearing women’s clothes. At first to Linda it all sounded too much like a story of forced feminization but in the end she decided it just could be true. What do you think?
This week we’ve got the first official in Vietnam. A former male comic is now a female comic. A convicted murderer wins the right to GRS in jail. There were 13 TG delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Buck Angel starts a FtM dating site. Lana Wachowski speaks about transition. And more!
There’s one accessory that no crossdresser can be with out. It goes with all different styles and almost always shows you to your best advantage. It’s compact, but not a compact. It fits in your purse and uses batteries. No dirty thoughts! Most of us can’t be without it. Find out what it is in Our Ultimate Accessory.
RuPaul is getting her own comic book. Janet Mock is speaking to a LGBTQ youth conference. The TG delegate to the Democratic National Convention delivers a sermon. One of us has been elected to the Democratic National Committee. Jennifer Leitham is in a movie. Toyota crosses more gender lines. More!
Earrings can be an important fashion accessory or they can lead to style doom. To make sure you’re using earrings only for good and not fashion evil do not miss Tasi Zuriack’s essay on the art of wearing earrings. Tasi reveals what the right earrings can do for you.
Andrej Pejic has competition on the catwalk. Right wing haters find a new target for their attack ads. Michael Musto reveals the 5 worst types of drag queens. A transman in Virginia is in jail for forgery. He put an “M” on his marriage certificate. Meet Japanese crossdressers. “Real Housewives” keeps it real with a queen.
Today The Artist D talks about femininity, androgyny and masuclinity. Why do we feel feminine when we put on a dress? Is the dress what makes us feminine or does that come from inside? There are women who wear pants and never wear dresses yet they remain feminine. Can you be feminine in pants?
