This month Dr. Angello takes on the questions many crossdressers have about their sexuality. If they find themselves attracted to men while they are dressed as women does that make them gay? Does that matter? What about CDs in relationships? See what the doctor orders.
A punk rocker has announced he’s going to be a woman. Argentina is a leader in TG rights. More beauty pageant news. Do crossdressers make safer drivers? Lady Bunny’s early survival job. A fire kills The Puerto Rican Beyonce. Hired and fired all in one day. It’s all in TWIT!
David de Alba is excited and preparing for his next appearance at The Onyx Theater next month. He has some advice on purchasing your tickets and he did an interview with a Las Vegas paper about his mother that ran just before Mother’s Day. Get the scoop on what he’s up to.
A Spice Girl and a drag queen are making beautiful music together. Drag sells Tupperware. A Puerto Rican queen is cooking healthy. A FtM student teacher is tossed out and the school may pay. CeCe pleads guilty. A transwoman is killed in Oakland. It’s all in TWIT.
Baby Dee is a unique person. She’s a musician’s musician. She has a new CD out called Regifted Light and in this month’s Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff does a review of the album. She also brings us some new music tips and news.
Who doesn’t love a nice little black dress? Tasi Zuriack, that’s who. It’s not that she hates the LBD, she just wants you to think about going beyond black to explore some of the wonderful colors that can give you a bit of zing.
If The Artist D is about one thing that thing is be true to you. Be yourself in all you do and don’t let anyone tell you how to be you. Don’t be censored! Now check out The Artist D’s latest contribution to TGF, Can’t Keep a Good B*tch Down.
Dee Levy has strong opinions about honesty. For her, as an ex-wife of a crossdresser, it’s of the utmost importance in any relationship — from the casual ones to the strongly committed ones. The murder of a TG lingerie model in Dee’s hometown is what’s on her mind.
From far Thailand and Singapore to San Francisco, Memphis, and the high seas — we’ve gathered the transgender news from around the world and present it for you in the column we call The Week In Transgenderism. TG porn stars on campus, ladyboy knife fights, drag on The Mentalist, and lots more!
Our adventurous reporter took a few months off to join the winter snowbird migration to Florida. While there she joined a TriEss support group in Orlando and took to writing a monthly column for their newsletter. Here is one of her offerings. The references are decidedly Floridian but the situation is universal. (FEM stands for Phi Epsilon Mu, the name of the Orlando group.)
An op-ed in the New York Times this past weekend put forth the theory, supported by some data, that homophobes are likely to have homosexual tendencies. Coincidentally Dallas Denny feels that transphobic individuals are probably drawn to TG behaviors — or there’s some other issue at work.
Our TGF Rerun is Ms. Bob’s exploration of how TGs were treated in the tabloid press between 1949 and 1977. This series, ran in the late 1990s on TGForum. In this first installment Ms. Bob covers the coverage of crossdressing in public in the tabloids and men’s magazines of the day.
Has Jenna Talachov unleashed a flood of TGs who want to compete in Miss Universe? What does Bill O’Reilly have against a little drag on “Glee”? Will a new bar in Las Vegas really be the first all drag staffed watering hole? Will Matt Lucas make a good Divine? And what’s all this about Chevalier D’Eon? Check your TWIT!
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.
Sophie Lynne is worked up. She’s so worked up she’s climbed back up onto that soapbox. She’s decided to take on a tendency of the transgender community to start to concentrate on the spaces between us rather than paying attention to our common plight. It’s the tyranny of labels! See what Sophie has to say.
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.
A-Rod stepping from the baseball diamond into a gown and diamond earrings? Competing in beauty pageants — a win for TGs? Kate Bornstein is content with ambiguity. An Angolan TS does techno rap. Osbourne and Pejic share award. RuPaul seeks queens for next season. All that and more in TWIT.
We always encourage our readers to not worry about passing when they’re out in public. It’s about time the crowd got used to seeing crossdressers going about their business like everyone else. But there are still those among us who worry about what people think. For them and for those who just wish to improve their femme presentation we offer passing tips.
Dee Levy is on a mission to make sure what happened to her marriage to a closeted crossdresser doesn’t happen to other people. Her one major principle is honesty. If you are lying to your spouse about who you are how can you have a real relationship? Dee offers crossdressers a chance for a new start in today’s column.
New flash! From around the world and down your street we bring you The Week In Transgenderism. Malaysia bans TS characters from the airwaves. The Canadian TG may participate in the pageant. A married couple in Minnesota beat their insurance fund. Iceland is not that safe for TGs, and a lot more in TWIT!
For this Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff interviews eccentric TG musician Baby Dee. She’s a multi-instrumentalist who plays the harp, the piano, organ, and the accordion. She has toured with Antony and The Johnsons, Marc Almond, The Dresden Dolls and other acts. Meet Baby Dee!
The U.S. Army and The Artist D seem to agree. Be all you can be. It’s not the easiest thing to do if you are worried about how society will judge you, or how many friends or family members will reject you out of ignorance and intolerance but if you want to be somebody first you need to be you. Read and be taught by The Artist D.
Our own fashionista Tazi Zuriack takes a look at the latest trends from the Fashion Week runways and finds at least one that works to a crossdresser’s advantage. She has a load of hints and tips for dressing with style and looking great — from taking your measurements to picking the right dress for the occasion.
Charles Barkley has done a new ad for Weight Watchers — in drag. New York City has been instructed to make new birth certificates easier to get for TS people. There’s a list of the top 10 TG models. Music teacher by day — performer by night loses the teaching job. Alexia Rivera passes away. And a lot more in TWIT!
Sophie Lynne attended the 4th Annual Keystone Conference in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania last week and she has filed a report about the conference and all the fun she had. Lucky girl!
Rick Santorum makes no bones about the fact that he is for good old fashioned family values. Those of a family of Catholics from the 13th century. In Santorum’s world view there is no room for diversity. Dallas Denny points out one instance that reveals Santorum’s attitude about gender roles.
