Two of the great female impersonators from Finocchio’s in San Francisco have packed their boas and moved to Las Vegas. Lavern Cummings (Paul) and David de Alba, who were both inducted into the TGForum Gallery of Greats several years ago, are now living in the sunny climes of the Nevada desert. Lavern, now in her […]
She’s a performance artist, Internet celebrity, radio show host, and who knows what else. The Artist D joins TGForum with her take on fashion, both the good things and the mistakes. Put down that pink Halloween wig and get some good fashion advice from The Artist D.
The Shondes, a New York band featured before in Perpetual Change, has fallen on some hard times. Learn what’s going on with The Shondes and how you might be able to help them out. Just part of this edition of Perpetual Change.
In Crying For Ogre Part 4 the changes Ogre was going through culminated with him being fully transformed into a hot babe. And it was Saturday night. What’s a girl to do? Make the party scene, of course. Find out what happens to the former Ogre in the concluding chapter of Crying For Ogre.
Dallas Denny has a second life, and she tells you how you can have one, too. There’s no need to be limited by physical restraints. Be all you want to be in virtual reality. Learn how in Part 2 of Dallas’ Virtual Personae.
A chance search on the Internet reveals a special event in Charlotte North Carolina at exactly the time Linda and her partner will be passing through town. And it was on the International TG Day of Visibility. It was drag on campus time! Linda got photos.
Gina Vizavi reviews Christine Beatty’s book, “Misery Loves Company.” Christine graduated from college and became a transsexual prostitute in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. “Misery Loves Company” is the story of her journey back from the abyss.
For many TGs deception is something they must, or feel they must, practice everyday. It can be very hard to be a basically honest person who is compelled to lie, or bend the truth, about who they really are. In this column Sophie Lynne discusses her relationship with deception.
In last month’s TVocalizers Pamela DeGroff interviewed transgender rapper Foxxjazell. This month Pamela reviews Foxxjazell’s CD “Boy, Girl, Whateva.” And she does some capsule reviews of new CDs by non-TG artists that you may like.
JoAnn Roberts, our Publisher and all around great lady, had her birthday roll around a few days ago and she went to Angela’s Laptop Lounge to get her party groove on. There was cake!
A Dutch film maker is looking for patients of Casablanca surgeon Dr. George Burou. Were you in Casablanca having SRS in the 1950s or ’60s? Do you know someone who did?
The Keystone Conference happened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania March 9th through 13th. Randi Wallace was kind enough to share some photos from the event and we share them with you here. Check out the Keystone Conference website for more information on the event.
Our legal adviser, Leslie Farber, brings us tales of entrapment, discrimination and abuse of authority. The article is not aimed directly at TGs but primarily against gay men and it’s no walk in the park. Wait, oh, yes, it is a walk in the park. But the walk isn’t very relaxing.
Was it a dream? Deadlines suck sometimes. Somehow, I must try to make sense of an event from which I have returned and not even unpacked. Everything is still swirling in my head and will take more time to sort out than my sweaters! The Third Annual Keystone Conference was March 10-12 at the Sheraton […]
In last Monday’s TWIT Ronnie had a story about a British comic who did a dance routine to a Beyoncé song for the British television show Let’s Dance for Comic Relief. Today we dig deeper into the TWIT link. The show started in February and runs till a final competition in March. It features England’s […]
England seems to have more than it’s share to truly unique, creative individuals in all of the creative arts. Especially in music. Progressive rock was practically an English creation, considering some of the bands that started their careers in the mid-1960s to late 1970s. This column is named after an amazing piece of music by […]
In our last installment “Ogre” found himself becoming less and less the butch rugby player and more like a female fashion model. How long can he go on avoiding contact with his frat brothers? What will the team think? How come his clothes keep changing into sexy girl outfits? Read Crying For Ogre – Part 4.
Introducing, to those who don’t know her, our newest contributor (who was a contributor ten years ago) a major figure on the TG scene and a really nice person, Dallas Denny.
Judi Dench, who plays Q, and Daniel Craig, 007, lend their talents to a public service campaign to observe International Women’s Day (March 8), in a short video. But don’t just watch it and get excited about Bond in drag. Listen to the commentary by Dame Dench, and think about what she’s saying. How does […]
Our newest contributor Dallas Denny joins us this week with an article on virtual personae, from the days of text only Compuserve identities to Second Life.
Our field correspondent Linda Jensen has filed another report on her activities “out and about.” Linda recounts to a friend how a shopping trip to Macy’s in Manhattan led to her being stopped by a store detective. You will want to read to the end to find out what happened.
Columnist Sophie Lynne runs into a person who gets her upset enough that she feels like stepping up onto her soap box to loudly proclaim why the whole TG community should try to be a community and not look down on any segment of our sisters and brothers.
Transvocalizers is about TGs who sing. In today’s column Pamela DeGroff interviews transgender hip hop/hip pop performer Foxxjazell. This southern lady has established a presence on YouTube and other online venues. She chats with Pamela DeGroff about her new single release, facing prejudice and hate within the hip hop community and her plans for the future.
In Part 2 of “Crying For Ogre” the changes in Ogre’s body came on faster and faster. Attempts to cut the long nails that grew out so quickly were met with new growth in minutes. Same for the his hair. And what about the growth that was occurring in his breasts? Hey! Breasts? What was happening to Ogre? Learn more in Crying For Ogre, Part 3.
A “gender no-match” letter from the Social Security Administration can out a TG employee and cause many problems. If you’ve gotten one of these in the past two years NCTE would like to know. They are working with the SSA to stop these letters.
Linda recently came across some encouraging examples of her friends’ transgender status making no difference to people in the medical and retail sectors and in fact they have been told to ‘tell their friends.’ Is there something happening out there?
