Someone viewed Liberty Storer’s blog on living with a crossdresser and found it nasty. They didn’t like it so much that they sent her a message outlining all the reasons it made them ill. This caused Liberty to try and imagine why someone would keep eating something that tasted bad.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Amy Schneider win the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions. Stephen Fry urges J.K. Rowlings and her critics to back off. A trans woman was killed in the Club Q attack and another trans woman helped to subdue the attacker. The attacker’s lawyers insist he is nonbinary. Learn about Hawaii’s third gender. Who can change their legal gender in Ohio is up to the local judge. The executive director of the beleaguered Mermaids organization working for trans children in England steps down. Spain’s bill recognizing legal gender change is headed for debate. Two-Spirit youths have a special camp they can attend. There’s much more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
if there’s one thing you can say about Kandi Robbins it’s that she is busy, busy, busy. October saw her modeling bridal gowns in two bridal shows. She was selected to be Miss December in a calendar, and she had an online conversation with Tom Hanks. Kandi is so busy that she had no time to write a blog post for TGF so she sent us photos and videos from the bridal shows
Dallas Denny joins our New Content today with Part 1 of the history of Tapestry Magazine. It began in the late ’70s as a typewritten newsletter and became over the next decade the go-to publication for information on all things trans. It was through one of the personal ads in Tapestry that our editor Angela Gardner first made contact with other crossdressers, including JoAnn Roberts, which led to a long association with JoAnn’s LadyLike magazine and TGFroum.
Many times people become separated from their families. This occurs for a variety of reasons. Oftentimes transgender people either leave their biological family rather than face coming out to them, or, more often, they do come out and are rejected by those who should offer love and support. Today Dana Bevan looks at the idea of finding home in a chosen family.
Lights! Camera! Action! It’s another glittering glamorus production of Trans Tainment! Today with several stories about Broadway shows, some new music from a Canadian queen, and a singer/songwriter from Ghana. Also the return of a long lost documentary on Spanish sex workers in 1983. Check it all out in TransTainment.
A self-described “beat up trans girl” sits in her lonely room after learning the woman she was with was keeping a big secret. She is at the lowest point of depression when she hears the “pa-ting” of her text message app. Who could it be disturbing her gloom?
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Time for the news! “Equality Voters” who value human rights and LGBTQ rights made a positive difference in the election outcome. San Francisco is looking for a drag laureate, and starting a program to give low-income trans and nonbinary residents a monthly check. Sunday was Transgender Day of Remembrance. Donald Trump is identified as the most anti-LGBTQ+ president in modern times. Amy Schneider appears before the Ohio legislature during their consideration of a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Texas Republican legislators have pre-filed 17 bills for the next session that target LGBTQ people. Kim Petras drops a new single. No ad in a legal newspaper is needed to change your name in New Jersey. A trans woman who participated in the Capital siege on January 6 has apologized. Get all those stories and more in this week’s Trans News Now!
Christy Lewis feels that people are becoming increasingly used to seeing transgender characters and personalities portrayed in media andthat is a good things but she believes it’s more important that the public sees transgender individuals in their midst, whom they know and can identify by name, and are engaging, confident people with whom they interact directly. Read on for the rest of The View From Christy’s World.
This Retro Rerun post from the TGForum Archives was the first in a series of reviews of books with transgender themes or characters. The reviewer was Elizabeth Parker and she started writing book reviews for TGF in 1997. In this post she reviews two books, one with what is surely a trans woman main character and the other that features a detective who adopts the guise of a woman to do his investigation. Both books are available through Amazon and Goodreads.
Sophie Lynne wishes everyone a peaceful holiday but wants you to know that the forces aligned against the trans community have already introduced serious anti-transgender bills. One such bill in Texas treats any attempt at helping a transgender child through gender-affirming care as child abuse and activates government forces to stop the “abuse”. See the text of the bill in Sophie’s post.
Savannah’s career is moving along nicely with promotions and work and kudos from the boss for her plan that saved the business during an economic downturn. One busy Saturday, yes, she works on Saturdays, she treats herself to a good dinner at her favorite seafood restaurant. It’s more crowded that she realized and a gentleman asks if he can share her cabaret table. Could this be a the start of a romance?
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Time for the news! First some election news. A trans woman in Kentucky is elected to the local school board. Montana welcomes the first transgender person to its state legislature. Nevada voters approve a referendum extending non-discrimination protections to gay people and the differently gendered. A trans man wins a seat in the New Hampshire state legislature. In the bad news department, several anti-trans governors held onto their seats. Lawmakers in Tennessee have a bill for their next session that would make drag shows illegal. Students in Arkansa walk out protesting the anti-trans school board’s decisions. A teenage trans woman wins a beauty in New Hampshire. Justin Trudeaus is the first world leader to appear as a special guest on RuPaul’s Drag Race in Canada. Nikita Dragun was arrested in Miami and sent to a jail for men. Eddie Izzard is talking about her political aspirations. There’s all that and more waiting for you to peruse in Trans News Now.
Dina’s Diner only delivers the finest cuisine to expand your mind. Today Chef Dina has whipped up an early fall dish composed of gender affirmation, successful trans women, women enjoying the benefits of shaving their faces, and training bras. She tops off the meal with a dessert that lauds the fun to had wearing women’s clothes. The only place to pick up on Chef Dina’s latest dish is at Dina’s Diner.
In keeping with Veteran’s Day Rabbah Rona Matlow reflects on her time in the service and how she had a revelation that changed her destination in life. She knew that she was meant to rabbi. She also looks at the way the U.S. uses its military might around the world.
November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance and Ms. Bob Davis writes story of how it came to be. It began as one person’s quest to preserve transgender history and to memorialize those who died by violence year after year. Now it is observed far and wide as transgender people fall victim to violence.
The controversy over Jordan Gray’s naked closing act on live TV in Britain continues, with more details on the incident. The Singapore International Film Festival features Baby Queen, the story of a prominent drag performer in Singapore. The film about India’s first transgender cab driver wins more awards. A Two Spirit indigenous teen is documented in a film titled Being Thunder. There’s that and more in Trans in Film and Video.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Zaya Wade’s mother stands in the way of her legal name change. The U.S. Trans Survey is now under way. Admiral Rachel Levine visits Boston’s Children’s Hospital. The Florida Board of Medicine bans gender-affirming care for minors. A trans actress loses a trans role to a cisgender actress. Daniel Radcliffe stands with the LGBTQ community. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lets beauty pageants ban transgender contestants. Britain’s new prime minister is anti-trans. The trans youth charity Mermaids called the police after they got 130 abusive phone calls. Trans people in Ireland can be kept waiting up to ten years to see a gender specialist. Sydney, Australia will host World Pride 2023. A detranstioner has changed her mind and now supports people who seek transition. There’s all that and a lot more news waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Sabrina Symington pulls our attention away from the meanies and haters and shows what’s important in life.
The subject of today’s Tell Shelley Anne is Rachel Santiago, General Manager of The District Hotel in Oklahoma City. She is a trans-lesbian who is not interested in anyone. She is also a DJ, comedian, mistress, vegetarian, lover of the wilderness and asexual.
Do we need exit strategies? Linda is wondering what is to become of her as her male self prepares to wind down their lives. Don’t worry! She’s not leaving soon.
Recently Liberty Storer binge watched Transparent and finds that it marked forward movement in people’s understanding of transgenderism. She now believes it was an important step in raising awareness among cisgender people about an often misunderstood and growing segment of our society. Read on for her other conclusions regarding the show.
