Liberty Storer got divorced after fifteen years of marriage and met a new man a short time later. He was exciting, sensual, and unknown to her he was a crossdresser. That soon came out and she tried to educate herself about crossdressing in otherwise macho men. While she was attempting to cope with his dressing in private she didn’t know he was not telling her about a lot of his activities while dressed.
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.
Hannah Gadsby will host a Netflix special with genderqueer comics from all over the world. Amy Schneider gets married. California is now a sanctuary state for trans youth and their families. Cubans vote to legalize marriage for LGBTQ+ citizens. Florida’s attempt to deny Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for trans youth gets major blowback from medical professional organizations. Thousands of students in Virginia walkout to protest the governor’s treatment of trans students. Cornbread Jeté of Drag Race fame announces she has cancer. Oklahoma’s senate votes to deny state funds to hospitals that treat minors with confirming gender care. Some are just noticing that the WPATH guidelines have dropped an age requirement for treatment letting providers judge whether a patient is mature enough. While more young trans males are getting mastectomies, breast augmentation surgery for young transgender females is more common. And that’s just a taste of all the transgender news
Kandi Robbins’s post tells us how she learned how to stop hating what she was and came to accept it. And she regrets that the years of self loathing kept her miserable and not much fun to be around. Learn how she came to not just accept Kandi but loves her whole heartedly.
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene and finds trans performers working on projects in TV, film and other media. Today TransTainment has news about a new music video from Sam Smith and Kim Petras, a new version of Spiderman, Web Weaver, who is out and proud, what Jamie Clayton looks like as Pinhead, and more!
In this post Sophie answers the questions she posted last week, ones she asked herself in 2010. Take a look and see if you find yourself asking similar questions in your alone time. Some of Sophie’s answers may be applicable to your situation.
Dr. Dana Bevan reports that schools across the country are using mass amounts of personal information that they collect in order to pathologize children. They are using unproven methods, to diagnose mental illness in students. The information they collect and retain could ruin prospects for high school, college, and jobs for students. In today’s post Dr. Bevan tells you what methods are used and why we should be concerned.
Pauline Estelle ponders the many, many changes she has seen through the decades of her life. Of course there are personal changes related to aging but she also writes about the changes in the world, like the creation of computers, smartphones and the World Wide Web.
Today we have Chapter 9 of Chrissy Gann’s story, The Stained Glass Dream. Amy and Jen are happily married and have settled in to a comfortable routine. What could possibly happen in Chapter 9? Read on.
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.
A drag star who appeared on Drag Race U.K. passes away at the age of 28. A judge blocks the Texas Department of Child Protective Services from investigating parents who support their trans kids. Virginia replaces school policies that protected trans students with new policies that harm trans students. The city of Denver tests a program that gives money to homeless trans, nonbinary, and other vulnerable groups. The Keystone Conference is March 22-26 in Harrisburg, Pa. A group called Gays Against Groomers is banned from Google, PayPal and Venmo. The Montana Department of Health accepts affidavits as proof for gender change. An anti trans book in England was approved by the National Education Union until they looked at it more closely and it was quickly unapproved. A protest against Children’s Hospital in Boston drew a small group of people angry over the hospital’s trans youth program but counter protestors showed up in much greater numbers. There’s all that and much more happening around the world. Get all the stories from Trans News Now!
Finding the colors that go best with you isn’t always so easy when you’re just beginning to explore your femme side. You can find all sorts of methods for determining which colors of attire work best with your skin tone and it can all be pretty confusing. Lorraine Anderson has a sure fire way to quickly determine your best color match. Read on the find out what she recommends.
Today Christy writes about the influence of ’60s girl groups on her choice of hairstyles. Not so much the styles the girl groups sported but the image they projected, which was one of poise, confidence and beauty. Their hair was the finishing touch. But read on! Things are about to get hairy. In a good way, as Christy reveals her influences and her own changing coiffure.
Grad school seems to be demanding Sophie Lynne’s full attention so she steps back to 2010 and looks at the questions she had for herself back then. Give them a read and see if you are asking yourself the same question in 2022.
Savannah has risen to a position of authority as the DJ Harris company. It helped that the CEO is a trans woman. But having that advantage would not have been much help if Savannah did not deliver insightful, suggestions that increased the bottom line. Chapter 28 begns with the ladies of DJ Harris having dinner at Savannah’s new apartment. Little do the ladies know that disaster is preparing to befall the company.
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.
Saturday Night Live introduces a nonbinary cast member — their first ever — in the new season. Officials in Montana refuse to follow a 2017 law regarding name and gender change on birth certificates. A two-spirit indigenous woman is the 29th trans woman murdered this year. The D.C. center for trans women, Casa Ruby, is in receivership. A new survey finds the general public is not as accepting of transgender people as we might like but they are not against us as much as they used to be. A woman made a bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital over their program to treat trans youth. Learn more about the 10-year-old fashion model who has been walking the runway in New York. New medical coding may alleviate problems encountered by transgender patients. The London and Boston marathons will both add a nonbinary division. Disney launches a series about a transgender youth activist. Actress Ava Gray plays a trans character on Atlanta. Sir Lady Java is a Black drag performer from the ‘60s and she is featured in a new book on the history of drag. A drag performer in Philadelphia passes away during her show. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Repeat this while you look into the mirror, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!” Dina Amberle cooks up a dish that features “affirmations” and it is to die for. Then she adds more than a little bit on the biology of lips, and also whips up a connection between the attraction to Asian women and the treatment of Asian women. A refreshing sorbet of ’60s fashion clears the palate for the next course, what are the female role models that inspire crossdresser’s Halloween costumes? Find out at Dina’s Diner.
Right wing evangelicals have an agenda. Rabbah Rona Matlow feels that their agenda is very much anchored in white supremacy. Somehow the “Christian” evangelicals always fail to follow the teachings of Christ. Rabbah Rona can quote from the Bible on how Christians are supposed to relate to other people and to God. Read on to find out who the real sinners are.
From the internet kerfuffle sparked by an Instagram post by Hunter Schafer to a couple of documentaries and a look back at Soldier’s Girl, Trans in Film and Video is on top of all the news about transgender people in film and video.
Julie Freeman is a significant other who has been active in the gender community for over 20 years, particularly with significant others and couples groups. Julie has contributed articles to many publications in the transgender community. This column ran originally in the Diablo Valley Girls support groups newsletter, Devil Woman. It was published on TGForum in 1997.
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.
What’s up this past week? A non-binary trans person challenges an incumbent U.S. representative for his seat. A federal court upholds Washington state’s ban on conversion therapy. Florida is sued for keeping Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for minors. Oklahoma students sue their school over a restroom ban. A trans woman is ejected from a supposedly LGBTQ friendly nightclub after using the women’s restroom. Arkansa bans transgender care and a non-profit steps in. A survey shows Southern LGBTQ youth are growing up in a hostile environment. Amy Schneider get’s her own day in Oakland. Florida loses business over its Don’t Say Gay law. Laverne Cox stars in a new Norman Lear sitcom. Trace Lysette gets an eleven-minute standing ovation for her work in the film Monica. Nina West from Drag Race plays Divine in the Weird Al movie. England’s new prime minister is a foe of gender rights. And that’s just a taste of the news being made by transgender people this week.
When a TG leader has a falling out with her community is there a way to get back together? Linda tells a story that might have a familiar ring to it.
After their horrid adventure in the pain dimension it’s nice to see Natalie and Kay living their best lives. Today we join them on a ppeaceful shore as they watch a beautiful sunset and ponder making a wish.
Shelley Anne interviews author and proud trans woman Lynn Jones. Ms. Jones began her gender transition around five years age. In the process she found that her company was not as transgender friendly as it told the public. When she started her transition there everyone seemed supportive but in the long run they showed her the door. Today she gives her story to Shelley Anne.
