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The trans mayor of Palm Springs delays her state senate run. Montana considers dropping surgery requirements for updating birth certificates. Writer and podcast host Rebecca Juro passes away. The U.S. Air Force has a new pronoun policy. A Muxe woman wins elective office in Mexico. The Wachowskis comment on the trans allegory in their Matrix movies. A quidditch league decides to change the name of the game to distance from J.K. Rowling. Rumor mongers are saying that the president of France’s spouse is trans. She is suing. A Lutheran minister in Chicago made the papers with his drag sermon. There’s all that and a bit more plus we hand out a number of TWIT Awards in the spirit of giving.
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Dana Bevan feels that the proposed Standards of Care for transgender people concentrates heavily on care for those who are seeking to transition, and ignores a large segment of those who fall under the transgender umbrella. She also finds fault with the WPATH process for commenting on the proposed Standards and with the WPATH data gathering.
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It’s a tradition for many people to use the new year as a time to set goals they hope to achieve. Lose weight, give up some vice, do some regular exercise. In this post Eden Carlsen suggests that it takes more to realize your feminine goals for 2022 than just making a list of things to adopt in the new year.
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Kandi shares a list of things she’s learned, about herself and other humans, since she started being Kandi part time. If you are only dressing in your home with the blinds shut tight and dream of being able to walk among others without fear pay attention to Kandi’s list.
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So what’s new? A jury awards a trans student $4,000,000 because his school kept him from using the boy’s restroom. Stars from Pose are nominated for Golden Globe awards. A new study finds that trans kids getting puberty blockers have a lower incidence of depression and anxiety. Doctors don’t know enough about treating trans men. The producer of James Bond films is open to a non-binary Bond. In Britain conservatives are pushing for a photo I.D. to vote. France has outlawed conversion therapy. South Africa has a shortage of injectable testosterone. J.K. Rowlng makes another ignorant statement about trans rights. There’s all that and more than a bit more in this edition of The Week In Trans! Don’t miss your TWIT!
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It’s the last TransTainment of 2021! Isis King stars in a new streaming show. Season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race features a straight guy who does drag. Ghana’s first out transgender musician stands against the oppression of that country’s LGBT people. The CW’s 4400 features a nonbinary actor who plays a Homeland Security officer. That’s just the tip of the trans entertainment iceburg! Check it out!
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Sophie Lynne is sick as a dog today, so she wrote, “I’m going to have a guest writer. I share this piece every year on Facialbook. It was written by my dear sister Lisa Empanada in 2012 — her last Christmas. It really shows who she was. She died in September 2013.”
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Purge is a word with several meanings. Authoritarian dictators remove anyone who threatens their power in a purge. In the past few years the word became part of movie titles for films in which once a year any crime could be committed with no punishment. Have a beef with a neighbor? Wait for The Purge and get rid of him. But, the most common application of purge as used by trans women is getting rid of all their feminine clothes and accessories. Usually in the middle of the night in a dumpster far from their home. Christy Lewis writes about several meanings of the P word.
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The holiday season is upon us and Lorraine Anderson, the lady in charge of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some tips on how to take your glamor up a notch for all of your holiday parties.
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After the stress of her sister’s wedding Savannah is glad to just relax and unwind at her mother’s house. With a few more days of her trip home still pending she wants to enjoy visiting with her mother and not thinking about her return to work as a male. Then a conversation with her mother brings up the idea of getting treatment for her male “condition.”
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What’s new and exciting? A trans woman is the new mayor of Palm Springs. Another trans woman was elected Atlanta’s city council. The Advocate names a trans woman as one of their People of the Year. Swimmer Lia Thomas gives an interview to a swim magazine. West Side Story makes clear that one character is a trans man. The Nash Bridges reboot adds a trans woman detective. A pastor who appeared in drag on an HBO show is fired. New Zealand passes a law that lets transgender people self-identify. First Nation tribes in Canada have formed 2-spirit council. There’s all that and a hogshead more news from our community to be found in TWIT!
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It’s holiday time and while Dina Amberle is cooking up the usual holiday fare she is also throwing in some recipes from other places and times. Today’s menu at Dina’s Diner offers a tasty haggis from Scotland in the form of a Scottish lord in the early 2oth century who was born female but inherited the lordship. Then there is a recipe from China that features computer coders who find crossdressing makes them better at their job. There are other treats waiting down at Dina’s Diner. Don’t miss tasting all that’s on offer!
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The end of year holidays are meant to bring joy and happiness but for many people, particularly members of the LGBTQ community, the holidays can be the opposite of happy. Holiday cheer can turn to depression as loneliness, unemployment, and other issues make problems seem insurmountable. Rabbah Rona Matlow reminds us that there is help and you are not alone.
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If no one sees trans people out and about, participating in our culture, they won’t spend much time trying to guarantee that trans people will have all of their rights. That means that spotting a trans person in public, in a television show or film, or at a favorite dining spot should not be a rare occurrence. Claire Hall writes about representation.
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The news if full of trans women being the victims of violence. Often fatal violence. All women have to remain vigilant when they are out in public. Night or day, there are bad people out there and many women take classes on self defense to avoid becoming a victim. What can trans women do to stop an attack against them? Michelle Rogers enumerates various tactics and weapons that can be employed to remain safe.
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Recently we were contacted by Michael Edmonson, the CEO of Worthy Mentoring. Their website and phone app allow members of the LGBTQ+ community to make themselves available to mentor others, and connects people seeking help to mentors. At the moment they have enough LGBQ people to handle those parts of the community and they are […]
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Sabrina Symington continues her series of voice training videos that give you the vocal tools to sound in a way that matches your look. Whether you crossdress now and then or live fulltime in your preferred gender speaking as a woman can boost your confidence when you interact with members of the general public. Sabrina has a lot to say on the subject of sounding like you look. Today reiterates the value of practice, practice, practice.
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Time for the news! Lawsuits over trans students using their preferred restroom at school continue. The specter of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria rears its ugly head. Former Google employees sue over gender based discrimination. A study shows HIV is more common in trans people. The trans woman on Jeopardy! keeps on winning. Hunter Schafer graces the cover of Harper’s Bazaar. The trans woman who won the Miss USA Nevada did not prevail in the competition for Miss USA. RuPaul has made a very draggie Christmas movie. The Netherlands apologizes for a former law making those who wished to have the gender marker changed on their papers go through sterilization. Sweden’s new education minister is a trans woman. The lead designer of the NFL’s 2022 Super Bowl logo is a trans woman. There’s all that and more waiting for you in TWIT!
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A question from someone on Instagram asking about Julie’s hair sparked a whole post on TGForum. Wigs, Wigs, and More Wigs! With lots of photos of the wigs Julie currently has in rotation. And, she includes wig advice on everything from finding the right one to wig care. You’ll flip your wig over this post!
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Sabrina “Bria” Symington is a transgender artist from Gabriola Island in British Columbia, Canada. She is best known for her ongoing web comic series, Life of Bria, as well as her graphic novels, First Year Out, and its sequel, Coming Out Again. Today she is the subject of Tell Shelley Anne.
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Sabrina Symington presents a holiday cartoon featuring Kay and Natalie, the couple who survived She Never Came Out. We see the ladies living their best lives and being happy, not terrorized by malignant beings from another dimension.
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Angela Gardner covers show biz stories that feature transgender actors or themes. Today she looks at Adele’s makeover from Nikkie de Jager, Hunter Schafer on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, The missing trans character in The Matrix, and Indian award winner and more!
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Linda and a friend named Linda get together to talk about how things have changed for the crossdressing population over the last 60 some years. Told mostly by telling the life story of the ‘other Linda’.
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Pauline Estelle recently indulged in a new corset for more than just slimming her waist. She wanted one that could be a fashion statement. She shares the experience of shopping for it online and gives tips to those interested in getting into corseting fashion.
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Time for the news! Former transgender mayor of Silverton, Oregon, Stu Rasmussen, has passed away at 73. Children’s Medical Center in Dallas will end its program that provided gender care to kids. Iowa’s law against Medicaid payment for gender confirmation surgery has been declared illegal. The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics filed a brief urging a court to rule against a ban on trans athletes. There’s an all-transgender hockey team called Team Trans. Dave Chappelle keeps joking around about transgender people. Eddie Redmayne says he wouldn’t take the Lili Elbe role today. Caitlyn Jenner thinks she’s unpopular because Ellen DeGeneres turned the LGBTQ community against her. The new German chancellor vows to let trans people declare their gender. There’s all that and, you guessed it, much more in this edition of TWIT!
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Recently, there have been indications that some in the Trans Mental Health Empire are pushing back on affirmative treatment for transgender kids as it is now practiced. In this post Dana Bevan reports on several of the things she feels bear out this concern over trans kids treatment.
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