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.
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 […]
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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’.
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.
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!
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.
Kandi Robbins looks back on her early days of dressing up. Back in the time when she was paranoid that she might be found out, when she would use business trips as an excuse to go to other cities, buy women’s clothing, wear it once and then throw it away. Or when she went ventured out of her hotel room dressed as a female but completely male from the neck up. See if any of her stories sound familiar.
After a fun date featuring go karts and Italian food Amy and Jennifer go to Jennifer’s place where they made love for the first time. After their passion Amy suddenly jumped out of bed and locked herself in the bathroom. In the last chapter Jennifer learned that her new lover had sexual trauma related to her father. Chapter 5 moves forward two weeks and we find the women in bed. What happens next? Read on.
Did you know a transgender woman is now the Jeopardy! champion? The names of 45 trans people who were killed were read into the Congressional Record. President Biden signed an executive order meant to protect Native Americans, especially two-spirit, from violence. An editorial in The Hill tells lawmakers to stop picking on trans people. The Department of Health and Human Services rolls back the language on religious exemptions to pre-Trump wording. Dr. Sarah Pickle is a leader in providing healthcare to trans individuals. The International Olympic Committee has withdrawn any restrictions it had on transgender and intersex athletes participating in the games. Dwayne Wade tells The Today Show how he felt when his daughter came out. RuPaul takes Drag Race to France. The major French dictionary, Le Robert, has added third-person singular and plural nonbinary pronouns. That’s not all! There’s a lot more news waiting for you in TWIT!
Time for cold weather in the northern climes! Lorraine Anderson, the proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some tips on how to stay toasty warm while remaining chic and stylish.
Sophie Lynne participated in Penn State University’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. While she read the names of trans people who were killed for being trans she began to think about the many trans people she knows. Either in person or online. And she recalls how she felt when she was not living her true life/
Ready for the transgender entertainment news? How about Laverne Cox dancing in her Gucci lingerie? The newest Jeopardy! champion is a trans woman from Oakland. Alaska Thunderf**k 5000 has written a book. Will her full name be on the cover? Pornhub has a trans woman adult actress as a brand ambassador. A management company for transgender actors is going strong, and there’s new music from Trace Lysette and Chanel Jole. Be sure you get all your transgender entertainment needs met.
Christy Lewis writes about finding your comfort zone. While feminine fashions, at least for dress up occasions, aren’t the most physically comfortable attire, in Christy’s case, and that of many other trans people, those clothes put her in her comfort zone.
With the strain of helping to prepare for her sister Gwen’s wedding, and all the emotions that were stirred up Savannah began to think about how she would never have a wonderful wedding because she had secrets. No one who knew her as Ken knew about Savannah, and people who knew and accepted her as Savannah were not aware of Ken. At the end of the last chapter she broke down and cried. What will happen in chapter 17?
So what’s in the news? A trans woman runs for lieutenant governor of Nevada. Activists can’t wait and put up their own statue of Marsha P. Johnson in New York City. School boards in some districts of Virginia are defying the order to adopt the state’s trans student policy. The Biden administration is rolling back expansion of the religious exemptions to hiring for federal contracts. Violence against trans women continues. 91% LGBTQ people have had their COVID vaccination. Mj (Michaela Jae) Rodriguez is The Advocate’s Person of the Year. Intersex people make up 2% of the population. A trans man is on People magazine’s list of Sexiest Men Alive. The BBC is seeing protests and resignations following their publication of a pro-TERF article. Alaska Thunderf**k5000 has written a book. There’s all that and a bunch more waiting for your eyes in The Week In Trans!
Are you ready for another gourmet experience? Dina’s Diner has specials sure to please. From down home comfort food for the mind, like the existence of indestructible pantyhose, to Sunday lunch with Robert Fripp and his wife, who wears various sexy costumes while Robert plays his guitar, to a recipe for creating fashion forward tops out of tights, and Nigeria’s James Brown, there’s something to please everyone at Dina’s Diner!
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 Sabrina shows how to clench and constrict the throat to strengthen the muscles there in order to achieve creaky vocal fry and squeaky high notes.
Claire Hall is happy for the attention trans people are getting for stepping up to run for public offices around the country. Transgender representation is important. Especially if it leads to a world where LGBTQ+ people serving in public offices is not something extraordinary but commonplace.
Today we mine the TGForum Archives for a post from 1996. At that time we had a peer advice column called Dear Rachael. TGF members would send their questions to the editor and she would pass them along to Rachael. In this post from August of ’96 Rachael offers advice to a crossdresser who wants to grow breasts. Then a trans woman who desperately wants to get out of the closet. Followed by a trans woman in the U.K. who wants to begin transition, and then she has an answer for a crossdresser who wants correspond with other girls. Keep in mind that the questions and Rachael’s replies were written in 1996.
