Kandi Robbins hasn’t been dressing out and about for all that long but she has a list of activities she has done while en femme. Everything from working at the Space Jam 2 world premier to taking cooking classes, and attending a live action murder mystery. See what else is on her list.
Last chapter Diane remembered how she lost her wife when she came out as a trans woman. Looking back she narrates what happened next. In Chapter 2 she is ready to move on and takes steps to improve her presentation and goes to work for the first time as herself.
What do we learn today? Caitlyn Jenner’s gubernatorial campaign is broke and she’s financing it herself. Kid’s band The Wiggles add a non-binary unicorn. On clarinet? San Francisco proclaims August as Transgender History Month. Gavin Grimm wins a big payout from the school board he sued. Studies show that trans youth can flourish if they are allowed to socially transition. Kim Petras signs a recording deal and releases a new song. Trans women need to keep an eye on their prostate health. Tommy Dorfman appears in a new show in the U.K. Laverne Cox’s fans would like to see her be the host of Jeopardy. Two transgender women of color are teaching at Harvard Law School. Marsha P. Johnson gets a statue in New York City. A Fox News host calls transgender people “satanic”. There’s all that and a substantial number of TWIT Awards waiting for your perusal in TWIT!
Ah, shoes. Some women don’t care about shoes. Their loss. For those of you who do like to prance around in footwear that makes you feel pretty and special, don’t miss Lorraine Anderson’s post on The Shoes Every Girl Needs. She highlights five styles that need to be in your closet. As long as you are a shoe loving kind of girl. If not try to find joy in your flip flops.
Today Sophie has listed some behaviors that out you as fast as wearing a sign reading “I am crossdressed.” Heed her advice on these few simple modifications in the areas of walking talking and basic interaction with others and you may avoid hearing whispers saying “I think that’s a man.”
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. After a crazy night at a couple of jazz clubs Ramona and the department store buyers part ways. Jack is meeting with the woman in charge of buying women’s fashions. Will he bring up Ramona?
Christy Lewis blogs about taking chances. Whether it’s leaving a relationship to go out on your own, trying something in life that you may not be totally suited for, or finally making a move to be who you really are, sometimes staying safe is not a good option and it can pay to take your chances.
It’s time for TransTainment! News about transgender people participating in the arts and entertainment around the world. From Kim Petras’s new song and record deal to a 17-year-old trans girl who owns her own film production company, you’ll find it all in TransTainment.
Savannah is on her own working in Chicago. While she maintains a male image at work her weekends are spent as Savannah. Over time she takes advantage of online dating, both for transgender people and cisgender, identifying herself as a cis female. And there is a visit to her southern home where she gets some joyful news.
What do we learn today? Hobby Lobby loses in court. The Biden administration is fighting laws against trans girls in school sports. Meanwhile trans kids are growing anxious about attending school in person. New Hampshire doesn’t require surgery prior to changing gender markers. The ACLU is taking West Virginia to court over its ban on changing birth certificates. More violence is directed against trans women of color. When a school bans BLM or LGBTQ symbols nearby farmers erect a large LGBTQ Progress Pride Flag that can be seen from the school. A trans woman golfer is trying to get into the LPGA. Patti Harrison voices a character in the animated Q-Force series. Eminem’s youngest child is gender-fluid. The “Leave Britney Alone” video creator has come out as trans and changed her name. Despite “LGBTQ free” cities in Poland a recent survey finds the Polish people support LGBTQ people’s right to exist. There’s all that and more waiting for you in TWIT!
Julie’s pal Niki was coming through Chicago on her way to a gettogether in Detroit so it presented a great opportunity for Julie to slip into her new black and white mini skirt and show Niki the town. First up on the girl’s night out was Chinatown where Niki and Julie met up with Coleen, Lana and Rubi for dinner. Then it’s off to find some live music. Read this Part-time Princess tale and find out what they wore, where they went, what they did, and who’s Reggie?
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.
Time to check out the menu at Dina’s Diner! This week Dina has an appetizer made with a couple of complementary ingredients she culled from our TWIT column. One is the multi-year lawsuit over whether a trans woman could use the women’s facility at work. She won. The other is a man who just likes to wear skirts and dresses and is fully supported by his employer. Then Dina visits Reddit and the subreddit for crossdressing. Some of the ladies there are scrumpdillyicious. Then she heats up some strippers protesting a ban against their line of work, seasons it with a woman whose art is recreating the fashion looks of days gone by, and ending with a suggestion for a timely Halloween costume idea. Visit the Diner and see what’s cookin’.
Rabbah Rona Matlow has served in the military and now counsels vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the U.S. works to get all American citizens, coalition partner’s citizens, and Afghans who worked with the U.S. out of the country Rabbah Rona has some thoughts about not just the end of this conflict but of all wars.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. After a crazy night at a couple of jazz clubs Ramona and the department store buyers part ways. Jack praises Ramona’s good looks and his pal points out that Ramona is a transvestite. Jack doesn’t seem to mind. Will he honor his pledge to introduce her to the fashion buyer? He’s meeting with the fashion buyer today.
What’s in the transgender news today? A trans woman nurse is the clinical program director of The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health. Hobby Lobby violated the law when they denied a trans woman employee use of the women’s restroom. A new show Amazon features a non-binary character. A “cross dresser” in Jamaica draws a crowd on the street. A man who murdered his trans girlfriend gets 50 years in prison. YouTube is not doing enough to stop deadnaming. Longtime sports figure Jack Brennan comes out as a crossdresser. A court ruling says Catholic doctors do not have to provide gender confirming treatments against their “deeply held religious beliefs”. Remains found in a 1000-year-old grave may be the body of a nonbinary person. Laura Jane Grace will rock the Four Seasons. There’s all that and more waiting for you in TWIT!
Linda Jensen has known her fair share of admirers and some of them have pointed out a few things they don’t admire about some crossdressers. Linda sums it up in this post and shares the wisdom she gained while dating all those guys.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. After a crazy night at a couple of jazz clubs Ramona and the department store buyers part ways. Jack praises Ramona’s good looks and his pal points out that Ramona is a transvestite. Jack doesn’t seem to mind. Will he honor his pledge to introduce her to the fashion buyer?
This post originally appeared on TGForum in December of 1997. It is by former contributor Jami Ward and is her answer to people who asked her what being transgender felt like. What’s it feel like to have brown eyes? After thinking it over for some time Jami came up with an answer she shared with TGF readers.
Sabrina Symington brings you Lovely Buster Overdrive, Episode 1. In this pilot episode of Bria’s new video web series, our protagonist must reconcile with her painful memories and take pride in every part of who she is in order to overcome the machinations of the dinosaur cyborg witch and internet grifter, K.O. Crumulon, and her […]
Lawsuits to overturn anti-trans laws proceed. Trans people are protected from ethnic intimidation under Michigan law. LGBTQ people tend to have higher student debt than cis hetero people. A perfume company creates new nonbinary scents. Transgender adults have more Subjective Cognitive Decline than do cisgender adults. The AMA recommends removing the birth sex from birth certificates. Weight lifter Laurel Hubbard fails to lift 125 milligrams three times. Nonbinary Canadian Quinn won gold with their team. An all-trans soccer team from India will compete in the Hong Kong games. Trans model Ariel Nicholson makes history as the first trans woman featured on the cover of the American edition of Vogue. Lehlogaonolo Machaba is the first trans woman contestant in the Miss South Africa contest. RuPaul does a voice acting job in a new animated series. While Caitlyn Jenner works on a project in Australia her campaign for the governor’s seat in California crashes. There’s all that and a large number of TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
Kandi attends an art exhibit opening and after having fun there decides to extend her Kandi time by stopping at a local watering hole she has visited before. Will her visit there be more fun or not? We don’t want to give away too much in this teaser but, yes. She has a lot of fun meeting new people and accepting compliments from strangers.
One would think that Dina’s Diner would offer lighter fare for the summer but today’s menu shows that Dina is dedicated to providing major brain nutrition to all her customers. Instead of some cold soup or a wimpy salad Dina goes right to the most flavorful and satisfying entrees. She mixes up transgender Olympians with bridal makeovers that will amaze and then mixes in corsetry and female soldiers marching in black stilettos. She wraps up with a solid dessert in the form of a former Miss Bum Bum Contest participant who has gone wrong. Check out Dina’s Diner for a full meal of fun.
It’s 1956 and Ramona is a transgender girl from Texas trying to make her way in the big city. To get by she has to utilize what she has at her disposal. Last night, taking a break from working on the street, she got mixed up with some department store buyers and one of them, after getting punched in the face for attempting to protect Ramona from a dude named Box, promised to put in a good word for her with the buyer who handles women’s fashion.
Chrissy Gann writes a story about how things went when a guy comes out as a transgender woman. She lost her wife who said she married a man and didn’t want to be married to a woman. She ran into some problems at work from a fearful co-worker and after that got help from another co-worker.
Sophie reflects on the death of her friend Lisa as Lisa’s birthday nears. She would have been 60-years-old on August third. No one knows why she took her own life. Not even her friend Sophie. All she knows is that she misses her friend and Lisa’s birthday turns up the memories Sophie carries with her.
