Home » featured » Page 51
Tag: featured
It’s a new year and the transgender news just keeps on coming. There’s more need than ever for The Week In Trans! What do we learn today? Gay and trans children are more likely to be obese or have other eating disorders. Six victories for the LGBTQ community in 2020. New York state makes single-person restrooms gender neutral. More violence aimed at Black trans women. A comic calls Ricky Gervais “lazy” because of the tired jokes he makes about trans people. The new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race will see many celebrity guests. A trans woman is asked to leave a women’s clothing store because they say she was making the other customers nervous. Germany may change the procedure for changing gender to a simple statement of gender. South Africa is pondering adding an X to official ID for nonbinary people. A fashion designer wins Miss Transqueen India. AmazonSmile donates money to 40 anti-LGBT groups. Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson weighs in on the actual sex of Santa’s reindeer. There’s all that and much more, along with a few TWIT Awards, waiting for you in TWIT!
Read More
Julie and a couple of her friends decided to stage a Faux New Year’s Eve party the Monday before the actual event. Of course there were preparations to be made, some shopping in the afternoon, looking at new glasses and picking the restaurant for dinner, the spot for after dinner drinks and then the addition of one more place for one more drink. And then there was the champagne back at the hotel room.
Read More
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
Read More
Linda’s friend Mary had questions about how safe it is to have sexual relations with people she had met online during the Covid pandemic. The best advice Linda could find all said no sex with anyone outside your own household is safe. Meeting a part time lover in a hotel room for an evening of erotic pleasure could also introduce the virus into another human body. But some of the advice from a prestigious institution seems to say crossdressing might be one way to avoid infection.
Read More
Today we take a look at female impersonation in Japanese cinema. The following films used men to portray female characters. Unlike many movies made in the USA the “man in a dress” was not meant to get laughs. The actors were honestly portraying female characters. Tamasaburo Bando “Yasha-ga-ike” (“Demon Pond,” ) 1979 is a foreign […]
Read More
Today’s Retro Rerun is from the TGForum Archives for 1998. The late Roberta Angela Dee shared a story with TGForum users from her early days identifying as a crossdressing male. She went on the transition and wrote many posts for TGF. In this story she writes about the thrill she would get stopping at a convenience store and buying a soda. Only to have the thrill disappear when she couldn’t start her car.
Read More
Time for the news! With our news feature, The Week In Trans! What do we learn today? The president loses in his efforts to limit federal anti-discrimination training. Elliot Page gets much support after coming out as trans. A city councilman apologizes for calling a trans woman “an it”. Laverne Cox starts a podcast. Eddie Izzard’s pronouns get mostly a positive response. Female athletes sign on to support the fight against Idaho’s ban on trans girls in school sports. Is the music industry ready for a transgender star? 14 teens are arrested in England for a transphobic attack on 4 friends. Appearing in court in British Columbia? You will need to declare your pronouns and honorific before the trial can begin. There’s all that and a lot more, plus a few TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
Read More
Kandi offers the advice today the TGF has counseled for years: Don’t be afraid to be visible. Don’t take chances and go to places that might be dangerous, but don’t worry about what the general public thinks. If you act nervous and shy people will wonder what’s wrong with you. Be confident and proud. Get more of Kandi’s suggestions on how to enjoy your time out and about. And there are photos from Kandi’s own adventures.
Read More
Shelley Anne interviews Mariette Pathy Allen, a photographer, author, activist, film collaborator and world traveler who has spent decades documenting the lives of the many people who fall under the umbrella term transgender. Ms. Allen first met members of the heterosexual crossdressing community in 1978. That led to many photos of that segment of the trans world and led her to explore crossdressing and the differently gendered in other cultures.
Read More
Dana Bevan began exploring asexuality in transgender people and it made her come out as a gyne-sapio-romantic asexual stone butch transgender lesbian. If you would like to know just what that strand of words means you will have to read her thoughts on the incidence of asexuality in the transgender community.
Read More
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
Read More
Sometimes people get into relationships that become toxic. The thing to do is leave that relationship but as Charee writes today, it’s not that simple. Many things can stand in the way of leaving behind the drama and conflict. But, if you decide that you won’t take it anymore things can improve. You may experience A Magical Paradox like Charee did.
Read More
Today Pauline Estelle takes a look at online fashion site Venus. She finds a large variety of styles in sizes from small to plus that are mostly under $40. If you prefer shopping online Pauline feels that you might enjoy visiting Venus.
Read More
Chrissy takes a look back at the beginning of her transition and sees how far she has come. Just a few years ago she was complaining to her therapist that people were constantly misgendering her. She shares a photo she found recently that gave her a clue about the misgendering.
Read More
Today we learn that the first transgender Jeopardy contestant won one episode but did not win in the next episode. A judge rules against Ohio’s law against changing birth certificates. The New Jersey Supreme Court says name changes don’t have to be advertised in legal papers. Trans people in the military are excited about Joe Biden’s promise to reverse the trans ban. An arrest is made in the murder of a trans woman in Virginia. 17 states move to block treatments for transgender care. There’s a modeling agency just for trans models. A study shows that after a year on hormones trans women are better at some exercises. Bill and Ted Face the Music is one of the best LGBTQ+ films of the year. Eleven drag queens all impersonate Meryl Streep for Night of 1000 Meryls. Eddie Izzard claims she/her pronouns. A trans man gives birth to twins in Belfast. And, there is so much more news from around world of interest to transgender people. Don’t miss it!
Read More
Sophie has handed in her last her last paper of the semester at PSU and Happy Valley is not so happy cause a snowstorm has covered everything in a thick carpet of white. But on one hand things are looking up. Her candidate won the presidential election and she doesn’t have sleep apnea. But on other hand. . .
Read More
Today our fashion expert Lorraine Anderson, seamstress at the custom clothing maker The Occasional Woman, talks about outerwear. Jackets and coats that will work for you. Enhancing your feminine image while keeping you warm in the dark day of winter.
Read More
Beauty pageants that have no female contestants are not just held by the queens in the gay community. High schools around the nation have a tradition of holding women-less beauty pageants. These pageants can be as elaborate as any of the ones featuring female contestants but those hoping to win the crown are all teen boys. Today we have photos of 12 of the best, most feminine and beautiful contestants who have dolled up to win.
Read More
Christy Lewis is preparing for the holiday and she has tip to make your Christmas special. From the gifts to the tree and options for nail art that salutes the season, Christy has a tip for every thing you need for a Merry Christmas.
Read More
With his father away at work much of the time Kenny’s mother and sister encourage him to dress as Savannah more and more. His mother tells him how much she enjoys having a younger daughter and his sister continues to teach him feminine ways. Being a girl for mom and his sister isn’t a great burden and he’s beginning to enjoy it. At church Savannah meets some girls who paid no attention to her when she was being a boy. Introduced as a cousin visiting from out of town the girls invite her to a slumber party. How will that turn out?
Read More
Angela Gardner has a theory that the fascination of glamor is the reason many male bodied people present themselves to the world as glamorous females. Glamor is not just for female bodied people but for both sexes. Glam Dolls are all about expressing themselves a fab, sexy, feminine people no matter what they have between their legs. Viva the Glam Dolls! The opposite of the Glam Doll is the Plain Jane. This op-ed doesn’t discuss them very much.
Read More
It’s 1956 and we’re transported to the garment district of New York City where a trans woman works to make a living selling what she’s got in the night time and tries to find a way to become a fashion model. Click to meet the various characters, from hookers to fashion buyers for the chic department stores, as Ramona makes her way toward the glamorous life.
Read More
Welcome to The Week In Trans! Today we learn that a former male jockey wants to win a race after transition. Massachusetts postpones elective surgeries due to the pandemic. SCOTUS refuses to hear a case about schools accepting student’s gender identities. President Elect Biden is expected to lift the trans military ban after he is sworn in. A Trump supporting drag performer gets harassed by Trump supporters at the D.C. rally. Violence against trans women continues. NYC’s loitering law may be rescinded and no longer used to harass trans women. Michigan’s anti-discrimination policy does not cover sexual orientation but does cover gender identity. Cher admits she was upset when her daughter came out as a trans man. The first transgender character to appear on network TV was George Jefferson’s Navy buddy who transitioned in The Jeffersons. RuPaul’s Drag Race has a trans man drag queen this season. The theory that Mona Lisa is Leonardo in drag has turned up again but this time researchers will attempt to prove it. There’s all that news and a lot more plus several TWIT Awards handed out in this edition of TWIT.
Read More
Time for another dining experience par excellence at Dina’s Diner. Dina Amberle collects only the finest natural ingrediants and blends them carefully into the tasty dishes she serves up to her loyal customer base. And while you enjoy the intellectual delights she has carefully prepared you need not worry about infections as Dina’s Diner is in the virtual world. Today she has specials including the appearance of trans faces in advertising, Instagrams boys who dress like girls, the son in drag on a reality show, and Agnes Moorehead. Grab a booth and a cup of coffee, tea if you prefer and prepare to be satisfied at Dina’s Diner.
Read More
Rabbah Rona goes into the reasons that many of the world’s holidays happen in the darkest times of winter. Ze points to ancient pre-biblical texts that instruct people to light up these dark times. But ze points out, not everyone, like trans people who are alone on the holidays, can push back the darkness.
Read More
Today Claire Hall sends a letter to her ten-year-old-self. Does she tell little Claire to invest in certain stocks or place bets on teams that have won the World Series? No, she just has advice she would have loved to get when she was ten and feeling like she was the only person in the world who had a boy body but knew she was a girl. See what thoughts Claire would send to her young self it was possible.
Read More
