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Do you need all the transgender news? If so here it comes in The Week In Trans! Today we learn that a trans woman who was thrown out by her family has taken the crown in a beauty pageant. The Biden administration has plans to stop the military ban, do away with religious based discrimination against trans people, and Biden has brought a trans woman on board to help craft policies. A trans woman is a new Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. Other trans candidates did well in their campaigns. Violence against trans women of color continues. The 2020 Stonewall Riot happened. Two new documentaries follow trans children. A trans woman makes the cover of Playboy Mexico. Transphobia is rampant in the U.K. Norway adds protection for transgender people to its hate crime laws. There’s all that and more plus a couple of TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT!
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A COMPETITION FOR OUR MINDS Newsweek magazine had a point-counterpoint debate about transgender athletes in the online edition on October 20, 2020. The opposing debaters were to answer Newsweek’s question Do Transgender Athletes Threaten Women’s Sports? Taking the “yes” position was Abigail Shrier and taking the “no” pro-trans position was Juliet Jacques. It’s a debate […]
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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.
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Many people have considered the past few years to be dark times politically for transgender Americans. With the administration banning us from serving in the Armed Forces, to proposed rules to allow discrimination in emergency shelters and health care, to “bathroom bills” popping up in state legislatures from coast to coast, it seemed like elected […]
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Joe Biden won the Presidential election and Kamala Harris is the Vice President – Elect. People are celebrating, because Biden mentioned trans people in one of his speeches. This means we can all breathe a sigh of relief and assume the war is over, right? Not so fast! In Pirke Avot – The Teachings of […]
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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.
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Male Singers All Dolled Up Music stars have made the news by dressing up. One such singer is former One Direction member Harry Styles. Styles is featured on the cover and in a fashion spread for Vogue. The singer, who said he has always liked dressing up is depicted wearing a designer couture gown and […]
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Time for all the transgender news! It’s The Week In Trans! Election Day saw trans women winning seats in state legislatures, most historic was Sarah McBride who is the first trans woman to be elected to a state Senate in Delaware. One representative lost her reelection bid. Joe Biden is our President Elect and he has promised to reverse the executive orders that denied many trans people their rights for the past four years. A transgender Republican woman came out in support of a Democratic Party candidate for the House of Representatives. Numbers show that somehow, with all his actions against LGBTQ people’s rights, Donald Trump picked up more votes from that community. Apple releases a new iPhone OS and it includes new emojis of the transgender flag and the transgender symbol. Trans and non-binary celebs celebrated Halloween with online photos of their fab Halloween costumes. Envy Peru wins Drag Race Holland. The Loki TV series on Disney+ will see Loki changing genders like he did in the myths. A Bollywood director has made a new version of an earlier film he made and he keeps the same plot which features a crossdressing serial killer. That’s just a taste of the news! There’s much more and few TWIT Awards as well.
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Julie Slowinski is a girl who loves to get out and about. The pandemic has curtailed her crossdressing fun just like it has for most fun, but, after suffering with only one or two masked, socially distanced outings she heard from a friend who thought it might be the time to patronize a French restaurant they both like. So the planning began. Crossdressers should be put in charge of logistics for major projects. You’ll see why when you check out the amount of planning it took to get Julie out and about in Wicker Park.
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It’s 1956 and Ramon is a young man from Texas hoping to make it in the big city. Ramon is also Ramona, a working girl trying to make a living. This particular night Ramona is taking a break from the evening stroll so Ramon can relax, have a drink or two and dig some jazz. Let’s see what happens next.
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Back in the last century Linda loved Halloween. In those days it was the crossdressers’ national holiday. Linda loved to go out en femme and she loved to get dressed up in costumes. That was until 2001 when Linda came up with a costume that turned out to be A Really Bad Idea!
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Shelley Anne Baker interviews Dr. Susan Stryker, educator, author, theorist and founding executive editor of “TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly”. She is an award-winning scholar and filmmaker whose historical research, theoretical writing, and creative works have helped shape the cultural conversation on transgender topics since the early 1990s. Currently Dr. Stryker is now at Mills College where she serves as the 2020-22 Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women’s Leadership.
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Sabrina Symington, the artist who brought us the horror/suspense tale, “She” has sent us a stand alone cartoon that may depict the beginning of Bria’s transition from masculine to feminine. The cartoon’s subject is working hard to be strong and build up their male body. But things don’t work out for that. Is this person Bria pre-transition? You decide.
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People assume that if one of their friends or family was feeling so bad that they were considering suicide that they would see it and be able to get their friend or family member help. But too often people who are contemplating taking their own life don’t give those around them any clues. Sophie Marie was there at one time. Ready to check out and end it all. Read today’s blog to learn how she came back from the edge.
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What do we learn today? A trans woman is suing the Michigan National Guard and the governor to stay in the Guard. Efforts are underway to suppress the trans vote. A trans woman is very likely to win an election in Vermont. The Human Rights Campaign posts a challenge to politicians asking them to take a pledge to end violence against trans women of color. A CEO transitioned on the job. Children with gender dysphoria are more likely to have mental health issues. Caitlyn Jenner will appear in a new sitcom. Lady Gaga helped Sam Smith come out as non-binary. RuPaul is keeping herself busy with many projects, included voicing an animated character. Kim Petras has a new video that features several drag performers. The Lady Boys of Bangkok are getting Covid-19 relief. Drag performers are running for office. Thailand’s first trans member of parliament has been ousted. There’s all that and so much more, along with a few well deserved TWIT Awards waiting for you in TWIT.
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Kandi Robbins goes where she wants and dresses as she pleases. She know that she doesn’t “pass” and that lets her be free to express here femme side. Part of her approach to he not passing lifestyle is to always be appropriately attired for the outing she wants to take. If all the other femme people are wearing conservative clothes that are stylish but not overtly sexy then that’s the look Kandi will work. Learn more about the not passing lifestyle and being appropriate in today’s excursion to Kandi’s Land.
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Dana Bevan has a friend who while supportive of the transgender community has trouble understanding what we know of why being transgender occurs to a segment of our population. Dana’s friend had a problem reading Dana’s writing on the subject because they were so detailed. So Dana decided to write about the transgender experience in a story. The story begins in the womb and follows the development of a child’s gender identity.
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Natalie and Kay escaped the demented kidnapper Wilfred Frum, arriving from the bizarre dimension into the basement of his home. Making their way to the street they soon attracted attention and were given assistance. Their story of being kidnapped and taken to another dimension would not be accepted so they didn’t tell the whole tale. Now they want nothing more than to live a normal life free from strange monsters who feed on pain. Will they be able to do that? Find out, maybe, from the last page of She Never Came Out.
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Time marches on and the young crossdresser becomes a middle age crossdresser and then a senior crossdresser. With all the experience senior crossdressers have accumulated none of them want to just give up and stop dressing. Pauline Estelle declares you don’t have to. But it’s best to make some adjustments to your look. No one is fooled by mutton dressed up as lamb. Read on for Pauline’s suggestions.
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Alt-comix cartoonist Steven Lafler has giving TGForum the chance to publish his newest work, “1956 Sweet Sweet Little Ramona.” The story is about Ramón, a.k.a. Ramona who hails from Texas and is a young trans women looking to be herself in the atmosphere of 1950s New York City. It ain’t easy! She descends into working the streets to support herself while she dreams of becoming a fashion model. This is her story we are presenting with a new page every week. (BTW, if you want to correspond with the cartoonist on TGF she’s known as Fiona Mallratte.)
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Welcome a new blogger to TGF! Char Edwards is a trans woman who spent decades suffering, turning to drug abuse and resorting to suicide attempts before she decided to make a positive change in her life. She joins us today to blog about the way she turned her life around in hopes that her story will help other struggling with their gender issues.
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Tomorrow is what many are calling the most important election of our life times. While Donald J. Trump said during his 2016 campaign that he would be the best president ever for the LGBTQ community his actions while in office have not reflected that commitment. Under the Trump administration we have seen: A near-total ban […]
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It’s The Week In Trans! What’s happening? Plenty! A trans woman is running for Congress from Maryland. Joe Biden makes positive statements on transgender issues. Trans people can find they have trouble voting. Citibank joins MasterCard’s True Name program. A homeless trans man sues a shelter that turned him away and he contracted COVID-19 in a crowed shelter that would take him. Police in L.A. have arrested a man in the stabbing of a trans woman in MacArthur Park. The Marine who murdered a trans woman in the Philippines is back home but his hometown wants him to leave. A study finds that many transgender people are people of faith. Boston’s Children’s Hospital stops doing “corrective” surgery on intersex children. Drag queens are working to get out the vote. TikTok bans white supremacists and Nazis. Casting directors in Hollywood want more non-binary actors—young non-binary actors. Borat wears a dress for his prank on Giuliani. A biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos is released. There’s all that and much more waiting for you in this edition of TWIT!
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The ubiquitous trench coat is found in all lengths, colors, and with subtle embellishments. Lorraine Anderson, the lady behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service praises the benefits of having at least one or two trench coats in your closet this fall. The trench coat has come a long way from its beginnings in The Great War. Then it was essential survival clothing. Now it is a classic fashion icon. See how adding a trench coat could improve your look this fall.
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Sophie Lynne gives you a spooky story for spooky time. A tale told by a bartender to a young woman while snow falls heavily outside and even though the lights are on it starts to get dark inside. She gets to drink one on the house while the bartender, who happens to own the place, tells her stories about the fella who used to own it and a strange violent incident that happened in that very room.
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This edition of our Drag in Cinema blog is a bit different. Rather than showcasing cisgender male actors donning drag in the interest of the film’s plot the films featured today all star professional drag queens. Among them; Panti Bliss, Bianca Del Rio, and Jinkx Monsoon.
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