Halloween can be a major turning point for trans people. Whether you fall on the crossdressing end of the spectrum or are more toward the transsexual end often times a TG person’s first time out of their closet in feminine attire, or masculine attire for FtMs, is Halloween. It’s the perfect time to try out the identity you’ve been longing to express. This month Sophie Lynne does some wondering about Halloween.
Every year on Halloween night Henri David, a local jeweler in Philadelphia, throws his Halloween Ball. What started as a house party in 1968 now attracts a crowd of over 2000 people in the ballroom of a downtown hotel. Among the many fantastic fantasy costumes you can always find many males in female attire. Some […]
The Philadelphia area was loaded with Halloween costume parties all week long but even after the big bash, Henry David’s Halloween Ball, there were still a few hardy TGs who wanted to get into costume one more time. So Angela’s Laptop Lounge obliged with a Saturday night, After Halloween Party on November 1. Here are […]
Meet the “queens” of Scotland. A trans woman has won a landmark determination against the Army. A teacher comes out to the whole school. A trans fire fighter is a poster person. Jane Doe is suing. The star of “Transmormon” is happy her church condemns her. Sharon Needles tells all. Miz Cracker offers Halloween drag advice. Rhode Island makes it easier. Geena Rocero spoke at the HRC’s annual dinner. Fallon Fox is making waves. All that and more plus a couple of TWIT Awards is packed into this edition of TWIT!
Ooooo kids, it’s almost Halloween! That’s scary enough but Dina Amberle finds going out for the first time in drag to an event with your family or co-workers to be really, really scary. She what advice she has on what to do for Halloween, along with her thoughts on an opera singer who gave up her career, Jimmy Choo going public and big butts. It’s all part of the delicious mix that can only be found at Dina’s Diner.
It’s May and spring is in the air. The flowers are in bloom and the pollen floats in the air with the spring. It’s May when everyone knows — if you want a fabulous Halloween costume now is the time to get started! And The Occasional Woman, a seamstress of some renown, has a few suggestions for you.
Sophie Lynne reports on her big night out at the Henri David Halloween Ball. There were Duff Men, vampires, zombies, superheroes and things you couldn’t name. There were even men in dresses and women in nothing but tape. The Ball has been happening every year for 45 years, always on Halloween night. This year Sophie was a flamenco dancer (and Goddess of the Night). Read her report on the festivities.
The Henri David Halloween Ball has been appearing in Philadelphia, Pa. since 1968, like clockwork, every Halloween. Between 9 and 10 p.m. the creatures of fantasy, legend and myth begin to gather in a center city hotel and at midnight the costume contest begins. Our own Sophie Lynne was there and files this report.
The Henry David Halloween Ball is a Philadelphia tradition going back to 1968 when Henry David needed a venue in which to wear his imaginative and larger than life costumes. It started as a house party and now fills a ballroom. Photos from the 2012 Henry David Halloween Ball.
In this post Sophie incorrectly states that our editor Angela Garnder said Halloween is the high holy day for CDs. JoAnn Roberts told Angela that while they were at a Halloween ball and Angela stole it. But Sophie’s right, Halloween is the biggest excuse for dressing up.
It’s the biggest Halloween party on the east coast. It’s being happening every year since 1968. It brings out drag queens, fetishists, crossdressers and straight people who like to wear strange costumes. It’s The Henry David Halloween Ball.
