The Keystone Conference has left attendees with an array of thoughts, emotions and perspectives. Their stories continue to bubble up and we bring them to you on TGF. Susannah Robinson is one attendee who was inspired by the conference to think and write about the gender binary and crossdressing. She shares her thought’s in Keystone Reflections.
Sophie Lynne applies the basic laws of physics to the transgendered condition. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. (And we thought that was just a marketing ploy by Kenneth Cole.) Sophie explains that actions result in consequences. But no action means no progress. Find out how she feels about objects in motion.
Sophie Lynne attended the 5th Annual Keystone Conference this past weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She has filed a report on the event and on two people she met there.
Thailand’s exotic ladyboys are easily romanticized, as is the profession of prostitution. For some being paid for sexual favors seems like a dream. For the majority of the sex workers in Thailand it’s more of a nightmare. Needing the cash to pay for GRS they have no choice but to be a “hostess.”
We welcome a new contributor, Graham Holmes. Graham lives in England and is not at all concerned with “passing” or projecting a femme side. He is happy wearing dresses (and other feminine attire) and is a content man in a dress. Read about what it’s like just doing what you want.
Kylan Arianna Wenzel recently competed in the Miss California pageant. She did not advance in the competition but her story of how she made the journey from abused boy to becoming a beautiful, articulate woman is inspiring. We got an exclusive interview with Kylan and bring it to you today.
We received a review copy of “Confessions of a Transvestite Hooker” from the book’s author Chris Burrows. The hooker whose story is told is Samantha Colton, a TV who enters the world of sex work in the exotic locale of Hong Kong. Samantha tells her story to the author and our Gina Vizavi has sent us this review.
Some of the contestants on the current season of RuPaul’s Drag Race discuss how they came out and started doing drag. (Requires Flash Player.) Watch RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race Full Episodes – Logo TV
Before the 1990s if you were out and transgendered you didn’t have much of a chance to publish anything like a novel, scientific literature, short stories or even poems. The two niche markets open to the out TG were writing for other TGs in newsletters and magazine. The other was autobiographies.
Today The Artist D talks about femininity, androgyny and masuclinity. Why do we feel feminine when we put on a dress? Is the dress what makes us feminine or does that come from inside? There are women who wear pants and never wear dresses yet they remain feminine. Can you be feminine in pants?
In 2005 a Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed into law the Real ID Act of 2005. It is a draconian law that forces everyone with a driver’s license to bring their proof of birth to the DMV to turn that license into a national ID card. It’s a nightmare for all but definitely for TGs.
Sophie Lynne is a summer girl. She loves the heat, the summer outfits, the cool drinks and fun in the sun. But she also hates the humidity, the harmful UV rays, the melting makeup and her inability to look hot in a bikini. What’s a girl to do? Check out Sophie’s solution in her column today.
Dee Levy has strong opinions about honesty. For her, as an ex-wife of a crossdresser, it’s of the utmost importance in any relationship — from the casual ones to the strongly committed ones. The murder of a TG lingerie model in Dee’s hometown is what’s on her mind.
Sophie Lynne is worked up. She’s so worked up she’s climbed back up onto that soapbox. She’s decided to take on a tendency of the transgender community to start to concentrate on the spaces between us rather than paying attention to our common plight. It’s the tyranny of labels! See what Sophie has to say.
The U.S. Army and The Artist D seem to agree. Be all you can be. It’s not the easiest thing to do if you are worried about how society will judge you, or how many friends or family members will reject you out of ignorance and intolerance but if you want to be somebody first you need to be you. Read and be taught by The Artist D.
Tasi Zuriack has sent in a book review. She has read My Next Husband Will Be Normal — A St. John Adventure by Rae Ellen Lee. Ms. Lee and her husband had moved to St. John in the Virgin Islands to lead a laid back life running a canvas goods shop. Then her husband began to explore his transgender issue. Get Tasi’s take on the story and read her review.
Sophie Lynne is not the kind of girl who makes New Year’s resolutions. Like most of us she soon stops making an effort to keep them. In the past few months she has been examining her life and who she is so for 2012 she had decided to make some resolutions — and stick to them. Find out what she’s resolved to do in 2012 in this month’s column from Sophie Lynne.
Hebe Dotson hadn’t been out of the house in women’s clothing, at all, until she went to Fantasia Fair last year at the age of 80. This year she went back. She has photos to prove it, and after the Fair she had epiphany #2. Why not dress full time?
What should you do if you have a child who is gender nonconforming — or one who does conform to a gender role, just not the biological one? What if the doctor recently told you your child is intersexed? What if your child is telling you she wants a sex change?
Dallas Denny discusses how the variety of trans identities has blossomed since the 1980s. Now people can be a “tomboy lite,” a homoflexible lesbian,” a lipstick dyke,” a femme bear” and many other things at the same time. It’s not just transsexual, transvestite or drag queen anymore.
There are many things that hold trans people back when they begin to explore presenting themselves to the world as the gender they want people to see. One of the most powerful inhibitors is fear of ridicule. Christine Beatty has some words of comfort and advice.
Sophie Lynne always looks forward to her third Saturday of the month Sophie Time. She gets to dress up, dance, drink and party as her true self. Why would she ever want to miss all that femme fun? She wouldn’t but she did. Read on and learn why.
Dallas Denny has a second life, and she tells you how you can have one, too. There’s no need to be limited by physical restraints. Be all you want to be in virtual reality. Learn how in Part 2 of Dallas’ Virtual Personae.
Several people have complained that Cassie’s serial from several years ago, What I Wore: A Tale of a Weekend as a Woman with a Man, is not all there. Meaning it’s got chapters missing, not that it’s odd or “not quite right”. Moving things from the old ’90s TGF into another format caused several things […]
