A film maker in Britain has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance his film about a trans sex worker who begins her journey to self acceptance after she intervenes to save a homeless child from a dangerous situation on the streets of London. Award winning freelance writer and director Paul Frankl has written Roxanne, a […]
Latina cooking queen Soraya Sobriedad has won a prize. Sobriedad hosts a cooking show on cable channels in the New York City area that instructs viewers on how to cook delicious Latin dishes while keeping them healthy and low fat. This year she took a large cash prize in the Eighth Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition by cooking up a business plan the judges found to be very tasty.
On March 15 the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey held a “get acquainted” meeting with 15 LGBT attorneys and activists. During the one and a half hour meeting the U.S. Justice Department’s involvement in LGBT matters was discussed and the outreach was appreciated by the LGBT group. Our own Leslie Farber, attorney, activist and TG attended the meeting and outlines what happened.
ENDA has long been recognized as an important political bill for the LGBT community. Standing for “Employment Non-Descrimination Act,” the bill has sought to brought about sweeping reform in the workplace, ending by law any discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. In fact, when you consider this definition of ENDA, and our society’s […]
When Thailand’s katoi make the news they’re commonly called ladyboys and the story is either one of success in show business or the pageant world, or one of their involvement in some crime. There’s little in the Thai media that presents them as transgender women doing their best to be a part of society. Our Thailand correspondent has found a story that shows the katoi can do things that break the stereotypes. And it comes with pictures of ladyboys in bikinis.
Over 23,000 people want Carmen Carrera in the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. ENDA passed the Senate! Crazy ideas about what ENDA would do. A Mormon TS petitions the church for recognition as a woman. Follow up on a FtM teen transition. Myanmar sucks for TGs. There’s a transgender circus in Chile. A north Jersey town loses its cross dresser. All that and more, plus a few TWIT Award winners@
©1995, 2013 by Dallas Denny Source: Denny, Dallas. (1995, November). FTM Conference a Huge Success! AEGIS News, No. 1, V. 5, p. 1. Here’s a bit of history for TGForum readers… Thumbnail Photo: Illustration of Jack Bee Garland, taken from the cover of Louis Graydon Sullivan’s biography. Garland was a female-bodied man who lived in […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is from 2013. The agency was casting for Barney’s spring 2014 ad campaign. There is no indication that the agency is still interested in seeing TG models. TGForum was contacted last week by a casting agency in New York that is looking for transgendered models for an ad campaign for a […]
The lady in charge at the Southern Comfort Conference, Alexis Dee, has sent TGF a report on how it all went this year. According to Alexis over 800 people attended this year and a good time was had by all — from the “Princess Day” on Wednesday through the luncheons, dinners, karaoke and many programs to the Casino Night, trip to a local club and the special guests, it was all good. Get all the details direct from Alexis Dee’s perspective — and find out a bit about the next SCC.
With the untimely demise of JoAnn Roberts earlier this year the fate of the TG community event she hosted annually on the coast of Delaware was thrown into uncertainty. We’re happy to report that Beauty and the Beach will go on this year as scheduled. A group of JoAnn’s friends and BATB attendees have formed a committee to help JoAnn’s widow produce the event this year in honor of JoAnn Roberts.
Now that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has opened the military to openly gay service members where does that leave TGs who want to serve their country? Babs Casbar-Siperstein runs down the advances transgendered people have made in regard to military service and speculates on what will happen next. Citing the results of surveys and personal experience with trans soldiers Babs postulates that it won’t be long before TGs can proudly, openly server their country.
Camille Brandon made a rare daytime appearance at the Flamingo Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday a week ago. What lured our Florida Out & About reporter into the bright sunshine? A book signing with author and former Navy SEAL Kristin Beck. Beck is promoting her book Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender. Camille hung out by the pool all day and has sent us a report on the event.
Hello to all my TGForum family. Hope everyone is enjoying the great summer weather. Here in North Carolina it has been great. Here is an update on Southern Comfort 2013 Blazing New Trails. September 4-8, 2013 Crowne Plaza @ Ravinia, Atlanta Georgia This year’s conference looks to be one of the best ever! Many of the best […]
We were contacted by the Executive Director of GLSEN, Eliza Byard, PhD with the following news: I am proud to announce that GLSEN is strengthening our longstanding support for transgender and gender nonconforming students with the addition of the student-created grassroots organization Transgender Student Rights (TSR) to our family of programs. Founded in 2009, TSR is an online community that provides support […]
Members of the Phi Epsilon Mu chapter of Tri-Ess participated in the Veterans Administration Orlando, Florida office’s LGBT Pride Month celebration. Five members of the group attended and one of them, the chapter President, has filed a report. With pictures!
TGForum founder JoAnn Roberts has passed away after a fight with lung cancer. She was 65. JoAnn published LadyLike Magazine, International Transcript and Art & Illusion: A Guide to Crossdressing. She was active for many years in the TG community and hosted her annual event Beauty and the Beach.
It’s a fresh batch of transgender news from around the world. There’s news about David Walliams of Little Britain. A noted Indian crossdressing film director has died suddenly. A former Navy SEAL is now living as a woman. A male pop singer in Singapore got a boob job. All that and more is waiting in TWIT!
A TG prom queen in Massachusetts. A TG graduate in Ohio. A film starring a TG actress is in pre-production. Lingerie for TGs gets thumbs down from TGs. Laura Ingraham doesn’t know what she’s talking about. There’s a TG superhero cartoon show. A 50-year-old TG pole dancer on her way to a top prize. And more!
A TG navy vet has had her records updated. More graduation gown controversy. (Why do they still make grads wear those?) A libertarian think tank honors a TG economist. A transwoman in Hong Kong will be allowed to marry. Dr. Michele Angello has a book coming out. And more in TWIT!
Female impersonator Kenny Kerr has passed away. There’s a TG on the long list for Parliament in Britain. Rock Center featured a story on Jennifer Finney Boylan. A FtM student is placed in the prom queen race by his principle. More drag on campus. Jenna Talackova gets a reality show. And more!
Today we’ve got a TG character in a mainstream comic book. We learn that California is making sure TGs get health care coverage and Philadelphia is making sure TGs have all the rights they are entitled to. New ripples from the Fallon Fox story appear. There’s a list of 100 top TGs. And more!
Fallon Fox is cleared to punch and kick other women. A TG teen in Texas goes to the prom in stele. Facebook uses drag in it’s television spot. Megyn Kelly disses TG prisoners. More drag on campus! Kinky Boots created a first on Broadway. Fashion Cares brought out the stars. And lot’s more in TWIT!
Arizona softens anti-TG bathroom bill but legalize discrimination. Willam Belli and his drag crew are going to perform in Dubai. TG high school athletes in Maine can play ball. They’re holding a contest to find Miss Hell’s Kitchen. Isis King is cloudy about gender labels. Drag on campus and more!
Kate Bornstein has lung cancer. A Bollywood star appears in TV spots in drag. GLAAD expands their mission to include TGs. Sheldon makes a big bang as Frank-N-Furter. The Arizona legislature is scared of men in dresses in the lady’s room. College boys do drag in Texas. All that and more is waiting in TWIT!
Philly’s Mummers have a contest for drag participants. In NYC they’re looking for the next top queen. The TS MMA fighter is still in the news. Maryland nixes TG rights bill. Drag on campus. A TG comedy series is on the air. Screamin’ Hot Shoes. Yohio loses. All that and more is in TWIT!
Dina’s Diner 3/17/14
Dina’s Diner is serving up a heaping helping of Dina Amberle’s thoughts and rumination on items she sees in the ordinary press of this great land. She carefully plucks the items out, washes them and adds her own spices and secret sauces, transforming them into nutritious dishes for the Diner menu. See what she’s serving up today.
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