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Sophie Lynne lost a friend a few days ago, someone who was very active in her local support organization and was very comfortable relating to the world from a feminine place. But she was not out to her family, meaning a friend from the trans community had to go to her home and clean out all hints that a woman was living there. Sophie’s friend will be laid to rest as a male and her friends from the community won’t even know that name. Sophie writes about how that feels.
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Katie Ward, a member of the TransCentralPA support group and one of the many women who put effort into producing the annual Keystone Conference, passed away in June. Her friend Jennifer Latham wrote the following tribute to Katie and has allowed us to share it here. My good friend Katie Ward, passed away on Monday, […]
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Rebecca Lohr former Renaissance Transgender Association Chapter Leader, of what was the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of Renaissance, passed away last week of complications from leukemia. Rebecca was a musician, writer, editor of vintage science fiction, a major fan of Star Wars and a friend to many members of the Philadelphia region’s transgender community. Sophie Lynne has written a tribute to Rebecca.
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We are sad to report that our Fashion Maven, Tasi Zuriack, has passed away. Tasi began doing her fashion column for TGForum in 2012. We will miss her monthly take on what to wear and how to wear it. She was admitted to the hospital on December 21 with severe occlusion of the arteries. She […]
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Elisabeth Walters, who served as the TGForum night life correspondent for many years, passed away on February 25. Liz started going out in the early 1990s. At ETVC she met TGForum founder Cindy Martin and they became friends. It took several months for both to realize that they shared an office cubicle as newspaper reporters at the San Francisco […]
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The trans community was stunned recently by the announcement that Dr. Cerise Richards had passed. She had been battling leukemia for eighteen years, and it resurfaced, taking her quickly. I met Cerise many times. And every time she took the time to talk with me. She read this blog and seemed to know everything going on in […]
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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.
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