Angela Gardner takes The Breast Form Store’s Divine Collection Hera breast forms for a test ride. She outlines the experience from placing the order to unpacking the forms after they arrived, and wearing them with and without a bra. With her Hera forms attached Angela reports they boost a girl’s crossdressing fun.
Rabbah Rona Matlow writes about the Fall Festival of Sukkot. A celebration that requires Jews to make a temporary structure outside their homes. The structure is meant to remind the faithful of the image of God spreading a Sukkah or covering of Peace over them as they lay down to sleep.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Today we learn that a 15-year-old trans girl is the homecoming princess of her school. Various professional medical organizations have asked the Department of Justice to investigate the people behind threats to hospitals providing gender affirmative care to minors. Oregon is not good about issuing death certificates in the deceased’s true gender. A federal judge rules against the Biden administration’s protecting LGBTQ people in education and employment. While gender-affirming care is still legal for adults is all 50 states lawmakers across the country are starting to consider attacking adult rights. A local TV reporter comes out on the air. Arizona students walk out of class to protest their governor’s anti-trans policies. A transgender officer in the U.S. Army is charged with giving private health records to Russia. Jamie Clayton is Pinhead on Hulu. Reviewers weigh-in on the all-femme version of 1776. Drag Race star Gigi Goode has legally transitioned to female. That’s just a bit of news. Don’t miss out on any of it! Read Trans News Now right now!
Shelley Anne interviews author, columnist and transgender activist Jennifer Finney Boylan. Ms. Boylan talks about her life, her writing, various other activities, and her new book, Mad Honey.
Linda was attending a meeting of transgender individuals interested in forming a support group in their area. All was going well until the spirit of cooperation that had prevailed in the organizational meeting was suddenly broken and ‘all heck broke loose’.
Hannah Gadsby will host a Netflix special with genderqueer comics from all over the world. Amy Schneider gets married. California is now a sanctuary state for trans youth and their families. Cubans vote to legalize marriage for LGBTQ+ citizens. Florida’s attempt to deny Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for trans youth gets major blowback from medical professional organizations. Thousands of students in Virginia walkout to protest the governor’s treatment of trans students. Cornbread Jeté of Drag Race fame announces she has cancer. Oklahoma’s senate votes to deny state funds to hospitals that treat minors with confirming gender care. Some are just noticing that the WPATH guidelines have dropped an age requirement for treatment letting providers judge whether a patient is mature enough. While more young trans males are getting mastectomies, breast augmentation surgery for young transgender females is more common. And that’s just a taste of all the transgender news
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene and finds trans performers working on projects in TV, film and other media. Today TransTainment has news about a new music video from Sam Smith and Kim Petras, a new version of Spiderman, Web Weaver, who is out and proud, what Jamie Clayton looks like as Pinhead, and more!
In this post Sophie answers the questions she posted last week, ones she asked herself in 2010. Take a look and see if you find yourself asking similar questions in your alone time. Some of Sophie’s answers may be applicable to your situation.
A drag star who appeared on Drag Race U.K. passes away at the age of 28. A judge blocks the Texas Department of Child Protective Services from investigating parents who support their trans kids. Virginia replaces school policies that protected trans students with new policies that harm trans students. The city of Denver tests a program that gives money to homeless trans, nonbinary, and other vulnerable groups. The Keystone Conference is March 22-26 in Harrisburg, Pa. A group called Gays Against Groomers is banned from Google, PayPal and Venmo. The Montana Department of Health accepts affidavits as proof for gender change. An anti trans book in England was approved by the National Education Union until they looked at it more closely and it was quickly unapproved. A protest against Children’s Hospital in Boston drew a small group of people angry over the hospital’s trans youth program but counter protestors showed up in much greater numbers. There’s all that and much more happening around the world. Get all the stories from Trans News Now!
Finding the colors that go best with you isn’t always so easy when you’re just beginning to explore your femme side. You can find all sorts of methods for determining which colors of attire work best with your skin tone and it can all be pretty confusing. Lorraine Anderson has a sure fire way to quickly determine your best color match. Read on the find out what she recommends.
Today Christy writes about the influence of ’60s girl groups on her choice of hairstyles. Not so much the styles the girl groups sported but the image they projected, which was one of poise, confidence and beauty. Their hair was the finishing touch. But read on! Things are about to get hairy. In a good way, as Christy reveals her influences and her own changing coiffure.
Savannah has risen to a position of authority as the DJ Harris company. It helped that the CEO is a trans woman. But having that advantage would not have been much help if Savannah did not deliver insightful, suggestions that increased the bottom line. Chapter 28 begns with the ladies of DJ Harris having dinner at Savannah’s new apartment. Little do the ladies know that disaster is preparing to befall the company.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Saturday Night Live introduces a nonbinary cast member — their first ever — in the new season. Officials in Montana refuse to follow a 2017 law regarding name and gender change on birth certificates. A two-spirit indigenous woman is the 29th trans woman murdered this year. The D.C. center for trans women, Casa Ruby, is in receivership. A new survey finds the general public is not as accepting of transgender people as we might like but they are not against us as much as they used to be. A woman made a bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital over their program to treat trans youth. Learn more about the 10-year-old fashion model who has been walking the runway in New York. New medical coding may alleviate problems encountered by transgender patients. The London and Boston marathons will both add a nonbinary division. Disney launches a series about a transgender youth activist. Actress Ava Gray plays a trans character on Atlanta. Sir Lady Java is a Black drag performer from the ‘60s and she is featured in a new book on the history of drag. A drag performer in Philadelphia passes away during her show. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Repeat this while you look into the mirror, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!” Dina Amberle cooks up a dish that features “affirmations” and it is to die for. Then she adds more than a little bit on the biology of lips, and also whips up a connection between the attraction to Asian women and the treatment of Asian women. A refreshing sorbet of ’60s fashion clears the palate for the next course, what are the female role models that inspire crossdresser’s Halloween costumes? Find out at Dina’s Diner.
Right wing evangelicals have an agenda. Rabbah Rona Matlow feels that their agenda is very much anchored in white supremacy. Somehow the “Christian” evangelicals always fail to follow the teachings of Christ. Rabbah Rona can quote from the Bible on how Christians are supposed to relate to other people and to God. Read on to find out who the real sinners are.
What’s up this past week? A non-binary trans person challenges an incumbent U.S. representative for his seat. A federal court upholds Washington state’s ban on conversion therapy. Florida is sued for keeping Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for minors. Oklahoma students sue their school over a restroom ban. A trans woman is ejected from a supposedly LGBTQ friendly nightclub after using the women’s restroom. Arkansa bans transgender care and a non-profit steps in. A survey shows Southern LGBTQ youth are growing up in a hostile environment. Amy Schneider get’s her own day in Oakland. Florida loses business over its Don’t Say Gay law. Laverne Cox stars in a new Norman Lear sitcom. Trace Lysette gets an eleven-minute standing ovation for her work in the film Monica. Nina West from Drag Race plays Divine in the Weird Al movie. England’s new prime minister is a foe of gender rights. And that’s just a taste of the news being made by transgender people this week.
After their horrid adventure in the pain dimension it’s nice to see Natalie and Kay living their best lives. Today we join them on a ppeaceful shore as they watch a beautiful sunset and ponder making a wish.
Shelley Anne interviews author and proud trans woman Lynn Jones. Ms. Jones began her gender transition around five years age. In the process she found that her company was not as transgender friendly as it told the public. When she started her transition there everyone seemed supportive but in the long run they showed her the door. Today she gives her story to Shelley Anne.
While assembling the stories for the new Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Laverne Cox is mistaken for Beyoncé. California passes legislation to protect trans rights. Gender affirming care is not being delivered to children on Medicaid in Florida. A Florida school apologizes to a trans transfer student over not being allowed to play on the girl’s soccer team. A Virginia judge stops school libraries from banning two books. Agenda PAC has been formed to counter anti-trans candidates. LGBTQ+ children with parents in the military have more mental health issues. Gamers can now play Fortnite as the DC character Dreamer. Tommy Dorfman is set to make her directorial debut. J.K. Rawling has a new book inspired by what happened to her over her transphobic remarks. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Kandi Robbins has had her photo taken in Times Square but today’s post is not about that. Kandi recently participated in a photo shoot that will be featured on a giant billboard in Times Square on September 8. Kandi writes about the photo shoot and gives a behind the scenes look at the process.
In the news: A federal appeals court agreed with the district court in forbidding the State of Arkansas from enacting a ban on transgender medicine for minors taking effect prior to a trial. One thirteen-year-old trans girl is the only person affected by the Kentucky ban on trans girls in sports. A Texas school district bans any talk of gender fluidity. A lady wrestler comes out as trans. Walmart refuses to cash a money order for a trans man—twice. The Umbrella Academy with Elliott Page will return for another season. The online personality who was swatted last week is leaving her country. Google Doodles recently celebrated two transgender women. Poland’s move to the right has its trans population fearful. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Summer has always been Sophie’s favorite time of year. Not just because it’s warm and you get enough sun to create the vitamin D your body needs. Summer was the time when her parents and older brother would go to their vacation home and Sophie stayed so she could work at the hamburger place. During that alone time she dressed in women’s clothes as often as she could.
Christy Lewis feels that the way we dress is important because what we wear broadcasts messages about who we are to the world we walk through. She urges that the messages our attire sends should be positive.
