A phone call to Sophie’s office at PSU led her to help an alumnus who had spent years identifying as a crossdresser for years but was feeling there was more to it. They were becoming aware that perhap they were transgender and wanted help. Sophie gave them personal counseling and as she did she remembered when she was in need of help.
Bernie Wagenblast is best known for her broadcasting and voiceover careers. In 1979, about a year after graduating from Seton Hall University, she was hired as one of the original reporters for Shadow Traffic’s New York City office. Her voice is heard on subway trains and telephone systems. She did all that before she transitioned Jan. 1, 2023.
Passing. At times the community can become focussed on passing. And most of us go through the obsession with passing phase. Admittedly, in some areas of the U.S. passing is more important than in other areas. Our Contributor Michelle Rogers lives in one of those not-so tolerant areas. In her blog today she takes a look at herself and grades her performance in the passing game.
While enjoying herself at a transgender event Shelley Anne met a lady named Candice Taylor. Ms. Taylor began to tell her story of starting to crossdress privately, advancing to dressing in public and finally coming to the decision to go full time. Shelley was there to relax but her work ethic told her, “Here’s someone to interview for Tell Shelley Anne! This is that interview.
Sarah Scott is a transgender woman from Oklahoma. She is on the board of directors of HeartlandTG. Ms. Scott began her transition three years ago. Recently she sat down with Shelley Anne Baker for an interview.
Easter, Passover, and Ramadan all happened at the same time this year. Thinking about the significance of the holidays got Sophie to looking at them and find connections between the holiday rituals and transgender transition.
After a major life transition Christy Lewis feels she is still the same person she was before transition. Her past matters; it formed her present, and guides her future. People that have known her before and after transition still recognize the same person despite the different outward appearance. Christy feels “It’s the same, but different” implies continuity.
Michelle Rogers writes about the changes, physical and mental, that transition brings. She illustrates them with examples from her own gender journey.
This article explores some of the same issues that Michelle discussed in an earlier article about being alone as a transgender person. However, while this piece has some personal insights, it is more of a general look at a similar but distinct situation for the overall transgender community. That makes it worth a separate article.
Today Christy Lewis likens her existence before she transitioned to having double vision. With the strain of living in two genders and making sure no one she knew as one gender never met her when she was presenting as a gender they were unaware of no wonder things were blurry.
Just a few days ago a prominent member of the transgender community announced that transition had ruined her. . . his life. Which sparked a million comments on social media about the idea of de-transitioning. Our Sophie Lynne has some comments of her own to add to the subject.
Christy Lewis isn’t an early adopter of technology for technology’s sake. While working in the digital information biz she doesn’t own a cell phone and plans to never have one. But in other areas she is, as she says in today’s blog, “quite willing at times to take the lead and initiative in placing myself out in the open from a transgender perspective.”
Recently Liberty Storer binge watched Transparent and finds that it marked forward movement in people’s understanding of transgenderism. She now believes it was an important step in raising awareness among cisgender people about an often misunderstood and growing segment of our society. Read on for her other conclusions regarding the show.
Christy Lewis feels that due to the pandemic restrictions people have spent too much time homebound and remote in the previous two years. She has hopes of a return to a domesticated state in which they are warm, humane, and genuine.
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.
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.
Our Retro Rerun today comes from 1990 and was written by Dallas Denny. It was published on TGForum in the ’90s and it has good information on successfully transitioning genders.
Liz Zero is a trans woman who has established a woodworking shop where she creates unique handcrafted furniture that is both a work of art and a functional piece to use in the home. Ms. Zero is also interested in fashion modeling and design. She has granted Shelley Anne an interview and we present it to you today.
Christy Lewis writes about the startling cost of women’s clothing when compared to what men spend. If you’re paying full retail for your frocks, shoes, and accessories (a bra can cost over $70!) you need to have a good paying job. Christy sums it up and concludes that all things considered it’s worth it.
It’s been two years since Christy Lewis transitioned. Today she looks back on her journey and evaluates what she learned during those two years. One major lesson was to not be afraid to face life as your true self.
Today Chrissy Gann tell her story. As a child she knew there was something different about her. She didn’t fit in with the boys and the girls didn’t want to hang out with her since they saw her as a boy. The story is a familiar one that many readers may identify with. Find out how Chrissy came to find herself and what it took to make the change.
Sophie Lynne has had her share of troubles. Some much that it’s given her the blues. Today she gives voice to her pain with Transgender Talking Blues.
A new contributor joins us today. Mx. Hall is their name and the tale they tell is probably familiar to many but it is their own story.
With the arrival of spring Christy Lewis has fashion advice for the working trans woman. “Even if your professional life has recently become hybrid or remote, there’s no reason for that to mean dull or effortless. Spice it up a bit, and show everyone that “relaxed casual” can be a way of life, not just a dress code!”
After being home for her sister’s wedding Savannah flies back to Chicago with one thought in mind. Time to go speak to HR about her true gender. How would that go over? Read on to find out.
Sophie Lynne writes about loss and how secrecy over gender identity can mean that people we know in their true gender often just disappear when they pass away. When family and friends are not aware of of their loved one’s real self obituaries and tombstones only display the legal name of the deceased. Meanwhile their “found family” never gets to say goodbye.
