There’s a play about the TG mayor of Silverton. Another TG elected official is stepping down over a felony in her past. Carnival Cruise was almost no fun for a boatload of drag queens. We continue to be treated badly on television. Drag queens are leading the Mummers parade in Philly. All that and more!
A 72 year-old grandfather in China is modeling teen girl’s clothing. People who keep track say that negative portrayals of TGs on television have gone up since last year. Trans murder rates have also climbed. Gandalf is gay! A loser in Miss International Queen wins something better. And more!
Brothers in Malaysia became sisters and then pageant winners. A TG murderer wants more from the state. Another TG murderer gets 25 to 50 from her state. TSes want the World Health Organization to stop calling them sick. A photo of Jared Leto as the hooker Rayon. Sandy destroyed the gowns of A.C. queens. And more!
All the TG news that we can find is what we schmush together and turn into The Week In Transgenderism. Today there’s news of a city that will be paying for SRS. An actor will be portraying a flamboyant crossdresser with AIDS. Tyler Perry’s no action hero. All that and more in TWIT!
Varla Jean Merman dials it down for a play. The Vice President says TG rights are the next civil rights fight. An archive in Canada has the largest collection of TG publications. The East Aurora School District voted for TG rights before they voted against them. TGs in movies. TGs in pageants. And more!
A former service member and West Point grad will be leading a GLBT service member’s group. An FtM from England wants Gender Identity Disorder to not be a mental disorder. Lana Wachowski gets an award. A drag show in church! Drag on campus. Elvira! Roseanne! All the TG news in one place — time for TWIT!
Sharon Needles is a cannibal zombie. StormMiguel Florez is a Manhattan drinking zombie. The Thai airline with TG flight attendants is no longer aloft. The East Aurora school district teased TGs with rights. A drag queen running for City Council in Maine. Xelle has a new video. It’s in TWIT!
Chaz Bono fund raises for a GOP candidate. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” features all stars. Ron Perlman talks about playing a TS. A Chinese “Idol group” features 200 sexy CDs. Walton Goggins plays a TG call girl on “Sons of Anarchy.” Black Madam goes on trial. Susan Stanton gets a new job. All in TWIT!
It’s transgender news from around the world. The dad in England who’s now a mom. The TS who has gotten insurance to cover her SRS. Sahara Davenport is dead at 27. A Canadian MP is outraged at “transgendered men” in the lady’s room. Jesus and drag queens?
From around the world and up your street! The finasteride TG is still in the news. The McDonald’s attacker is caught. Young TGs in England get a visit from the police. Lea T in Milan. Kinky Boots opens in Chicago. “trAnnie” creates conflict down under. Dr. Who in a dress. Drag in Vegas. And more!
We have news of transgender South American teachers. There’s another big flap brewing over Michelle Kosilek. It’s ladyboys on pachyderms in Thailand. A Peacock is a queen in Missouri. A drag queen says she was forced to serve time in the women’s jail. All that and much more is waiting in TWIT.
A drag performer makes it on to The X Factor. A transwoman in Philadelphia is murdered. Anderson Cooper interviews the person who said an anti=baldness drug made her transgendered. Honey Boo Boo Child may be dueting with RuPaul. An influential critic of poetry is a crossdresser. And more!
This week we’ve got the first official in Vietnam. A former male comic is now a female comic. A convicted murderer wins the right to GRS in jail. There were 13 TG delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Buck Angel starts a FtM dating site. Lana Wachowski speaks about transition. And more!
Andrej Pejic has competition on the catwalk. Right wing haters find a new target for their attack ads. Michael Musto reveals the 5 worst types of drag queens. A transman in Virginia is in jail for forgery. He put an “M” on his marriage certificate. Meet Japanese crossdressers. “Real Housewives” keeps it real with a queen.
The TGF staffers spend the week scouring the World Wide Web for anything that remotely resembles TG related news. This week they’ve done it again! There’s news of pageant winning in Canada, TG students getting a break in Philly, and much much more.
Liza was onstage with drag queens. The Affordable Care Act will protect TGs needing healthcare. What’s so bad about a boy in a dress? Sean Bean looks sexy in his dress. Ron Pealman, not so good. Half and half photography from NYC. A host of TWIT Awards and a lot more. It’s what we call TWIT!
From across the pond and down the road we gather all the transgender related news we can find and we call it The Week In Transgenderism. This week: a play about Lindsay Lohan, Wardrobe freedom at Oxford. The Drag Race All Stars. Chinese crossdressing. Dr. Sherman Leis, and a whole lot more!
Harisu has a video for her new single release. A movie about hijra is pulling big crowds in India. The Episcopal Church authorizes TG priests. There are more documentaries about TGs. A transwoman wants to be Korea’s next Top Model. How is Doc Severinson connected to the TG world? Find out all about it in TWIT!
Pejic was back on the runway. The Thai TS elected to local government has to wear a male uniform. Argentina has handed out its first ID cards for TGs. A transwoman alleges the D.C. police mistreated her. Harisu makes a comeback, and a lot more in TWIT.
Is that a little old lady or a TV? What’s this about Justin Vivian Bond being a minister? Dr. Christine McGinn is in a movie? Laura Jane Grace speaks. There’s a photo exhibit of Parisian TV prostitutes coming soon. A would-be TV prostitute learns her fate. Conan uses the T word. And more!
It’s The Week In Transgenderism with all the news you need to keep up with the happenings in our transgender world. Sharon Needles gets a day in Pittsburgh. Carmen Carerra gets punked. Foxxjazell raps. April Ashley gets the MBE. And more!
A professor tries transvestite prostitution — he’s caught. Miss Pennsylvania quits the pageant to protest TG contestants. Miss USA is cool with TG contestants. TV Grayson Perry has a TV show about taste. Trans United for Obama is formed. CeCe McDonald is sentenced, and more.
From the Queen of the Whole Universe contest to queens in The Queen City, we’ve got all the TG news that’s fit to put on a monitor. Sit back, relax and read about Drink & Drag, Jessie J dissing TVs, Rugby drag cheerleaders, Christine Jorgensen’s birthday and more!
A Texas teen crossdresser will get to graduate in drag. Justice has failed in two cases involving TGs. Chile will provide SRS to all who want it. The Transgender Hall of Fame seeks nominees. A TG themed movie at Cannes. And a whole lot more!
A ruling has been made in the TG demeaning bookie advert. Chrissy Polis is still traumatized. A TG prison guard is flourishing. A former firefighter/stripper is now a drag queen. Jenna loses! Black Madam strikes again. Lea T. has surgery. All that and more in TWIT!
A punk rocker has announced he’s going to be a woman. Argentina is a leader in TG rights. More beauty pageant news. Do crossdressers make safer drivers? Lady Bunny’s early survival job. A fire kills The Puerto Rican Beyonce. Hired and fired all in one day. It’s all in TWIT!
