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!
A Spice Girl and a drag queen are making beautiful music together. Drag sells Tupperware. A Puerto Rican queen is cooking healthy. A FtM student teacher is tossed out and the school may pay. CeCe pleads guilty. A transwoman is killed in Oakland. It’s all in TWIT.
From far Thailand and Singapore to San Francisco, Memphis, and the high seas — we’ve gathered the transgender news from around the world and present it for you in the column we call The Week In Transgenderism. TG porn stars on campus, ladyboy knife fights, drag on The Mentalist, and lots more!
Has Jenna Talachov unleashed a flood of TGs who want to compete in Miss Universe? What does Bill O’Reilly have against a little drag on “Glee”? Will a new bar in Las Vegas really be the first all drag staffed watering hole? Will Matt Lucas make a good Divine? And what’s all this about Chevalier D’Eon? Check your TWIT!
A-Rod stepping from the baseball diamond into a gown and diamond earrings? Competing in beauty pageants — a win for TGs? Kate Bornstein is content with ambiguity. An Angolan TS does techno rap. Osbourne and Pejic share award. RuPaul seeks queens for next season. All that and more in TWIT.
New flash! From around the world and down your street we bring you The Week In Transgenderism. Malaysia bans TS characters from the airwaves. The Canadian TG may participate in the pageant. A married couple in Minnesota beat their insurance fund. Iceland is not that safe for TGs, and a lot more in TWIT!
Charles Barkley has done a new ad for Weight Watchers — in drag. New York City has been instructed to make new birth certificates easier to get for TS people. There’s a list of the top 10 TG models. Music teacher by day — performer by night loses the teaching job. Alexia Rivera passes away. And a lot more in TWIT!
Dame Edma Everage has made a big announcement! The Canadian Miss Universe pageant has booted a TG contestant. Right wing conservatives fear a TG Darth Vader. A TG woman runs for the legislature in Nevada. A transman runs for Council in NYC. Firemen spray their hoses on a fire while in drag.
Barack Obama had a nanny who was transgendered? Yes but she was a “manny” when she was at work. Ron Perlman stars in a film as a TG woman. Huh? RuPaul throws a diva fit downunder. A high school student is suspended for wearing beige pumps to class. Didn’t they match his bag? It’s all in TWIT!
Susan Stanton is back at work, but not as City Manager. A TG student in Canada “spooks” the Governor General. ICE is chilling on treatment of TG detainees. Whatever happened to The Lady Chablis? Ebony Magazine features black TGs in their March issue. And more!
From Rio to Exeter, we cross the planet and back to bring you all the TG news. Drag pageants in Iowa, anti-discrimination bills in Maryland. Kinky Boots in Chicago, TG scam artists in England. It’s all grist for the TWIT mill.
