Recent Transgender Articles
University of Victoria Chair in Transgender Studies Newsletter
Dr. Aaron Devor is the current Chair in Transgender Studies and he is the first Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria. Dr. Devor has been studying and teaching about transgender topics for more than thirty years. He is the author of numerous well-cited scholarly articles, and the widely-acclaimed books. Every week the […]
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If you register on TGForum to take advantage of the extras that come when you login–you must be sure to activate your account by verifying your email address. When you submit your registration form the site generates an email to the address you put in the email field of the form. You must respond to […]
Introducing the TGF User Photo Gallery
TGForum brings back user photos! Not like we did in the ’90s. Now you can upload a photo and after its approved (no nudity or other naughtiness) it will be added to our new TGForum User Gallery. (300MB maximum size.)
Trans News Now 5/27/24
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Vance Aherns is a transgender woman who is running for the Florida state Senate. She would replace […]
Dina’s Diner 5/27/24
The staff at Dina’s Diner work for tips. So when you visit and find the service exemplary be sure to use the Like feature or the Comment area to tip the hard working staff. Today’s special at the Diner is liver and onions but don’t let that prevent you from stopping by. Other tasty treats, like why Kazakhstan bans lace panties, several beauty tips for masculine faces, and bras for big-chested ladies are all on offer today. Settle in to your favorite booth with a cup of java or some herbal tea and spend some time in Dina’s Diner.
Trans in Film & Video 5/27/24
What are transgender actors up to in film and video? The breakout hit at Cannes 2024 is a Mexican film about a mobster who wants to disappear and become a woman. It’s a musical. It’s a drag but a fighting drag queen game shuts down. Trans characters on TV went from 32 characters last year down this year to 24. I Saw the TV Glow is scaring people and resonating with trans viewers. Don’t miss any of Transgender Film & Video!
Trans Spirituality – Memorial Day Special
Rabbah Dr. Rona Matlow urges you to remember the transgender soldiers, many who died while they were still in the closet, on Memorial Day.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/27/24
While assembling the stories for the news 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.
Trans New Now 5/20/24
The first transgender woman to capture the title of Miss Valley Isle U.S.A. pushes back against hate. A Southern California school district pays $360,000 in a settlement to a fired teacher who would not treat trans students as the school rules said. Kappa Kappa Gamma goes to court over admission of a trans woman to the sorority. New York has almost 5000 citizens using X as their gender marker on state issued ID. Mass shooters are mostly male so why does the right-wing lie machine keeps saying the shooters are transgender? A former poster child for the Ku Klux Klan has released a memoir in which they come out as transgender. The 2024 Eisner Award nominees for excellence in comic art and graphic novels have officially been released and there are a lot of LGBTQ characters. Drag Race queen Pearl feels something about her triggers people. A Catholic diocesan hermit in Kentucky has come out as transgender. David de Alba will appear in a documentary on The History of Drag on CNN. A new law in Peru classifies trans people as mentally ill so they would be guaranteed medical care, but it backfired when protestors marched to demand the law be rescinded because they’re not mentally ill. That’s just a taste of the transgender news you’ll find in Trans News Now!
Shelley Anne in Oklahoma
Shelley Anne has mentioned HeartlandTG (HTG), an Oklahoma City- (OKC) based transgender group that likes to throw weekend parties that bring people from all over the world to their events. Today Shelley Anne shares her Top 10 list of things that stood out to her about the early May event.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/20/24
While assembling the stories for the news 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.
TLDEF Has Two Positions to Fill
TGForum received a press release from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announcing that the organization has two job openings.
Trans News Now 5/13/24
Ireland’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest is nonbinary. The Boy Scouts of America are becoming Scouting America. Sexologist Milton Diamond passes away at 90. The Supreme Court has a request to take up the case against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Rosemary Ketchum is the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia. Legislators in Mississippi pass an anti-transgender bathroom bill. The political action organization MoveOn organizes a Drag Queen Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. in June. China’s first publicly recognized transgender dancer Jin Xing remarries the love of her life. Target announces that Pride merchandise will not be sold at roughly half its stores. J.K. Rowling is asked to tone down her transphobic social media posts by X owner Elon Musk. Transgender children in England may be forced to detransition. Nonbinary singer Nemo wins The Eurovision Song Contest. There’s all that and more waiting for your attention in Trans News Now!
The Occasional Woman: Spring!
As Lorraine would put it, spring has sprung! For the variations in weather this season she recommends lighting up your life by wearing colorful clothes. A bright colored trench coat, turquoise or perhaps teal. A light jacket in red or yellow. Don’t forget to bring a statement cashmere scarf and maybe some gloves. Then you’re prepared!
TransTainment! 5/13/24
Welcome to the column that tracks all the transgender people in entertainment, TransTainment! Today news about a new award for trans and nonbinary opera singers. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 is in pre-production. A transgender actress is the first trans woman to land a leading role in a Bollywood movie. A video interview with David de Alba, and more!
Twit Awards for the Week 5/13/24
While assembling the stories for the news 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.
Trans News Now 5/6/24
Honey Mahogany is the new head of San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decides the states must cover gender-affirming medical care as a part of Medicaid. The Biden administration introduces a new rule under the Affordable Care Act that forbids discrimination against transgender people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues a new guidance which protects against being misgendered or denied the use of a restroom consistent with your gender identity at work. The Biden administration requires that LGBTQ and intersex foster children be placed in supportive homes only. The city council for Austin, Texas, approves a resolution offering local protections for gender-affirming care patients. Nine states with Republican state attorneys general have filed a suit challenging the Biden administration’s new rule on the definition of “discrimination on the basis of sex.” Tennessee, is sued over its long-standing policy of not changing the sex listed on birth certificates. Gwen Smith, the woman who started Transgender Day Of Remembrance, has been trying to update her records for over 30 years. The Human Rights Campaign has an article titled, “Seven Things About Transgender People You Didn’t Know.” A drag queen will be a torchbearer at the Olympic Games in Paris. A transgender activist in Hong Kong receives an identity card with his correct gender. Nicole Maines writes a memoir. In ancient Rome the Cult of Cybele’s male followers wore feminine clothing and acted like women.There’s all that and more waiting for your attention in Trans News Now!
Should You Be Using Primer?
The question is, should you be using primer? We’re not talking about a base coat you used when you repainted the bathroom. We’re talking about using a primer before you apply foundation to the canvas of your face. Primers can make a big difference, smoothing fine lines, filling pores, and mattifying for a more fab look. Gina Jet Ortiz explains the differences between the many primer products available and helps you figure out what works for you.
Nostalgic Endings
Sophie Lynne graduated from Penn State University in 1989. And she hasn’t gotten over leaving PSU. It’s sometimes called Happy Valley and local myth maintains there is a psychic barrier making it hard to ever leave. That may be true and at some quantum level students get entangled with the place. Even if they can manage to leave after graduation Happy Valley calls them back. Sophie is proof. She went back to do graduate work. She passed the tests to become an ABD (All but her dissertation) and contemplates the approaching end to her life at Penn State.
Batman and Robin – the Drag-namic Duo
Comic books in the ’40s thru the ’60s would now and then see the hero disguised as a woman to catch the villain, or the villain disguised as a woman to beat the hero. Brittany Rose covered the comics crossdressing scene back in the 1990s. In this post we reach back into the TGF Archives to rerun her review of a few instances between 1943 and ’46 that saw Batman, Rovin, Catwoman, and The Joker in drag. Click on the comic to see a larger view.
Twit Awards for the Week 5/6/24
While assembling the stories for the news 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.
Trans News Now 4/29/24
Kim Petras cancels shows for the summer over “halth issues”. Maine passes a law to shield provers who give teens gender-affirmative care. Jinkx Monsoon is transitioning. The Tennessee legislature passes a law which would punish adults for “kidnapping” their children to take them out of state for trans care. A new study finds that forced outing of LGBTQ students leads to higher rates of depression. A new study finds that transgender females who are going through hormone therapy may have a disadvantage over cisgender female athletes. Elliot Page produces an LGBTQ young adult romance set in outer space. The 2024 Music City Open disk golf tournament in Nashville has a bomb scare for featuring a transgender competitor. Laverne Cox is added to the Shoulders of Heroes exhibition of the Stonewall National Museum. A sequel to The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is on its way. A poetry contest in Russia bans transgender poets. A new study finds that 38% of transgender minors in the U.S. live in a state where they are denied access to gender-affirming medical care. Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind got a congratulatory call from the president of Taiwan. Planning your vacation? You may want to see the list of the friendliest cities for LGBTQ travelers. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Dina’s Diner 4/29/24
Welcome to Dina’s Diner! I am you hostess, Dina. Chef Dina has some marvelous victuals in the oven including domestic crossdressers who clean and bake cookies, a saucy French Maid for spice, tight hip hugger jeans, and a dash of Marisa Tomei. Then she offers a wonderful side dish that uses the high heel shoe dangle to top of your meal. Don’t forget to visit cashier Dina to pay your check.
Trans Spirituality – Passover 24 Edition
As trans people, we face a similar Exodus when we transition. We are in bondage in our birth sex, facing myriad forms of oppression, internally and externally. If we are fortunate enough to transition, and have adequate support, we can cast off many of the chains of that bondage and move “across the sea” to a new life of freedom as our true selves.
Trans In Film and Video 4/29/24
Angela Gardner covers the entertainment scene to let you know what transgender actors, actresses and others are up to in film and video. Today it’s Baby Reindeer’s trans girlfriend, Dev Patel’s hijras in Monkey Man, Jinkx Monsoon in Little House of Horrors, and more!
Dallas Denny’s Keynote, Paradise Conference 2024
Dallas Denny has kindly allowed us to publish her notes for the keynote address she delivered at the third Paradise Conference, which was held in Atlanta from April 18-21, 2024. Her speech explores why Americans can believe transgender people are a menace. Exposure to misinformation and disinformation. When many believe that vaccines are a way to get tiny tracking devices into people why wouldn’t they believe the lies about transgender people?
Twit Awards for the Week 4/2924
Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to stop transgender teachers from wearing clothing that reflects their gender identity. The entire nation has trouble hiring enough teachers, given how teacher’s salaries have not risen in line with salaries in other occupations. Texas in particular has a problem with teachers quitting due to the provisions of the war […]
Trans News Now 4/22/24
A federal appeals court exempts a trans student from a ban on transgender athletes. The Department of Education releases its rule on Title IX which strengthens protections for transgender students. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit which would have supported the Nassau County ban on transgender athletes. In Ohio a court issues a temporary restraining order prohibiting the enforcement of the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes the state’s Women’s Bill of Rights which would have replaced “gender” with “biological sex” throughout state law. Elliot Page is among the famous people on TIME magazine’s “Most Influential” list. Montana is sued over the state’s ban on changing the gender listed on state ID and driver’s licenses without surgery. A Missouri judge orders Planned Parenthood to turn over their records of transgender patients. The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to issue an injunction to stop the state of Idaho from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. A new study seems to show the threat of violence against transgender people is rising. Scotland pauses prescriptions for puberty blockers for transgender minors. Sweden will soon allow 16-year-olds to change their legal gender. There’s all that and more waiting for you in Trans News Now!
Tell Shelley Anne – An interview with Bernie Wagenblast
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.
