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- A French diplomat and soldier, he lived the fist half of life as a man until ordered by the King to live as a woman.
- People of faith are called to address issues of violence, especially as it pertains to those who are homosexual, bisexual or transgender.
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A soon to be released tell-all biography supports years of speculation and alleged MJ in drag sightings
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Many years ago, Johnny Carson, being the recipient of a Sally Fields practical joke, looked at her and said, "You really aren't normal are you?"
- Just when Suzie thought things were going so well
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Buddha wrote that nothing is for certain and everything is subject to change. Well, actually I wrote that, but it was his concept.
- Angela Morely was a highly successful musical composer, conductor and recording artist.
- Many years ago, Johnny Carson, being the recipient of a Sally Fields practical joke, looked at her and said, “You really aren’t normal are you?” To which she playfully responded, “Well Johnny, I guess normal is as normal does!” It was a cute punch line, and yet beneath the surface made a larger statement.
- People of faith are called to address issues of violence, especially as it pertains to those who are homosexual, bisexual or transgender.
- I came across this video the other day, and thought you might like it.
- When you get right to it, underneth all our differences, we're all human and share in that experience.
- Are we as a community the victims we claim to be?
- Sometimes I find that humor can be the best solution
- So you’ve met this seemingly nice guy online and now he wants to meet? When young girls discover boys their parents are ever vigilant to protect their girls because they know that “boys have a one-tracked mind.”
I hate to break the news ladies, but those same sex-hungry boys grew into sex-hungry men.
A friend of mine – who invited a guy she met on the internet to h
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We all love beautiful nails, but sometimes -- for crossdressers that use glue or press on nails -- time gets in the way.
Well, if you're racing to get out the door and enjoy what little time you're going to get tonight en-femme, you certainly don't want to waste a precious minute waiting for nail polish to dry.
Years ago when I formed the Girls Club, Claudia had a good trick: use
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FIRST; Buy A GOOD Lip Liner!
The extra cost is worth it. Note that most lips aren't symmetrical; meaning that the right and left sides are different. Therefore, when you apply your lip liner, which should be one shade darker than your lipstick, you may need to adjust slightly off your true lip line to create a balanced left and right side.
You should also line yo
- For most, coming out at work is not an easy task. You can't be sure how your company or peers will respond to your revelation. And despite recent reports that the workplace is growing increasingly accepting to LGBT employees, people often don't know how to welcome a colleague who recently came out the closet.
PricewaterhouseCoopers executive Stephanie Peel's history is a corporate America com
- Beards - God's curse to cross-dressers. Many of us can't afford or can't have electrolysis or laser treatments to remove our beards. But don't worry because cosmetics can help.
STEP ONE - Obtain the closest shave possible. Start with a freshly washed face, and then moisturize. Next, using a multi-blade (or a good electric razor if you prefer), shave using downward strokes then shave using upward
- Many TGs going out in public will often go to a gay bar; somewhere they feel they can express themselves away from the eye of friends and/or family. However, more times than not they are heading into an environment they don’t really understand.
TIPS
1) Do your homework, ask around to find a gay bar that has an easy going and accepting crowd. Muscle or leather bars may not be the righ
- Too many T-girls wear a stench that can kill. Garments and wigs need to be washed regularly girls. If you think you can just spray on a little extra perfume, loose the idea, it only makes matters worse.
WIG TIP: wash it with a gentle shampoo either in the sink or in the shower - you can even wear it!. Afterward hang it to air-dry. You will be amazed at how shiny and healthy it will look.&nb
- Beads are lovely, but not beads of sweat!
"Wearing a wig in the summer can be a difficult task. Not only is it hot, but perspiration can run down your face and ruin your makeup."
TIP: Just before putting on your wig, take roll on clear antiperspirant (not deodorant) and run it along the ridge (just under the tip) of where the wig will touch your face. It's not a perfect solution, but
- Darkness falls, time stands still,
- Love is a simple thing, really
- Why should the girl inisde have to hide to conform to anothers point of view?
- Tyranny, humanity, insanity
- As I remove her face from mine I struggle for understanding.
- Life inhales and exhales such confusion
- We've all said I Love You, but let's look at it from a different perspective
- In the Great Hall Of Life, we are all particpants.
- While Awaiting the end of the world
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A soon to be released tell-all biography supports years of speculation and alleged MJ in drag sightings
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Buddha wrote that nothing is for certain and everything is subject to change. Well, actually I wrote that, but it was his concept.
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Always on the move, this glamour girl just completed a short world tour that took her from Pittsburgh to Paris to promote her newest CD.
- Respect comes in many different forms, and sometimes, you can offend people without even knowing it.
- Together with co-host Dana Lorge, Richard Skipper presents a cost friendly night out at the Iguana Lounge. Low cover, no minumum; drink, eat, relax and enjoy a great variety show.
- Many years ago, Johnny Carson, being the recipient of a Sally Fields practical joke, looked at her and said, "You really aren't normal are you?" To which she playfully responded, "Well Johnny, I guess normal is as normal does!"
- Transsexual model extraordinaire Amanda Lepore and her BFF, gay rapper Cazwell, are set to release their new booty bumpin' record this summer.
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A Special Holiday Message From TG LIFE Publisher, Brianna Austin
- November 20, 2008 was the 10th anniversary of Transgender Remembrance day; a time for us to look back and reflect on those who met with untimely deaths at the hands of intolerance, bigotry, and hatred. Yet it is also a time to recognize and appreciate the work of so many attempting to bring about change for the better.
- She was the most talked about contestant ever on Top Model. Now Isis appears on the Tyra Banks Show and there are BIG surprises... Don't Miss This!
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November 20th is Day of Remembrance, a day to remember the trans-people lost at the hands of hate, bigotry and violence ...BUT
- The Reviews For Fashion Week This Year Were Mixed. But With A Transsexual Making It Into an Ad by Kenneth Cole There Was Something Sunny in the Big Apple Even though it Rained All Week Thanks to Ike.
- The first transgender model to be in a modeling competition on TV certainly got a lot of media buzz, but they did not report of all the ripple effects.
- During the Shooting of A Documentary About An Up and Coming Trans-Rocker, A Twist of Fate Changes The Direction of Lisa's Life; Affecting Her Career, the Lives Of The Band Members, as Well as The Director.
- Burlesque, that fabled if slightly soiled fantasy realm whose heraldic totem was the twirling pasty and whose undisputed queen was Gypsy Rose Lee, has returned to New York, dripping with rhinestones and trailing clouds of glitter.
- A Voice for the Transgender Community, she came out very publicly in Portland, Ore., before moving to Kansas City a few years ago and recently becoming a focal of attention again.
- British actor Eddie Izzard is one of the foremost stand up comics of his time, a producer, film and television star, who has been talking lately of a new career ... politician.
- Now in it's seventh year, Ina's party at the Swan is stillll going strong. On a recent return to the Big Apple I stopped in and ran into some old friends.
- Cillian Murphy - who played Kitten in Breakfast On Pluto -- is going to be both husband and wife in new thriller
- You might not believe it, but Amanda Lepore has only recently started to really put herself out there!
- Justin Bond on Transgender Politics, Tilda Swinton, and How He Stays Focused in Bathhouses
- In Her NEW Book TG Life Editor Gina Lance Speaks Directly To You
- 'It is impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.'"
- If in fact being transgender is a biological trait, like having blue eyes or blond hair, does that relieve us of this heavy load?
- Siren Magazine called All The Pretty Horses the most visually arresting band you will ever see. Their lead singer, Venus, is Living Art
- Katherines Diary: The Story of a Transsexual, which was originally published in 1992 and won the Australian Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction, has now been revised and updated
- When lost ,women are pragmatic enough to usually stop and ask directions or look for signs. Do you?
- Many crossdressers learn to become liars and manipulators of the truth to avoid the humiliation of having their secret discovered.
- Tanyarat Jirapatpakon was named Miss International Queen 2007
- Carmelita is beautiful; there's really no denying it. Sultry, with long blond hair and ample cleavage, she looks fairly majestic in a ball gown. That she used to be a man is an afterthought... almost!
- "I still have this picture of him, wearing my black nightgown," she says of Clinton. But who is prettier, Clinton, Bush, Nixon?
- I received an email from Robert Knight last year about a post I had made and I felt compelled to respond.
- A new IT consulting firm with two objectives: Making a profilt and helping the transgender community smash perceptions.
- Intellegent, well-spoken, poised, confident and comfortable as a transgender woman, and some would say driven to make a difference, Pauline Park has been a lightning rod for social change.
- I have always found it interesting that people don't seem to form opinions: they just seem to have them.
- The second precipt Precepts of the Order of Inner-being (Buddha) "Do not think that knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from views in order to be open to receive other's viewpoints. Truth is found in life not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entir
- Have you ever looked at the motivations of your sexual encounters?
- Sometimes you have to look at life from a silly perspective
- Do you dream of life as a woman 24/7? Is it reality or fantasy that drives you?
- Is it possible that the transgender revolution has spawned better justifications of one’s actions, and at the same time caused complacency regarding their continued personal insight?
- Coming Out Of The Shadows And Hiding In Plain SIght
- A Celebration of Gender Diversity
- A State Of Grace
- They told her that a transsexual could never win. She decided to prove them wrong, and did so in a Bob Mackaygown!
- Given the opportunity, would you take a pill that would remove all your TG desires?
- The transgender movement scored a goal witht eh passage of the SONDA bill, so what's left to do?
- There are many ways to see the same picture and with each new angle the perspective can change.
- Are there certain places that we the transgender should or should not go ?
- Transgender Warriors Paved The Way So That You Could Go Out on Saturday nights. How Can You Contribute to Advancing Tolerence?
- We struggle sometimes decades to take off our masks, only to exchange them for new ones.
- As air feeds an inferno, so too does innuendo breed a feeding frenzy of speculation.
- Fear is what it is, but sometimes becomes what we make it.
- To be so pitted in one way of thought limits ones ability to see all the possibilities
- In trying to discover who you are and what you’re about, are boxes helpful,
- Got A Question? Put the candidates on the spot!
- Is a post op Transsexual a Woman?
- Are You Gorgeous? Can you lip synch, dance, or anything else that is entertaining? If so, Sweetie is looking for You!
- Faced with confrontation, what's a TG girl to do?
- Award Winning Writer/ Performer uses Intelligence, Integrity and Humor in Presenting Transgender History on Stage!
- Is Alexis Arquette, the brother who (allegedly) turned sister of siblings Patricia, Rosanna and David Arquette (and hostess of TG Summit) a Frau or a Fraud?
- Can Cross-Dressing and Politics Mix?
- Recording Artist, Model, Painter, Actress
- Ever wonder what taking female hormones would be like?
- What could be better than a bus load of trannies from San Fran to Reno!
- Thai Pop Band Keen To Push Social Boundaries and Break The Global Stigma
- What Happens In Vegas... Is A Party!
- Estimates State That As Many As One In Five Transgender Youth Are At Risk Of Needing Homeless Shelters.
- Transsexual Recording Artist, Actress, Model And International Sensation!
- The WayOut Club - A Tranny Paradise!
- A Week En Femme, Oh My!
- For the first time, a formal discussion about Gender and Religion
- Sometimes we go round and round without making any progress
- The World’s Most Well Known Crossdresser Stars On FX Network’s THE RICHES!
- The country's single most marginalized group.
- My Boyfriend Has Been Talking A Lot About Marriage Lately
- Willam Belli of NipTuck Confronts Crime and Gives a Whole New Meaning to the Words Concealed Weapon!
- A girl lost in a far off land yearning to find her way home, could that be you? Are you really that different from Dorothy?
- Costumes, Pride and a touch of Carnival!
- It was wacky, wild and wonderful!
- The gossip is buzzing as to whether the pop recording artist/ model/ actress will be marrying her on-again, off-again boyfriend
- An Arkansas TG Convention? Read on!
- He stays in the shadows surveying the CD meat like a lion on the prowl, only to then claim to be a vegetarian.
- For a half century transwomen have reached the tops of their professions, now another glass ceiling has been broken
- As the reign of Miss International Queen comes to a close for Mimi Marks, Mexican born Erica Andrews year has just begun.
- After a succesful run on Broadway this past summer, they have taken their show back to a caberet setting for a limited engagement. Highly recommended!
- They Love Me, They'll Never Give up Hope!
- “Herb wasn’t just retarded, he was a gay jew-tard”, she explains, “in an era before it was trendy.”
- If you missed it at the theater, this is a great film to buy or rent on DVD
- Can a road trip movie with a transgender character rise above expectations?
- "Many people outside societies description of “norm,” have felt embarrassed because they were made fun of, guilty because they were “taught” that it is wrong, and continue to believe it because it is enforced in the collective social mindset."
- The Annual Miss Paradise Pageant is a local good time. Edie, this years Emcee was fabulous!
- The crowd at the burleque show was young, hip and cool; none of the old men in trench coats that I feared
- What an event to end summer: straight people watching the spectacle of it all, trans girls very serious in the competition, and gay boys and girls all cheering them on.
- Submit a proposal to lead a workshop at the FORGE Forward 2007 Conference
- Precursor to the MIss International Queen 2006 pageant.
- San Francisco's Transgender Law Center celebrated its fourth birthday withh artists, entertainers, politicos, and elected officials
- Should transvestites or transsexuals be allowed to use the ladies restroom? By, Bewildered in Ada, Okla.
- Shane Caya, right, found fulfillment in making the transition from a woman to a man. But it meant the end of a relationship with his former lesbian partner, left. They share custody of a child.
- Men and Women as compared to countries
- He's A Lady provided a cash prize of $25,000 to the best female impersonator. Could you have won?
- Researchers at the University of Kansas are looking into the overwhelmingly understudied area of the conversation that occurs during coming out
- Nation's first all-transgender gospel choir raises its voices to praise God and life their own feelings of self-love and dignity
- Changing from male to female may be tough enough, but that was just a part of the transformation of Dee Perez
- The Peninsula Group (TPG), a volunteer LGBT strategic planning team for Michigan, is requesting your assistance in completing a very important online survey of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Michigan
- Eleven transgender themes entries are presented this year
- Defiance at Compton's Cafeteria in 1966 ignited a riot that propelled transgender rights from a fantasy to a militant movement
- Sports officials expect at least 50 transgender athletes at this summer's Outgames in Montreal.
- In Thailand's tolerant society, transvestites and transsexuals glitter at annual pageant broadcast nationwide
- Born boys, Sine, Sahara, Binu and Yoona of LADY, a manufactured transgender pop group, now sizzle on stage as girls.
- TS Pagent queen, Model, Actress, performer, mother and wife.
- So you want to know how you would look as a girl? He Turned She will show you, and for a limited time they will do it for free
- Developing Consensus Guidelines for Endocrinological Intervention in the Gender Identity Development Treatment of Adolescents
- Cross-dressing amongst men is one of the best kept secrets,” Smith said with a deep drawl, “right up there with how to build an atomic bomb.”
- A collection of personal papers of the true characters for which the film Dog Day Afternoon was based, were recently recovered.
- Gretchen Mol stars as the legendary Bettie Page in HBO's The Notorius Bettie Page. Check listings and more.
- The Stars come out for the 17th annual awards show
- Comedian Kathy Griffin assists GenderPAC with its most successful youth fundraiser ever
- Transexual Activist Maria Louise Roman was assaulted, discriminated against and wrongly incarcerated
- When he was three, Stephanie walked into the bathroom to find her son poking his penis with an unopened nail clipper. "It doesn't go there," he said.
- The Gwen Guerrero Story
- Being a trans diva of the queer rock scene suits Lisa Jackson just fine
- Jared plays with G.I. Joe while twin brother Adam wears pinkish-purple nail polish
- Femininity coach and TG Life Columnist Denaë Doyle guides clients on the path to new identities
- A look at transgender identities, how they unsettle some basic assumption
- Pamela Anderson Meets Her Match Up in Lady Bunny
- Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want To be Girls was predominantly featured in Pritch and Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
- Catherine Zeta Jones is being lined up to play the role of 1960s transsexual April Ashley
- Free Show Monday Feb 27 - NYC
- TransGender Michigan seeks funds for new scholarship
- Odds on Favorite Felicity Huffman at the Golden Globes
- Five Minutes To Wow Them
- KEITH CURRAN wrote "Walking the Dead," the story of a murdered transgendered person, in 1992. Sadly, in the wake of the Gwen Araujo murder, the play feels extremely timely.
- CWA is Outraged
- JIM CARREY'S teenage daughter has seen her dad do lots of crazy stuff in movies... but nothing prepared the 18-year-old for the sight of her father dressed as Cher.
- Invasion of the Pines 2005
- I'm talking the DEEP south, in the Paris of South America!
- TG Fun In The Sun!
- TG Top Of The World!
- Motor City TG's!
- Canada's West Coast TG Location!
- Welcome to Toronto!
- Up Close & Personal with one of Chicago's Sexiest People 2006!
- The International “It” Girl!
- A TG Rocker who is Changing stereotypes!
- Club kid, party promoter, #1 Billboard dance recording artist! Being fabulous is about mind, body and shoes!
- TG Author and Screen Queen
- Model, Actress, Wife, and Pedro Almodovar's favorite transsexual.
- Miss Gay Lousiana, Miss Clique USA, Liason to the Governors Office, & Ebony Princess
- Brash, Campy, Voluptuous, Sexy And Full Of Fun - Halloween is near and to welcome it in at TG LIFE, it's the 'Mistress of the Dark' herself...; Elvira!
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