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New Book Offers Fresh Perspective on Transgender Life
Nov 20, 2009
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Joanne Herman Shares Experiences in "Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not"
Boston - "Transgender people have been around since the beginning of time, and there are more of us than you think," writes Joanne Herman in her new book, "Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not " (published by AuthorHouse). "Transgender people are very varied and diverse - some transition genders as I did, some have an opposite gender presentation only part of the time, and some have a unique gender presentation all of the time. Contrary to common belief, few tran... [more]
Go See This: Basil Twist & Joey Arias Team up for a Trippy & Naughty Puppet Cabaret
Nov 19, 2009
LAist.com - By Zach Behrens
Something extraordinary is happening in the basement of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. It's hilarious, it's mindblowing... wait scratch that... it's a delirious and appetizing mind fuck.
World-renown puppeteer and director Basil Twist has teamed up with the crossdressing diva and amazing singer Joey Arias (you may know Arias as the emcee "Mistress of Seduction" in the Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil production Zumanity) for a musical adventure chock full of space aliens, burlesque and plenty of sexual innuendo (okay, the innuend... [more]
'Cycler' Book Series to Bring Teen Bisexuality and Gender Fluidity to the Big Screen!
Nov 19, 2009
SheWired.com - by Lesley Goldberg
The production company behind hits Shoot 'Em Up and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has optioned the rights to Cycler, Lauren McLaughlin's young-adult book series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Cycler, which tells the story of Jill, a 17-year-old suburban girl whose motto, "I am all girl," is turned on its head when for four days every month turns into Jack, a teen with male anatomy and typical fantasies of girls...
If not for his Adam's apple...
Nov 19, 2009
Media.www.StroudCourier.com - Katelyn Cummings
On Saturday Nov. 14, in Hawthorne Hall, the Late Night Program, Pride and Soul sponsored a drag show in Lenape Hall's lounge. This drag show, which had seven performers total, acted as a preview for a larger drag show to be performed in the spring semester. Packed full, the lounge had people perusing the snack bar while anxiously awaiting the upcoming performances.
Female Impersonator Frank Moreno Brings 'Divas' Show To Riverside (Nov 18, 2009)
LaughlinEntertainer.com
For about a decade and a half, between the end of her stand-up days and the beginning of her role as "Red Carpet Cruella", Joan Rivers owed her public image to Frank Marino. It was Marino who put his impersonation of Rivers in front of audiences on a nightly ba... [more]
First gay superhero comic launches (Nov 17, 2009)
DigitalSpy.com - By Mark Langshaw, Gaming / Comics Reporter
A comic book featuring the world's first gay superhero team has debuted at retail level.
Spandex follows the exploits of transvestite crimefighter Liberty and Wonder Woman's lesbian equivalent Diva, as they tea... [more]
QSU drag queens strut their stuff (Nov 17, 2009)
NevadaSagebrush.com - By: Madison Jackson
The drag queens showed off in Reno, strutting across the stage in their platform boots and sequined dresses. They performed to a packed house, to music and the laughter of the crowd.
The Queer Student Union kicked off its third ... [more]
A challenging theater performance by transsexuals (Nov 17, 2009)
HurriyetDailyNews.com - Vercihan Ziflioglu
Istanbul - A group of Turkish transsexuals has created a theatrical play to share the difficulties members of the community face, telling audiences, "Either love us or not, but know us first."
The biggest problem faced by Turki... [more]
Imperfect impersonation (Nov 16, 2009)
ChannelNewsAsia.com - By Serene Ong
Singapore: Theatre production company Zebra Crossing has done a brave thing. It bought the rights to award-winning film and Broadway hit Victor/Victoria, incorporated local artistes in the cast and managed to rope in famed jazz singer Laura Fygi f... [more]
Find kitsch, fun and fashion at Trash boutique (Nov 14, 2009)
OnMilwaukee.com - By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers
To know that veteran Milwaukee stylist (and musician) Liv Mueller named her Shorewood salon, Divine, after John Walters' famous drag queen from the '70s and '80s, is to understand a very important part of the business-owner's personal... [more]
Transgender art exhibit surpasses barriers (Nov 13, 2009)
DailyIowan.co - By Bri LaPelusa
Trans-identity is not defined by any clear walls or limitations.
stef shuster [sic], a Trans-identified UI graduate student, said the guidelines aren't easily definable.
"Everyone's idea of what 'Trans' means is different,"... [more]
Transvestite 'Ladyboys of Bangkok' storm the stage in Ireland (Nov 13, 2009)
IrishCentral.com - By Donal Thornton
The Ladyboys of Bangkok have taken center stage in Belfast as part of their 2009 Mile High Tour. The transvestites are performing in the Spiegeltent in Custom House Square and will perform two shows a night as part of their two week residency, whic... [more]
Transgender author read from her memoir-in-progress (Nov 11, 2009)
Media.www.SJUHawkNews.com - Sarah Quain 112
Wearing large rounded glasses, brown slacks, knee-high burnt orange leather boots, and a brown animal print vest that displayed colorful tattoo sleeves adorning both of her arms, transgender author Kate Bornstein read from her memoir-in-prog... [more]
London: Bawdy fun at adult panto Sinderfella (Nov 10, 2009)
NewsShopper.co.uk
Bromley actor Simon Gross will star in the saucy panto for adults Sinderfella.
A modern twist on the classic fairytale Cinderella, the show at the West End's Leicester Square Theatre is a bawdy mix of fabulous cross-dressing near-knuckle comedy, lots o... [more]
"What is a family?" (Nov 9, 2009)
BayWindows.com - by Dana Rudolph - Contributing Writer
I've often heard LGBTQ parents complain about the dearth of books on our families. It seems an embarrassment of riches, then, to have not one but two excellent new books that each takes a different, yet complementary, look at LGBT... [more]
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival schedule (Nov 6, 2009)
MiamiHerald.com
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival: The 24th annual event moves into its final week of new features, documentaries and shorts from around the globe plus parties, seminars and films for kids. Filmmakers are featured at many of the events; through Nov. 11; Cinem... [more]
Paltrow Joins Kidman in "Danish Girl" (Nov 6, 2009)
WebLogs.Variety.com - By: Mike Fleming
Gwyneth Paltrow will join Nicole Kidman in "The Danish Girl," an adaptation of the David Ebershoff novel that tells the story of a relationship between the first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife Greta.
Thoma... [more]
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Nov 4, 2009)
SXNews.e-p.net.au
Big biceps, hairy chests and muscled torsos are not what you expect to see from ballerinas. But then The Trocks - or, more correctly, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - are not your typical ballet troupe.
Born 35 years ago in Manhattan, The Trocks... [more]
Gerda Yourselves For Pleasure: Wegener Bared at NYC Rare Book Shop-Gallery (Nov 3, 2009)
blog.SeattlePI.com - Posted by Stephen J. Gertz
A fine selection of works by famed Art Deco book illustrator and painter Gerda Wegener is on exhibition at Leonard Fox Ltd, in the rare book dealer's shop-gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City October 29 through November 25, 2009.
Lawless: 'I had a ball with RuPaul' (Nov 1, 2009)
Stuff.co.nz - By Cath Bennet
Kiwi beauty Lucy Lawless has once again teamed up with the world's most famous drag queen.
The Xena: Warrior Princess stunner has long been friends with RuPaul, and in 2006 he dueted with the actress on the single Come 2 Me, which helped kic... [more]
