Apr
04
Scientists seem to have found differences in what they call “white matter” patterns between men and women, and in a soon-to-be-published study, have shown that transsexuals patterns don’t match their physical gender.
The point of the study seems to be to find the proper candidates for delaying the onset of puberty until the patient can better cope with a sex change operation.
For more details, you can find the complete story at http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20032-transsexual-differences-caught-on-brain-scan.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Mar
30
Last week’s post was about Billy Elliot, the musical. I must have just been defrosted after years in cold storage, since I had no idea about the movie.
For those of you equally clueless, here’s a great clip, sure to be near and dear to any crossdresser’s heart:
Crossdressing Scene
Mar
21
NOW Magazine, an independent weekly entertainment paper in Toronto, recently ran a rave review of the above-titled show. It gushed:
BILLY ELLIOT IS ONE OF THE BEST NEW MUSICALS OF THE MILLENNIUM
The review begins:
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15
Many male-to-female crossdressers assert that their crossdressing is the highest form of love of women. But is it possible that instead it may just be a form of chauvinism or closed-minded thinking?
Mea Culpa
I am not sitting in judgment of others so much as contemplating my own existence here.
Maybe I overthink these things, but it occurs to me that part of the attraction to being female might be related to somewhat rigidly defined ideas of what is feminine behavior and what is masculine.
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Feb
24
I have made mention several times in the recent past about crossdressing in popular media.
There is some dispute as to whether or not the portrayal of us, such as it is, is helpful or rather insulting, but what seems now undeniable is that we have been part of popular culture for hundreds of years.
I never noticed any reference to crossdressers in my childhood, but with a different set of eyes, watching reruns of everything from Bewitched to Get Smart, there we are!
And, of course, before that, there were references in Shakespeare, Greek mythology, Mark Twain, etc.
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Feb
17
There have been several drive-by paintball shootings aimed at pedestrians in the gay neighborhoods of San Diego. One of these targeted several men standing outside the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center. The incidents are being investigated as hate crimes following reports that something was yelled by the perpetrators about the presumed sexual orientation of the targets.
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Feb
05
French tennis player Nicolas Mahut is best remembered for losing in the longest tennis match in history, a 70-68 final set match against John Isner in last year’s Wimbledon.
This year, Mahut raised the bar even higher, not because of his tennis skills, but for being perhaps the first ever cross-dressing tennis player.
Mahut recently came out to play a mixed doubles match at the Hopman Cup wearing a female tennis outfit which he borrowed from his partner, Kristina Mladenovic… I suspect, on a dare or having lost a bet. But who really knows.
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Feb
04
Yes, that Mona Lisa!
It is the considered opinion of some art historians that the main influence and model for Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was, in fact a male apprentice named Gian Giacomo Caprotti, and known as Salai. He worked with Leonardo for 25 years starting in 1490, and most art historians agree Salai was a lover of Da Vinci’s.
It has commonly been accepted that the woman who sat for the portrait is Lisa Gheradini, the wife of a merchant who supposedly commissioned the painting.
But, Silvano Vinceti, chairman of the Italian National Committee for Cultural Heritage and head of a team of researchers who have studied the painting, believes this long-held theory isn’t correct.
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Jan
28
A new Thai regional airline, PC Air, is recruiting transgender people for its cabin staff positions.
Nice as it is, this news would be more significant if it were being done by a successful and experienced airline.
The reality is that this is a new startup, founded by fortune-teller Piyo Chantraporn, 47, who said he had a “sixth-sense” insight which spurred him to launch the airline. He and realty businessman Chatrawiwat Klumkomol raised 200 million baht to set up the venture.
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Jan
24
How fast a year goes by, but here we are again in January, and it is time for the 2nd annual “In the Pink Award.”
The inaugural award was an occasion of unabashedly debatable distinction, chronicled by media outlets far and wide… ahem… beginning and ending here, on my blog.
Quip as I might, it is entirely self-deprecating, with not a smidgeon of deprecation left over for the honoree. My admiration and respect for the winner (and now winners) is utterly genuine and heartfelt.
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