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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Jan
23
Item from the local paper:
“The student council at King City Public School thought a great way to celebrate “school spirit” day would be for the boys to dress like girls and the girls to dress like boys. But what began as an offbeat suggestion for a fun day quickly became fodder for an intense debate over family values, the psychological implications of cross-dressing and whether gender identity politics were being forced on young minds.”
Once this event came to the attention of a certain Reverend, who is described as “a staunch social conservative who has expressed concerns in the past about a “homosexual agenda” in the school system” it became a whole brouhaha over gender politics in the schools, and was quickly withdrawn, despite the principal’s insistence that it was the students’ idea.
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Jan
22
What is it with Charlie Sheen’s popular sitcom and trannies?
Seems like every show, there’s a reference to us t-girls; sometimes entire episodes revolve around us.
For those who don’t know, Charlie Sheen plays Charlie Harper – a hard-drinking womanizer (basically himself) – who lives with his uptight brother Allan and nephew Jake at his Malibu beach-house. The whole thing has an Odd Couple-esque ring to it. The supporting cast includes his mother Evelyn, his maid Berta, his stalker Rose, his shrink, and an endless bevy of beautiful floozies.
The Evidence
It started with the very first scene in the very first episode. Charlie’ girlfriend holds up a sexy negligee and ask him what he thinks. His response: “It’s for you, right?”
The re-run I watched yesterday had one of Charlie’s old girlfriends returning after a FTM sex-change, seeking his friendship and instead finding sex and passion with Charlie’s mother.
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07
Yesterday was a milestone of sorts for me in that my first ever guest post appeared, on T-Central.
As I mentioned there, T-Central is a wonderful effort put forth by Calie and her team, bringing together so many wonderful blogs and bloggers in one place. It’s a great place to find many different points of view and experiences.
That said, I was surprised to see that the comments on this special “Crossdresser Experience” series of guest posts evidenced resistance by some transsexual posters to any assertions of genuine femininity by crossdressers – something I found disappointing, and frankly beyond comprehension (not so much the logic but the motivation).
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19
A recent post at T-Central by Alice, of Alice in Genderland fame and an exchange of comments with other bloggers there led me to start thinking again about the makeup of the trans community and my place in it.
My first step was to drop in on Alice’s website and gather more info. There she answers the question posed in the title to this post, basically, “What’s the difference between a transsexual and a crossdresser?”
If I may bottom-line her multi-paragraph answer, it is: “Not much.”
Her point of view tends to infuriate some (many? most? all?) transsexuals, who see nothing at all in common between themselves and crossdressers. As one blogger put it:
Read More»I don’t see a link between the two. The former loves clothing and other accoutrements that are generally considered to be for women. The latter has a profound brain-body disconnect that requires treatment by hormone therapy and surgery. Crossdressers emulate women. Transsexuals change anatomical sex. How are those related?
Jan
19
Following on about blogging awards (Glamorous Blog Chain Mail Award), I have just now created an all-new award of dubious importance, which I christen the “In the Pink Award.”
A bit about the award and its name.
The phrase “In the Pink” has been known to cause giggles among the immature, no doubt due to the possible sexual connotation, as in reference to the pink areas of one’s body – and I see no reason not to think of it that way too. But, in truth, it refers to excellence of condition.
“Pink” has been used to refer to the essence of something (as in “This is the very pink of perfection!”), and is, of course, the iconic girlie color – and my personal favorite.
For all these reasons, a blog that I determine to be “In the Pink” is one that, in my opinion, is on the mark, excellent, and a personal favorite.
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Jan
14
I am flattered, and moved by my recent receipt of this award from a cherished friend and blogger, whose witty and well-written words can be found at http://voyagesenrose.blogspot.com/ .
“I… I don’t know who to thank… there are so many people… well, I’d certainly like to thank the Academy, and everyone who voted for me… and my parents for having me… and, oh my dear, yes! there’s Al Gore, for inventing the internet, and Schoolhouse Rock for all those conjunctions and other words I use…”
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Oct
05
I turned on the television this morning to a program called “TV Made Me Do It” and they were telling the story of a guy who dresses like a woman in order to add flamboyance to his life, and who wanted to try to sell a house dressed in a wild dress and 6-inch platform heels.
Flipping the channel, I came to a commercial for Family Guy, where he is dressed like a female prostitute…
Then, a commercial for popcorn, with a little girl sitting in her bedroom pretending to have a tea-party when her father and brother come in wanting to have some popcorn, and agree to put on a tutu and silly hat…
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