An FTM journalist named Jacob Anderson-Minshall who did an interview with me for this past month’s Curve magazine is writing a column called TransNation, and I like it. He’s done columns on the NCTE’s Andy Marra, on Calpernia Addams, Gunner Scott of GenderCrash, and columns on the increasing visibility of trans people in the media.
Keep an eye out for the column; it’s good stuff.
Name Server Re-Direct
We changed hosts for this website not long ago, but as it turns out – there was a door waiting to hit us on the way out. The name servers were not re-directed to point to our new hosts, and so we’ve had to re-direct them. Any change like that takes anything between 6-24 hours to propagate through the Internets. As a result, I haven’t had access to the site for the last 24+ hours, and even now it’s somewhat erratic.
Hopefully things will be back to normal shortly. Remember to dump your cache to get back to the site.
Last Minute Cut
As it turns out, we were cut from Inside Edition at the last minute due to some “late breaking news.” The plan is to show our clip at some other time, but I have no idea when.
And in the meantime, Betty auditioned for and got a role in a play called Wolfpit today. More news as we get it.
Betty in Boots
The Inside Edition website is updated, and “Cross Dressing Husbands” made the preview video, even. If you’re not laughing so hard at the Drunk Dial clip, you’ll be able to see a split second of Betty zipping up her boot – which I’m going to take as confirmation that we will be on, as will Shirene and Shayla (who are the couple shown in the video).
None of us have ever dialed drunk, I promise.
What is She Doing?!
I often think the boys think of Aurora as “the orange thing.” Because they know we’re cats, & they’re cats, but she’s just not like any of us. This is them watching her do something odd.
Looks Likely
It’s looking likely that the bit we filmed for Inside Edition will air on Friday’s show, as well. It’s not certain yet, but nearly.
You can check Inside Edition’s website to figure out when you need to be near your TV! Here in NYC it’s on Fox, at noon and again at 1:30 AM.
Shayla & Shirene
When I was researching My Husband Betty, I went to the SPICE conference, and there we met a young, enthusiastic couple named Shalya and Shirene. (Okay, she wasn’t Shayla then, but I can’t remember her original femme name.) But Shirene nodded at everything I nodded at when we were in workshops, and then the four of us – plus the lovely Penny (whose name wasn’t Penny then, either) & Jayme – sat in the hotel lobby and talked about sex the rest of the night!
Shayla & Shirene are going to be on Inside Edition this coming Friday, February 10th. Do watch them; they’re a lovely, articulate, optimistic couple, who are (if I do say so myself) fantastic representatives for the trans community – especially the much-neglected crossdressing set.
^ me, Shayla, and Shirene, at IFGE ’04.
Lisa Jackson Rocks (on Mondays in February)
Lisa Jackson + Girl Friday are playing every Monday in February at Arlene’s Grocery at 8pm, and there’s no cover.
Do go. I’ve told you how good they are. I’ve told you more than once, in fact.
The 3rd Annual Trans Issues Week at Yale
The Third Annual TRANS ISSUES WEEK AT YALE
Feb 20 – 24, 2006
February 20
Kate Bornstein, Author of Gender Outlaw
“Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us”
Monday, February 20th, 8:00 pm
Harkness Hall (WLH), 100 Wall Street, room 309
Sponsored by the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale
February 21
The Gendered Body: Body Modification and Transgender Identity
A forum of trans-identified individuals from NYC moderated by author Helen Boyd
Tuesday, February 21st, 7:30 pm
Yale Women’s Center, 198 Elm Street
Sponsored by the Yale Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
February 22
Intersections: Race and Transgender Identity
A panel of young trans-identified individuals discussing their experiences with
race, gender, and sexuality
Wednesday, February 22nd, 4:00 pm
Yale Women’s Center, 198 Elm Street
Sponsored by the Yale Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
February 23
King Me!
A Gender Bending performance and Drag King workshop with Queer Soup
Thursday, February 23rd, 7:30 pm
Dwight Hall Chapel, Old Campus at Yale (High St, between Elm and Chapel)
Cosponsored by the Yale Women’s Center and the Yale LGBT Co-operative
TRANSWEEK is sponsored by the LKI, the WGSS, the Yale Women’s Center, the LGBTQ Co-Op, and QPAC
2/6/06 = #6
NCTE’s 52 Things You Can Do for Transgender Equality:
#6 Plan an Art Show of Works by Trans Artists.