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Cross Dressing

Standing Up For The 'T' Girls

Daniel Browne | Posted 05.06.2013 | Gay Voices
Daniel Browne

I associate with a diverse range of people, and the female-assigned people I know who dress or live as men have a much easier time than the male-assigned people I know who dress or live as women. The former is more socially acceptable, and that disappoints me.

The Curious History of Women Who 'Passed' As Men In Pursuit of a Dream

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.03.2013 | MarloThomas
Marlo Thomas

Before Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria and Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot -- throughout history and in almost every culture -- disguising one's gender has been a common plotline in folklore, literature and theater. Cross-dressing gods and goddesses frequently populated Greek, Norse and Hindu mythology; and Shakespeare's plotlines often featured women characters posing as men

Cultural-Catch-Up II: Bibi Ferreira, Kinky Boots

Jill Lynne | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Jill Lynne

Being a cinema-buff, it is rare for me to think that a theatrical event surpasses the film -- especially a good one.

How To Spot A Sodomite

Mark Simpson | Posted 04.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Mark Simpson

"I do not in my practice ever remember to have seen such an appearance of the anus as those of the prisoners presented." So testified Dr. Paul in shocked tones at the 1870 trial of Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton, two young, cross-dressing clerks charged with sodomy.

The World's First Cross-Dressing Superhero

hyperallergic.com | Posted 01.16.2013 | Arts

I received an email this week about an unknown artistĀ Arthur Ashod Pinajian (aka Art Pinajian), who, the email described, was: "a boy growing up i...

LOOK: You'll Never Guess Which Famous Writer This Is

Posted 01.02.2013 | Gay Voices

A vintage photo of F. Scott Fitzgerald in full drag is making the blogosphere rounds. Buzzfeed reports that the photo was snapped in 1916 when the...

The Gender Double Standard: What Message Are We Sending Our Boys?

Jackie Morgan MacDougall | Posted 01.05.2013 | Parents
Jackie Morgan MacDougall

Why is it OK for girls to be "tomboys" while boys are often ridiculed?

A Letter From The Dad Who Wears A Skirt

Nils Pickert | Posted 11.26.2012 | Style
Nils Pickert

It is not OK for anybody to mess with my son about his outfit. Hence I wear dresses and skirts so that any person who has a problem with that and feels the necessity to express his or her resentments can mess with me.

A Letter From The Dad Who Wears A Skirt

Nils Pickert | Posted 11.25.2012 | Parents
Nils Pickert

If there is such a thing as owning a human being, he owns me. I made him, I dreamed of him, I longed for him; now he is in my life, and I am responsible for him as long as there is breath in me.

LOOK: Supportive Dad Walks The Walk -- In A Skirt

Posted 08.29.2012 | Parents

When it comes to supporting his son's unconventional wardrobe, Nils Pickert talks the talk and walks the walk. The German dad explains in Emma maga...

How Kids Could Benefit From the Philosophy Of Drag

2012-07-03-slatelogo.jpg | Posted 08.14.2012 | Parents

By By J. Bryan Lowder for Slate ā€œYou’re born naked and the rest is drag.ā€ That’s what RuPaul says at the start of each episode of her Lo...

CROOK LOOKS LIKE A LADY: Cross Dressing Robber On The Loose

Posted 08.08.2012 | Weird News

A man wanted for an aggravated robbery in Texas must be taking his disguise lessons from Steven Tyler because the dude looks a lady. Police in Kilg...

Earliest Painting of Transvestite Found

Posted 04.20.2012 | Arts

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 04/20/2012 07:53 AM EDT on LiveScience An 18th-century portrait sold in New York to a ...

Michael McLaughlin

Have You Seen This Man? Police Share The Many Mugshots Of Cross-Dressing Fugitive

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 04.19.2012 | Weird News

Police are looking for a sex offender known for using multiple aliases who has been arrested numerous times while dressed in woman's clothing. Bre...

WANTED: Cross-Dressing, Police Impersonating Thief

Posted 04.19.2012 | New York

Police are searching for a cross-dressing thief who allegedly impersonated as a police officer to rob a woman outside a Chase bank in the Upper West S...

Gender Bender Escapes Prison

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.18.2012 | Weird News

He thought jail was a real drag. Brazilian prisoner and alleged drug trafficker Ronaldo Silva recently attempted to escaped his lockup in his wife'...

The Imperial Court Of New York Gets Glamorous At Its Night Of A Thousand Gowns Fundraiser

Posted 03.26.2012 | Gay Voices

On March 31 New York City with be a little more glamorous -- and certainly more "royal" -- than usual when the Imperial Court of New York hosts its an...

Gay Student Suspended For Wearing High Heels To School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012 | Home

Asante Cotman, a 17-year-old junior at Charles City High School in Charles City County, Va., says he was suspended for three days after refusing an or...

Teen Claims School Expelled Him For Dressing Like A Girl

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.14.2012 | Gay Voices

Jamie Love, a 17-year-old high school student who was allegedly expelled for wearing women's clothes, has won his fight to return to school, the Scott...

Characteristics of a Transgender Person

Chris Tina Bruce | Posted 03.05.2012 | Gay Voices
Chris Tina Bruce

It is highly likely that you have passed a transgender person on the street, at the grocery store, in the bank, at the gym, and, yes, even in a public restroom, without even knowing that that person was transgender.

Six Reasons 'Work It' Is Good For TV

Maureen Ryan | Posted 03.04.2012 | TV
Maureen Ryan

You may have heard that Work It is one of the worst sitcoms of all time. You heard correctly. In fact, if the Metacritic rating for this new show isn't the lowest score ever for a television comedy, I'll be a little disappointed in my fellow TV scribes.

High Praise For The Most Hated New Comedy

Maggie Furlong | Posted 03.04.2012 | TV
Maggie Furlong

When a show is as bad as Work It, and you truly have nothing nice to say about it, it often feels like you should just follow that old adage and not say anything at all. But that's not my job. (Sorry, Mom!)

Parents Unsettled After Cross Dresser Substitute Teaches

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.30.2011 | Home

After a male substitute teacher taught a 6th grade humanities class in women's clothing, some parents are concerned about how to explain it to their k...

Cross-dressing Bandits Shoplift Chanel Bags

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.17.2011 | Style

We were a bit confused by this New York Post headline: "Trannies as 6G thieving bagmen." But it turns out the title is pretty darn accurate: "tacky...

Transgender 10-Year-Old, Jackie, Born A Boy, Happier As A Girl

Posted 10.31.2011 | Parents

Turns out there are parents in the news who do the right thing. Jennifer and John of Ohio have a transgender 10-year-old child, and they support Jacki...