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to the Trib February started very badly with news of the passing of one of our longtime members, Briony Jay. She will be badly missed. We then had more bad news from the company that processes our membership payments, who suddenly decided that they could no longer process payments made from mobile phones. There's more on that in the column to the right. Dr Minako Sakura unveils her new ebook which is aimed at those of us who are no longer content with simply being girly at the weekend and are ready to take the next step on the transgender journey. Robyn Webb looks at the movie, "Beautiful Boxer" and there's a chance to win a copy on DVD. We had hoped to bring you an interview this month with Felicity Huffman who is up for an Oscar for her rols as a TG person in the movie, "TransAmerica". Our bid for a short interview with her had been in for around a month and we sent the questions over at least three weeks back. Everything seemed to be going fine and we were just waiting for the answers to be returned so we could include them in this month's Tranny Trib for you. However, we were absolutely stunned when she refused to give us an interview after all. Felicity Huffman's management simply sent a message stating that she is not giving any interviews at this time. That is very odd considering how close she is to the Acadamy Awards. She appears to have given plenty of other interviews so we were left feeling a bit snubbed by a person who was not happy about talking to the very community her movie is about. It was extra odd because we have been going all out to promote the film too. Oh well, maybe Elton John will speak to us in next month's issue. Hugs, Katie xxxx
Beautiful Boxer reviewed by Robyn Webb
I
just had the privilege of viewing the film, “Beautiful Boxer,” recently
released on DVD by Here! TV, the newly launched
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender television
network.
It is my feeling that this film should be experienced by any and all people with an interest in transgender issues, particularly those who are considering gender transition, and have concerns about the obstacles they may encounter personally and socially. “Beautiful Boxer” is a biographical film, detailing the struggle of champion Thai kickboxer Parinya Charoenphol, known throughout Thailand as Nong Toom. Though the story takes place largely in rural Thailand, a setting which is completely alien to so many of us, the commonality of the emotions and events experienced by the protagonist, Nong Toom, is astounding, and truly emphasizes the shared experience of the transgender community, despite its tremendous diversity. The part of Nong Toom is adeptly portrayed by real-life kickboxer, Asanee Suwan, who brings remarkable sensitivity to the role, and was awarded the Thai version of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance. Director Ekachai Uekrongtham brings the story to life brilliantly through a screenplay framed in the context of an interview with main character Nong Toom, and presented in a series of flashback scenes, vividly photographed by Chouchart Nantitanyatada, portraying the natural beauty of Thailand and the rich and colorful traditions of Thai culture. The story of Nong Toom is surely an inspiration to anyone seeking a means of gender expression. As is so common to so many transgender people, Nong Toom was aware early on of her gender variance. Born to a poor family of itinerant farm workers, Toom struggled with her gender identity while the entire family suffered in the effort to scratch a meager living out of the soil. Toom remained devoted to her family, even while serving as a novitiate in a Buddhist monastery as a young child. As a teen, she discovered a natural talent for the sport of kickboxing, and though it was inconsistent with her character and identity, she pursued it as a means of providing much needed income to her impoverished family. Trannyweb
Obituary Briony died peacefully on February 7th and was buried on Friday 24th Feb. She will be greatly missed. If you knew Briony and would like to pay your respects, an obituary thread is running in the forums here. For all your printing needs...
Win Beautiful Boxer on DVD
Earlier today we zeroed all of our Full Members Tranny Credit totals. At the end of the month we will check the scores and the ten highest will receive a copy of Beautiful Boxer on DVD. You can earn Tranny Points for performing various actions around the site, like posting in the forums, clicking on our advertiser's adverts, sending refferals to your tranny friends and of course, playing our silly Tranny Games. |
NEW DOWNLOADABLE TRANNY eBOOK
They last two books were aimed at people who are just happy to be a bit girly at the weekend. However, as the title suggests, "Beyond the Weekend" was written to cater for those of us who increasingly feel that we do not want to take off our girly clothes when Monday comes. If that sounds like you, then you can download your copy of Beyond the Weekend by clicking here.  The BreastForm Store - dedicated to the Transgender and Crossdressing community. We have the lowest prices for silicone breast forms anywhere on the net! Metacharge Withdraws Mobile Phone Billing
What that means in reality is that our members who charge their monthly or quarterly subscriptions to their mobile phones will find that their memberships will return to 'Basic' on their next due day. We are of course very sorry for the inconvenience that this will cause and we are also not happy about the revenue that Trannyweb will lose because of this decision. However, the matter is out of our hands and the change has been forced upon us. It may not be any consolation to those who are unable to use credit cards, but at least some of our members who are affected by the loss of mobile phone billing will be able to take advantage of our half price full annual membership offer. If you would like to start an annual full membership subscription paid for by credit card at half the normal price, please click here to upgrade right now. UK Girly Gathering reviewed by Tina B
On Saturday 17th February a number of TW girls turned up for a night out on Canal Street Manchester. Sophia Parry and Justine Cairns organised an excellent evening.
However, the first confusing thing we found was that the International Hotel is under new management and is now called The Queens - are they trying to tell us something? As usual, on these occasions and those of you who have met me will know, I arrived dressed met Sophia and had a wander around Piccadilly Station before meeting up in Munroe’s. Next Trannyweb UK Girly Gathering... The next Trannyweb Girly Nite Out takes place on Saturday 1st April. It would be foolish not to go. If you are a TS, TV or CD and would like to take part, please contact Maryanne Talmadge for more details by clicking here.
Have you ever seen an item on your credit card statement that says:
...or something like that? Well just in case you have and you've been wondering what it is, we can now reveal all. Many of our members share their credit card accounts with their wives or other members of their families so using the word "Trannyweb" as the statement "billing descriptor" that relates to their monthly, quarterly or annual membership subscriptions would not be the best idea. Therefore,
we have simply used the name of our company which is non-descript
and has nothing to do with TG. It's Get
Your Trannyweb Toolbar Transgenderism in China by Bennie Lee
In his article, "Jobs and Gender", published in the November 11, 2005 New/Features section of the www.fridae.com Asian gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered website, Douglas Sanders writes, "As RuPaul [American transgendered entertainer] said "We are all born naked--after that, everything is drag. And as Judith Butler said, we 'perform' gender. But not all of us do it 'right'. In Asia, sexual orientation is of thought of in terms of gender and gender performance. |
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We
have ten copies of the movie "Beautiful
Boxer" to give away
in the next couple of weeks
to our Full Members. 
We
were astounded earlier this week, when Metacharge, the
company who handle our membership payments, withdrew
their Mobile Phone billing method.
and
when shortened and mixed with the name of the card processing
company, Metacharge, it comes out as 
