Welcome to The Trib...

Welcome to the October 2007 issue of the Tranny Trib.

We've had some fun and games since we last spoke. In the last week we have dispensed with our London mailing address, when we discovered that they had been erroneously sending our mail back to the senders marked "Not known at this address"!

If you have sent us any mail via that address recently and had it returned, please accept my apologies.

Hopefully we will have a new address very soon but in the meantime it's email only if you need to contact us.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing young lady called Jamie Young, who is the author of a great book appropriately called, "The World's Best Crossdressing Guide" - and it really is.

In the course of my long and sometimes checkered tranny career, I have read piles and piles of books on dressing, make-up, deportment, feninisation and so on. But I must say, Jamie's book really is most impressive.

It's also been written from the point of view of a crossdresser so the author knows exactly what you are trying to achieve. Ordinary make-up books just don't do that.

Everything is in one place so you don't need separate books for make-up and other facets of crossdressing. The World's Best Crossdressing Guide is full of tips and tricks for making sure you are able to pass easily in public and you only have to look at the photos of Jamie (below) to know that they really work.

I'm pleased to welcome my longtime friend, Sarah Conor as our new Head Forum Administrator. I'm sure she will do a sterling job and you can help too by checking out the enormous Trannyweb forums by clicking here. Maybe start a new thread yourself or reply to an existing thread.

Our Trannyweb Girly Nights Out in both the UK and USA are gathering pace and there's more on our Chicago Night Out and our UK Halloween Night Out below.

We also had a message this week, from The Wright Stuff TV show, which is looking for TS girls to appear on the show soon. More on that below too.

It's taken me ages to type this little editorial 'coz my nails are still wet. Such is life.

Anyway, please read and enjoy your Tranny Tribune this month and please do try to visit the Trannyweb site and take part. Remember the old adage - "Use it or lose it".

Hugs, Katie xxxx

Dr Sakura's Tranny Book Bundle

All four of Dr Mina Sakura's Downloadable Tranny Books are now available for one very heavily discounted price if you buy them together.

Buy "The Weekend Woman" and "Beyond the Weekend" and get "Steppin' Out at the Weekend" and "Day to Day Women" FREE!

Just click here to download them now

TW Girly Night(s) Out in Chicago - Update!

Chicago - The Windy City

There's still time to sign up for our first Trannyweb Girly Night Out in Chicago. Meredith “Scoop” Newton is in charge and is happy to welcome all of our girls to Chicago for our first official TW Midwest events!

Saturday, October 20 is the date to put in your diary.  Among the following, the activities may include, but are not limited to:

• A trip to the Museum of Science and Industry
• Shopping, shopping, and more shopping
• Chicago history boat ride
• Shopping
• Dinner and nightlife starting at XO, a TG-friendly restaurant and bar in the “Boys Town” section of Chicago on North Halsted Street.
• And if there's any time left, more shopping!

Meredith can help find a hotel/motel to your liking, and she can help with travel arrangements too.

So come on out to the Toddling Town!  Dress appropriately though and remember that Chicago has all four seasons, often in the same day.

Please contact Meredith either through Trannyweb or via her e-mail addy at oakman_7@hotmail.com.

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Wanna be on TV?

"The Wright Stuff", a daytime TV show in the UK, has been in touch with Trannyweb, looking for girls to appear on their show on the 18th October.

The show will feature a discussion about the issues involved with having a sex change; the pathway to deciding that this move is right for you, and the actuality of having the operations and counseling.

The host, Matthew Wright and his guests would like to talk to people who have been through the experience themselves.

The producers are looking for girls who have had a sex change or who are in the middle of the process right now, and who are willing to talk about their feelings and experiences.

If you would like to take part, please contact Leanne Dance at Princess Productions on 0207 985 1942 or contact her via email at leanne.dance@princesstv.com.

If you decide to appear, please be sure to let Katie know too so we can all watch out for you.

Be totally accepted as a woman when you go out

PLUS - Learn how to find your own female voice

PLUS - Discover transgender's offline resources

Just click here to download your copy now

Hooray!  Wonderful news from your Trannyweb team.  We have appointed a new Head Forum Administrator to run the Trannyweb forums (which are huge)!  This is not a job for the faint-hearted which is why we are especially pleased to announce that in future the Trannyweb forums will be run by the lovely Miss Sarah Conor.

A prolific poster in the forums, Sarah has been with Trannyweb since 2003.  She has also already been a forum moderator for some time.

Buoyed on by the success of appointing Maryanne Talmadge as our Head Chat Room Moderator a few months back, we are now looking to find, “Heads of Department” for other areas around the site and naturally, the next most obvious area was the forums.

Like Maryanne in the chat rooms, Sarah will have a completely free hand to appoint her own team of moderators and she has already come up with a number of exciting ideas for making her forums more successful.

Tranny News Around The World In Brief...

SHY SHIELAS SHOO OFF OZ OP COP

Constable Bernice Canty

An Australian transsexual police officer faces trouble in the in the ranks of Victoria's police force because she insists on using female facilities.

Female colleagues say they are uneasy about having to share their changing areas, showers and toilets with Constable Bernice Canty, who was moved from the Boroondara station at Kew to the Croydon station in August. Some of the other female officers working with her there want her to use the disabled facilities instead.

Secretary of the Australian Police Association, Paul Mullet has been quoted as saying that the prospect of a transsexual officer in the force was "mind-boggling'' but has since changed his stance to fit in with Australia's discrimination laws, saying that said all members' rights would have to be considered.

Constable Canty, who graduated from the Police Academy in October 2004, has said that since she moved to Croydon there had been a couple of issues but that they had been resolved and her senior sergeant at her new station, also says that there are no problems.

It has been suggested that Constable Canty may now temporarily be using her new station's disabled toilets.

DONNA ROSE RESIGNS FROM HRC OVER ENDA

Donna Rose

The only transgendered board member at the Human Rights Campaign has resigned because they are not opposing the orientation-only version of the controversial US Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Donna Rose, who resigned from the HRC’s board on October 3rd, said, "I really believe that the board feels as though they have the best interest of the LGBT community in mind even though the end result doesn’t appear that way."

However, the HRC did co-sign a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and People for the American Way, denouncing the plan to remove guarantees for transgendered workers from ENDA. The current plan is to create separate legislation later on to address issues for transgendered workers in the workplace.

The letter was also sent to Congress members Barney Frank and Tammi Baldwin, who were sponsors of the original version of ENDA.

If it becomes law, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (aka ENDA) will extend federal anti-discrimination protection to gay, lesbian, and bisexual workers and make it illegal for employers to base hiring, firing, wage and promotion decisions on a person’s sexual orientation.

However, President George W. Bush has already promised a veto.

Trannyweb UK Halloween Girly Nights Out

Some of the girls at last year's event

Once again it's time for the Trannyweb UK Halloween Girly Nights Out in Manchester, UK, on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th October.

Come dressed as spookily as you like!

There will also be the usual sit-down meal at the Velvet's on Saturday and then the action will probably move on to Napoleon's. All of our girls are welcome.

Please contact Maryanne Talmadge or Justine Cairnes if you'd like to go along.

Also, our next Cheese and Wine evening will be held in the chat room on the evening of Sunday 14th October at 8pm BST (that's 7pm GMT). Everyone is welcome. Just bring some cheese and some wine. See you there!

The Trannyweb Celebrity Interview

This month Trannyweb's Katie Glover talks to the author of an amazing new book on crossdressing, Jamie Young...

Jamie Young

KG: Firstly, please tell us a bit about yourself, what kind of TG person you are, where you're from and suchlike.

JY: I am a transvestite from Toronto, Ontario. I have been working with the transgender community for over three years now. My academic background includes psychology, criminology and liberal arts. My professional background includes image consulting, acting and film making.

KG:. When and how did you first discover that you were a crossdresser?

JY: You know. When I was eight years old, just like many boys, I had toys like miniature trucks, cowboy hats and action figures like Batman and Superman. My kid sister was lucky because she had stuffed animals and Barbie dolls.  I remember what I often did was I would put one of my sister’s Barbie dolls in an imaginary situation where the villain captured her and my Batman would come to her rescue. However, unlike most boys, I imagined myself as the Barbie, not the Batman. I guess that was when I discovered I was different. Then when I was twelve years old, I would take my mother's clothes from her closet and prance in front of the mirror in them.  

KG: Tell us about your early attempts at passing.  How successful were you?

JY: My early attempts at passing were during my puberty years. I was a pretty skinny kid and had a feminine face and long hair. Passing was not much trouble. I attended a school where boys and girls had to wear uniforms. What I did was I would "borrow" my sister's uniform blouse and skirt and wear them in the public. No one could tell I was in the wrong uniform. Once, I even attempted to pass at the beach by wearing just an one-piece bathing suit that belonged to my mother. I had to hide my bulge really well and I was extremely worried about that people would notice I had something down there. I remember the cold water really helped. During my early attempts at passing, I was read a few times because my voice was changing.

KG:. You worked as an image consultant.  How did that help your dressing?

JY: I've been studying women's fashions for a long time and I've always been interested in observing human behaviour. Therefore, by constantly examining and comparing other people's appearances and the ways they behave, I began to come up with a long list of "do's and don'ts" to help me with my dressing. For example, I learned that a real woman does not dress like a streetwalker with heavy makeup when she shops at her local supermarket.

KG: Your book, "The World's Best Crossdressing Guide", is quite incredible. How did it come about?

JY: I realized that a lot of crossdressers out there would not experience the same beauty training that their sisters, mothers, girlfriends and wives had experienced since they were born simply because they were brought up as males. Therefore, I decided to put together a comprehensive guide with all my years of experience and knowledge and hope it will benefit many crossdressers who are struggling to achieve better femininity.

KG: What in your opinion is the key to passing as a female in public and what do most of us get wrong?

JY: Creating a feminine face is the most important part for an individual to pass as a female. You must have seen women in men's clothes who try to talk and act like men. However, since their faces are still feminine, you will never perceive them as men. What I am trying to say is that it does not matter what you wear if your face does not pass. Also, you must pay attention to what real women wear in public and learn from them because you would rather "blend in" instead of drawing a lot of attention to yourself. You don't want to dress like a showgirl who is about to go on stage or a girl who just came from her prom.

KG: How has "The World's Best Crossdressing Guide" helped its readers?  Do you get much feedback from them?

JY: Yes, I do receive a lot of positive feedbacks from the readers. My book "The World's Best Crossdressing Guide" has helped many of its readers to enhance their passability as women. My book covers enormous techniques and tricks so it saves its readers from struggling through many unnecessary trials and errors. Also, my other four titles, "How to Find Your Female Voice Handbook", "About Feminizing Hormonal Therapy," "Online &  Offline Resources For The Transgendered," and "Changing Your Identity Report" contain many resources and lots of information and they help the readers to look as feminine and passable as possible.

KG: What plans do you have for the future?  Any more gems like "The World's Best Crossdressing Guide" in the pipeline?

JY: Yes, I am currently working on a book that provides lots of information and resources on gender reassignment. I am also planning to work on a book that provides information on how to secure employment for crossdressers who want to be en femme full time.

Before and after

KG: Some of our members are worried about books like these being delivered through the mail, especially those who live outside the US. Is there any way they can have access to your work without the postman finding out?

JY: My books are available as digital downloads so nothing will be delivered through the mail. Your privacy is very important to me.

KG: Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about?

JY: I want all my "sisters" out there to be able to pass as real women in public and I am very thankful for all the encouragement I receive from my readers. I promise I will continue to improve the content of my books by coming up with even better techniques for crossdressing.

If you'd like your own copy of Jamie's book, The World's Best Crossdressing Guide, please click here to download it now.

Trannyweb Gets Registered

It's taken well over a year since we first made our application but the word "Trannyweb" has now finally been registered as a trademark! This means that we can now legitimately use the ® symbol in all of our logos and whenever we mention the word "Trannyweb". It's taken forever and cost us plenty to do this but registering your trade name is a necessary evil in any kind of business today.

We hope that our registration will help us to protect our brand from copycats both now and in the future.Having a registered trademark is something that ought to give us a little more credibility too because registering is not something that everyone can do.

Our name registration is also considered to be intellectual property and as such, it should add to the value of our company, so we hope that the cost and the hassle will be well worthwhile.