Recently, Pinterest sends me emails featuring Pinterest images that it thinks I might be of interest. So hot on the high heels of yesterday’s Prom Time post, Pinterest's email included an image of two young fellows, Thayne and Tristan, wearing gowns that could be considered as prom dresses (image right). What a coincidence!
I was curious about Thayne and Tristan and Googled them to see if there were any other signs of them femulating. Nothing was discovered, but there was a Google reference to another “Tristan,” a transwoman in Kansas City (MO) who was voted as homecoming queen at her high school.
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| Thayne and Tristan (left), Tristan Young and Landon Patterson (right) |
I Googled her (Tristan Young) story and not only was she selected homecoming queen, but her and a previous transwoman homecoming queen at the same high school, Landon Patterson, were honored by the Kansas City Council, which issued a resolution dedicating LGBTQ History Month to both women (click here to read all about it on the GLAAD website).
This is old news from last fall, but with all the transphobia closing in on us these days, it did my heart good to read about the support our trans sisters received from their community – especially in an area of the country that is not known for trans friendliness. Hurray for our side!And in case you missed it, please visit my Saturday post all about taking action against the anti-trans legislation now in the works across the good ol’ USA.
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| Wearing Paige |
New Zealand soldiers Ralph Dyer, Douglas Morison and Harold Robinson (boy photo) performed as female impersonators in Kiwi concert parties in the Pacific and Egypt during World War II. (The two on the right, Morison and Robinson, switch positions in the girl photo.)